Papier in a sentence

At the very least, the head of the puppet is made from papier-mâché, not only because of its lack of weight but also because the facial features can be as simple or as fine as the artisan wants.

Papier mache is messy stuff and I ended up basically coated in a mix of flour and water.

I had a giant papier-mache mask that covered my whole head.

Progressing through the workshop, wooden workstations are covered with papier-mâché figures, still in the process of drying and being painted.

Papier co-operated and got into the back of one of the vans, expecting to be taken to the station.

Police say the brown and black rifle made of papier mache was part of some sort of display at the university.

The Christ child may lay on a manger made from materials as diverse as wax, blown glass, yarn, papier-mache and terra cotta.

An elephant covered in papier-mâché dollar bills even watches over customers seated on horse-butt barstools.

A polar bear's cave and frozen lake for seals are made from papier-mâché, cardboard and glitter.

Die bale papier het begin brand en ten minste agt brandweerwaens is na die toneel om die brand onder beheer te bring.

Even a lady with a papier mache arm can’t take too much of that, so down she goes, and in her hand they find hubby’s body much the worse for wear.

I tasted blueberry loaf cake for the first time, and the millionth time, at a table in an eating disorder unit, watched over by a papier-mache tree hung with motivational quotes.

Juan Alonso-Rodriguez at his studio in Pioneer Square, working on the latest painting for his series “Los Muñecones,” inspired by the giant papier mâché dolls that he saw as a child at the annual Carnaval de La Habana.

She has produced 600 “Dumpster Diva” figures made from found objects, papier-mâché, clay and fabric.

While the Wigeon might be the rarest, her current favorite is the woodcock - it used to be woodpeckers - and she proudly displayed a life-size papier mache figure of one she created.

A special unit of the Royal Engineers known as the Magic Gang covered the de Havilland plant with canvas panels and scattered papier-mâché furniture and chunks of masonry around three broken and burnt giant generators.

Created from papier-mâché to resemble a large subterranean cave and filled with industrial equipment from yesteryear, rayguns and general steampunk quirks.

He was then able to find an enterprising local boy to climb up a crack in the cliff and suspend ropes across the Babylonian writing, so that papier-mâché casts of the inscriptions could be taken.

In 1912, they began to experiment with collage and Braque invented the papier collé technique.

Similarly, the French game "pierre, papier, ciseaux, puits" (stone, paper, scissors, well ) is unbalanced; both the stone and scissors fall in the well and lose to it, while paper covers both stone and well.