effigy

How To Use effigy In A Sentence

• One young graphic designer from Ennis had come to the protest with a life-size effigy of the prime minister.
• Africa, of her desire to be a nurse, he had pieced together an effigy of the combined traits of a Hottentot and a vivandiere. On the Firing Line
• I'd want to be more like the friendly and benign Minnesota Twins or Green Bay Packers; or in geopolitical terms more like Bermuda or Canada or Finland - strong countries to be sure; independent, successful, but not vilified and never does one see their people or leaders burned in effigy by screaming hordes on CNN ... Geopolitics
• Queen Victoria's effigy, in various stages of queenliness, stands at many points in the metropolis.
• The second is that the mnemonic power of a life-size naturalistic effigy vivifies the presence of the dead during the second-burial ceremony, enabling mourners to treat the image as if it were alive.
• In 1998 he was burnt in effigy. Times, Sunday Times
• Imbued with all of Carpeaux's desire to create a monumental effigy, this bust reveals much of his personal attachment to Napoleon.
• Rather than parades, it would be better to celebrate this holiday like the British used to celebrate Guy Fawkes Day – by burning politicians in effigy, or a reasonable facsimile. Memorial Day: Burning Pols in Effigy « Antiwar.com Blog
• You put me in a room with a wax effigy of George Clooney, of course I'm going to squeal like a girl!
• the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln