plaything
Example Sentences
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The fact that a vinyl Barbie doll was priced at more than $100 told me this was no longer just a childhood plaything.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Autos were no longer a “devilish plaything of the gilded class,” Mr. Moskowitz tells us.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
Famously, he set a Barbie doll on fire to protest Greta Gerwig’s movie portraying the doll as a woman with agency, rather than a passive plaything.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2025
"Wombats are not a photo prop or plaything."
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2025
So Aphrodite went to Cupid and told him she would give him a lovely plaything, a ball of shining gold and deep blue enamel, if he would do what she wanted.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
