How to Use effigy in a Sentence

effigy

noun
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  • May all the worries and problems in your life be burned like the effigy of Ravana.
    — Jamie Ballard, Woman's Day, 29 Aug. 2023
  • About 70 miles east of Cincinnati is Serpent Mound, one of the largest ancient effigy mounds in the world.
    — Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 9 May 2023
  • The effigy appeared to be a mannequin’s head, mounted to a stick, and stuck through the links of a chain fence, next to one of her campaign signs.
    — John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2023
  • An effigy of the governor was soon hanged on the courthouse lawn.
    — Washington Post, 19 Feb. 2021
  • At the base was a small vodou altar: an effigy of a Catholic saint, surrounded by conch shells.
    — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
  • Vultures who are killed must be used as effigies to try to scare away others.
    — Mike Cason | [email protected], al, 1 July 2023
  • The resident removed the effigy from the tree and called police, the release said.
    — Amanda Jackson, CNN, 18 June 2020
  • He is known for his effigy of the Queen which appears on UK and Commonwealth coinage since 1998.
    — Victoria Murphy, Town & Country, 28 Aug. 2020
  • The first guest to speak, the group’s leader, stood and handed Noboa an effigy of the Virgin Mary, as if in offering.
    — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
  • After the effigy was hung from a tree another man came up and cut it down, James said.
    — Rebekah Riess, CNN, 28 May 2020
  • It was staged on the shores of a lake in Tbilisi, and as the effigy’s head tumbled into the flames, the crowd cheered, applauded and chanted.
    — Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2022
  • In New London, Arnold’s body is burned in effigy, and a replica of his leg is placed in a coffin and sent to Norwich.
    — USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2020
  • Mr. Chapman was hanged in effigy from a balcony in the State Capitol.
    — William Grimes, New York Times, 24 May 2017
  • The coin illustrates all 10 beasts side-by-side in one single design with an effigy of the Queen in the center.
    — CNN, 29 Apr. 2021
  • In other places, angry men set fire to tires and stomped on effigies of Mr. Modi.
    — New York Times, 11 Dec. 2019
  • One woman held a cardboard effigy of Snapchat’s mascot, a ghost, with a noose around its neck.
    — Frank Shyong, latimes.com, 30 Apr. 2017
  • Many will stick around to watch an effigy being burned on Monday night.
    — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 4 Sep. 2023
  • He's posted pictures of an effigy of me hanging and pointing a gun to my head.
    — Richard Schlesinger, CBS News, 1 Jan. 2022
  • Historic effigy mounds made of soil, some in the shapes of birds and bears, can be found in Cahokia, Illinois, among other sites.
    — Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com, 25 Feb. 2021
  • Saban, in effigy, is frozen in time, affixed to one spot and static.
    — Rainer Sabin, AL.com, 20 Jan. 2018
  • An effigy of the holy virgin anchors an altar to the left of the bar, while a television plays videos of drag performances to the right.
    — Von Diaz, Washington Post, 3 June 2022
  • The burning effigy for 2020 has become quite the hot seller.
    — René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, 10 Sep. 2020
  • There was no villain here, nobody to blame, no need for a scapegoat or an effigy.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 12 July 2018
  • To whom do these effigies of the female body really belong?, the film appears to ask.
    — Erik Morse, Vogue, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Some of the reporters detached themselves from Dunn’s crew and went to photograph the effigy.
    — New York Times, 26 Jan. 2021
  • In videos shown on state news media, an angry crowd stomped on an effigy of Mr. Netanyahu.
    — Ronen Bergman, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Not the man who took the photo of Kathy Griffin holding an effigy of Donald Trump’s head covered in blood (ketchup).
    — Kenzie Bryant, Vanities, 14 Sep. 2017
  • Whether this will go further than a few burned American flags and effigies of Trump remains to be seen.
    — Time, 8 Dec. 2017
  • An annotated version of the image points out features like a road leading to the city and the location of a large effigy that’s burned at the end of the event.
    — Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Several vehicles are required to transport the 3,000-plus-pound effigy, in pieces, to Fort Marcy Park.
    — Heather Mundt, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Aug. 2024

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