Example Sentences

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Even his glasses looked dollish: they were thicker than window louvers, tinted a strange bluish shade, and framed in white plastic.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Pink for pink, blue for blue, gold for gold, dollish smirk for dollish smirk, the mirror mocked her seething inner fretfulness.

From The White Linen Nurse by Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell

But across this dollish mask, like a gay melody dancing over an unchanging fundamental bass, passed Anne's other inheritance—quick laughter, light ironic amusement, and the changing expressions of many moods.

From Crome Yellow by Huxley, Aldous

"If only—it didn't look so disgustingly noble and—hygienic—and dollish!"

From The White Linen Nurse by Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell

An expression of contempt curled Rose's lip, as she glanced at Ella, and thought of being outshone by her dollish figure and face.

From The English Orphans by Holmes, Mary Jane