putty

Example Sentences

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With a few tubes of paint, brushes and putty knives you might find at your local hardware store, fearless creation is something anybody can do.

From Salon • May 2, 2026

The business of the North American Toy Fair, an annual showcase of the latest in silly putty, monster trucks and board games, is fun.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2025

Tucked inside Aardman’s putty preoccupations is a potent philosophical statement about the irreplaceable quality of the human touch.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2024

As Gulley and Benn made repeated trips to Ngozumpa Glacier, they saw that narrow passages often squeezed shut from one year to the next—the glacial ice oozing inward like silly putty.

From National Geographic • Jan. 10, 2024

An Etch A Sketch, a block puzzle, a Rubik’s Cube, a small sand-raking garden, putty, and so much more.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh