Example Sentences

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A Stormtrooper action figure, a racing Sonic the Hedgehog, Legos and rubber duckies.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 17, 2023

The elder Zia combined blue and pink duckies with a lamp shade, or a carousel with a music box, both items sporting cups for holding blooms.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2023

I bumped into a cardboard cutout of the billionaire businessman at Gorat’s steakhouse and counted several rubber duckies wearing his signature spectacles at Hollywood Candy.

From Washington Post • Jun. 7, 2017

Sometimes, accidental spills from container ships carrying everything from tennis shoes to rubber duckies to millions of ocean-themed Lego pieces provide an inadvertent means of tracking ocean currents.

From National Geographic • Aug. 25, 2015

I sang All the little duckies and hooked one arm around a metal railing on the deck.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys