life-size
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of life-size
First recorded in 1835–45
Example Sentences
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And peppered throughout the museum and its park and gardens are brand-new life-size bronze renditions: Rockwell, Rosie the Riveter, Yoda and Indiana Jones, whip at the ready.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Rather, they are the kind of larger than life-size illuminated molar that – in these parts at least – advertise that a dental clinic is not too far away.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
A 31-foot predator that once hunted dinosaurs across what is now the eastern United States has been reconstructed in scientifically accurate, life-size form for the first time.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
Patni commemorated Akash with a framed photograph and a life-size cutout, decorated with flowers and surrounded by scattered rose petals and lit lamps.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
He did not even watch the big shark sinking slowly in the water, showing first life-size, then small, then tiny.
From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway
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