How do you use Waxwork in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like bittersweet or image, plus the exact meaning.
Waxwork meaning
- A figure made of wax, especially an effigy of a famous person.
- The art of producing such figures.
Synonyms of Waxwork
Using Waxwork
- The main meaning on this page is: A figure made of wax, especially an effigy of a famous person. | The art of producing such figures.
- Useful related words include: bittersweet, image, effigy, wax figure.
- In the example corpus, waxwork often appears in combinations such as: waxwork records, the waxwork.
Context around Waxwork
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 4 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Waxwork
- In this selection, "waxwork" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 27.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, tussauds, release, size, records, model and needed stand out and add context to how "waxwork" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and the waxwork ended up and chose the waxwork. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "waxwork" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with waxwork
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Waxwork Records details the release, "Waxwork Records is thrilled to release Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Joseph LoDuca! (18 words)
There are no photographs of what Thomas looked liked, with his image being depicted in the form of a waxwork. (20 words)
As it turned out, she hated it as much as Victor and Margaret did, and the waxwork ended up in the dustbin. (22 words)
On another occasion she won a competition where the prize was either to earn £500 or to have a life-size waxwork model made of herself, which had to be delivered to the Meldrews' house; she chose the waxwork. (39 words)
His waxwork needed to be repainted after the substances were cleaned off following the stunt at the popular tourist destination, while its jacket, shirt and bow tie needed to be dry-cleaned. (32 words)
Living or dead, all the characters have the same waxwork look, and glide through the halls and chambers of Canterville Chase with a mechanical smoothness which is rather ghostlike in itself. (31 words)
Waxwork Records details the release, "Waxwork Records is thrilled to release Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Joseph LoDuca! (18 words)
Example sentences (11)
Waxwork Records details the release, "Waxwork Records is thrilled to release Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Joseph LoDuca!
On another occasion she won a competition where the prize was either to earn £500 or to have a life-size waxwork model made of herself, which had to be delivered to the Meldrews' house; she chose the waxwork.
His waxwork needed to be repainted after the substances were cleaned off following the stunt at the popular tourist destination, while its jacket, shirt and bow tie needed to be dry-cleaned.
There are no photographs of what Thomas looked liked, with his image being depicted in the form of a waxwork.
He reminisced about the heady days of fame, saying, "All sorts were coming my way, a Madame Tussauds' waxwork, MBE, accolades left right and centre.
Living or dead, all the characters have the same waxwork look, and glide through the halls and chambers of Canterville Chase with a mechanical smoothness which is rather ghostlike in itself.
That half-century of tape hiss and YouTube rips will end in March with a vinyl release on the boutique soundtrack label Waxwork Records.
Unstoppable Elon Musk has finally been grounded to a halt as the very first waxwork figure of the world's richest man has been unveiled at Madame Tussauds.
While the future of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex remains uncertain, the fate of their wax doubles at the famous Madame Tussauds waxwork museum has been swiftly determined.
Also in this vein, the play opened with a group of people paying homage to a waxwork of an obese emperor reclining on a couch and clutching a bunch of grapes.
As it turned out, she hated it as much as Victor and Margaret did, and the waxwork ended up in the dustbin.
Common combinations with waxwork
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: