Plasticine
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The entire film is visualized using Plasticine models, with a poetic voice-over that dramatizes Vicenta’s inner monologue.
From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2023
Vulnerable young Instagram users can spend hours each day scrolling through photos and blaming themselves for not living up to the unrealistic, Plasticine standards of “beauty” that proliferate there.
From Washington Post • Oct. 4, 2021
Now, almost three decades after he left office, and 11 years since his death, a president hailed for his commitment to principle appears made of Plasticine, a malleable figure squished into multiple shapes.
From The Guardian • Sep. 19, 2015
"If that proves too taxing, then they are asked to organise a fashion parade or make Plasticine models," he added.
From BBC • May 9, 2013
But except as mortar Plasticine should be shunned.
From Wings and the Child or, the Building of Magic Cities by Nesbit, E. (Edith)
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