How To Use Lay figure In A Sentence
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For one thing, we will have to ignore a good deal of commentary presented by nameless characters, by representative characters, and by lay figures who appear for one important speech and are never seen again.
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Each floor had several components of live artistry — from a man in burlesque drag modeling for a few fidgety painters on art horses (floor 5) to a sword swallower swallowing swords next to a student spraying water on his lineup of dwarfish clay figures (floor 2).
In Tribeca Snowstorm, Parker Posey Makes Us Melt
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Other clay figures in the show this autumn will speak of different facets of their culture.
Times, Sunday Times
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Clay figures are often used in stop motion animations, known as claymation, for their ease of repositioning.
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Her sensations throughout, as she subsequently stated, had been of the most pleasing nature; and her manageableness during the operation was as perfect as if she had been a wax doll or a lay figure.
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It was like forcing a clay figure to bend after it had been in the oven and glazed.
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Occasionally the books were illustrated with engravings, but none could match the authenticity of the sixty-three unfired clay figures in Royer's collection.
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When we overlay Figure 4.2 onto Figure 4.1, we will see that the budget constraint will be tangential to some I-curves and cut across other I-curves.
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The realization had come to her slowly; the Queen was a lay figure, lacking even the power to dismiss a maid-of-honour without the King's approval.
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Other clay figures in the show this autumn will speak of different facets of their culture.
Times, Sunday Times
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The furniture and decorations were not mocked up in every detail, but the draped table and open Bible were modelled, and the seated woman was represented by a lay figure in a dress.
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Thus the captor of a crane, at sight of which a dumb prince recovered his speech, was called Totori no Miyatsuko (the bird-catching governor), and Nomi-no-Sukune, who devised the substitution of clay figures (haniwa) for human sacrifices at
A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era
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Zack and I spent last evening making modelling clay figures at the kitchen table.
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A mould is made of the clay figure and he casts it out in fibreglass resin and silicone.
Boing Boing: July 30, 2006 - August 5, 2006 Archives
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Zack and I spent last evening making modelling clay figures at the kitchen table.
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The wall-text description of the latter as ‘display figures’ is questionable, since they are primarily tutelary deities to which devotees made regular votary offerings.
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She kittened and frivoled through the Reign of Terror with an archness that was commendable, though somewhat misplaced, and she let loose a lay figure labeled _Marie Antoinette_ that was designed to frame her own accomplishments.
Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905
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Small clay figures, human and animal, were modelled and placed as offerings on mountain peak sanctuaries.
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After the raw materials have been ground, sifted, dampened, kneaded and formed into clay figures, another step in the process is added: decorative paint from cooked anil.
The artesanias of Michoacan - an introduction
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Many travelers combine their sun and sand vacation with a visit to Oaxaca, searching out unique pieces of folk art including dance masks, pottery and painted clay figures, rugs and tapestries, and antiques from the colonial period forward.
Jacobo Angeles: A rich wood-carving tradition in Oaxaca, dating to pre-Hispanic times
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Among the little stores, Meia Tigela and Verde Inveja showcase Portuguese products, from lavender or cherry-scented Confiança soaps, to strong red wines from the banks of the Douro river and colorful clay figures of saints, soldiers and roosters made in the nearby town of Barcelos.
Within Portugal's Cradle
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In one of her wittiest pieces, three gorgeously entangled clay figures hobnob.
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