How to Use life-size in a Sentence

life-size

adjective
  • The current life-size piece is his sixth in the series.
    — Diane Bell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2023
  • The Man poster on one wall, and above the door frame, a life-size ticket stub from that last night of the band’s 2018 tour.
    — Lyndsey Havens, Billboard, 22 June 2023
  • Two broncos served as beacons on the rooftop, and a life-size horse stood guard on the sidewalk in front of the shop.
    — Amy Bizzarri, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 May 2023
  • Starr always seemed like the friendliest and most life-size of the four Beatles.
    — Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2025
  • The home’s most iconic feature is a life-size statue of a buck grazing at the front of the mansion.
    — Hunter Boyce, ajc, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Jaramillo and his team have built two life-size models of the beastly snake to show its sheer size.
    — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The whole place was filled with Alien residue, including a life-size Xenomorph figure.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2024
  • Holes on the course include a life-size beer pong, air hockey, roulette, Connect Four and a true/false hole.
    — Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 12 July 2023
  • FaceTime video tiles are life-size; as new people join, the call expands in your room.
    — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 7 June 2023
  • The life-size electric drones known as eVTOLs have produced more hype than flight time over the last half decade.
    — J. George Gorant, Robb Report, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Make life-size drawings of each other on the back of some old wrapping paper.
    — Jennifer Wolf, Parents, 30 July 2024
  • One such artist, Dave Tovey, showed the heir to the throne around a life-size sculpture of a house, crafted out of an old Peugeot 206 in which Tovey once lived.
    — Isaac Bickerstaff, Glamour, 6 Sep. 2024
  • The Irish don’t even make the game, probably eating life-size Pop-Tarts instead.
    — Pete Sampson, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Two life-size cardboard cutouts of Narendra Modi posed against a wall.
    — Maya Jasanoff, The New Yorker, 19 June 2024
  • On the wall adjacent to the tent room the Marquess installed a huge clock with the life-size figures Gog and Magog striking the hours.
    — Town & Country, 23 Apr. 2023
  • After an old Mickey dies, a new one is spat out, life-size 3D-printer-style.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2025
  • But the real collector's item came in the form of life-size cutouts, featuring a few of the fan-favorite roles in the drama.
    — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The life-size figures are made from an invasive weed found in India's forests.
    — Greg Allen, NPR, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Nestled in a back corner, a life-size bottle of Chance invited guests to strike a pose.
    — Eliseé Browchuk, Vogue, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Beside him was a life-size digital asset of a sedan, the inside of which appeared to be on fire.
    — Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
  • The life-size statue of the late Winehouse, who belonged to the Jewish faith, was installed in 2014 at Camden Market.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 20 Feb. 2024
  • The man shares his story via a video recording that is presented in life-size on a screen at eye level with the viewer.
    — Jennah Pendleton, Sacramento Bee, 19 June 2024
  • Polly Pocket’s wardrobe is getting a life-size upgrade thanks to Lisa Says Gah.
    — Hannah Malach, WWD, 5 Mar. 2025
  • There’s even a cave with life-size sand sculptures and 3-D holiday paintings.
    — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 20 Nov. 2024
  • One such item — a life-size wooden figure trapped in a frozen scream — becomes crucial to Darcy’s quest to root out the truth about the murder.
    — Selome Hailu, Variety, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Created by artist David Franklin, each life-size piece depicts a resident of the Great Lakes.
    — Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025
  • Inside the museum, the awards dinner took place in the Hall of Ocean Life underneath a life-size whale sculpture.
    — Jaden Thompson, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2024
  • The piece is a life-size and lifelike sculpture of the artist himself, curled up in the fetal position and trapped in a plastic bag like a goldfish.
    — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Brown, who has designed his own Monster Jam toy truck that will be in stores soon, walked into the arena to see a life-size version of the toy truck — and even got to get behind the wheel.
    — Hannah Sacks, People.com, 2 May 2025
  • More strikingly, one room is filled with a life-size recreation of the courtyard at Boafo’s childhood home in Ghana’s capital, Accra.
    — Victoria Woodcock, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 2025

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