1
: a small-scale figure of a human being used especially as a child's plaything
2
Examples of doll in a Sentence
My aunt collects porcelain dolls.
there was a row of dolls along the shelf in the bedroom
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Surrounded by photography books, four American Girl dolls regarded us from an alcove.
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Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
This time, however, the doll is unnesting nearly three years after launch.
—Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 11 July 2025
Mattel recently debuted a doll that is dressed in a playful blue polka-dot outfit, sporting a matching pastel purse and, most notably, wearing a continuous glucose monitor on her arm and an insulin pump clipped to her waist.
—Maggie McGrath, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
That pace, combined with the silly-looking coyote doll, is apparently realistic enough to spook nearby animals.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 10 July 2025
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Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
This time, however, the doll is unnesting nearly three years after launch.
—Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 11 July 2025
Mattel recently debuted a doll that is dressed in a playful blue polka-dot outfit, sporting a matching pastel purse and, most notably, wearing a continuous glucose monitor on her arm and an insulin pump clipped to her waist.
—Maggie McGrath, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
That pace, combined with the silly-looking coyote doll, is apparently realistic enough to spook nearby animals.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 10 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for doll
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“Doll.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doll. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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doll
noun
ˈdäl 
ˈdȯl
1
: a small figure of a human being used especially as a child's plaything
2
a
: a pretty young woman
b
: an attractive person
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