props

Example Sentences

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Short's club team-mate Delaney Burns continues in the second row, with Mitchell rotating his props as Kelsey Clifford and Maud Muir start in the front row.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

We are reminded that Matisse always affirmed the artifice of painting, presenting us with undisguised models surrounded by studio props, often in garments that repeat from painting to painting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Although the Joro spider, an invasive species that has been spotted across the United States, including in California, isn’t dangerous, its size and the web it creates can seem like props from a horror movie.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

“Not lawyer arguments, not props like a glass of water or a jar of M&Ms, But actual proof in evidence.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

"So the treats on the props table are Arnold's, not Ginger's?"

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg