How to Use cartoon in a Sentence

cartoon

noun
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  • The kids are watching cartoons.
  • She enjoys reading the cartoons in the Sunday paper.
  • In the living room, the sounds of cartoons filled the air.
    — Koba Ryckewaert Ilvy Njiokiktjien, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2023
  • In the ’90s, there was a cartoon drawn by I-don’t-remember-who.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 8 June 2023
  • He and his cartoon avatar dressed in red long johns and a Napoleon bicorne hat.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Solve the puzzle to get your bearings—and to reveal the caption to the cartoon below.
    — Patrick Berry, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023
  • She's also set to voice the cartoon version of herself in the series.
    — Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 21 June 2023
  • Sarula Bao’s covers, cartoons, and more at the Condé Nast Store.
    — Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Most of the charm is in collecting the cartoon cats and watching them do silly cat stuff.
    — Jay Peters, The Verge, 14 Dec. 2023
  • This week the boy sat on his bicycle in the living room, watching cartoons.
    — Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 14 July 2023
  • In the cartoon, the Hamas official has a woman and children bound to his body by rope, with a baby tied to his head.
    — Alexandra Bruell, WSJ, 9 Nov. 2023
  • On the back of the jacket was black embroidery of the face of SpongeBob, the main character of the Nickelodeon cartoon series.
    — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Enlarge / Run as fast as those blurry cartoon feet will let you, Mario!
    — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Their logo is a fierce-looking cartoon Blaster, ready to charge with a stick of dynamite in its jaws.
    — Andy Fies, ABC News, 15 Dec. 2023
  • This month’s cartoon…Here’s our cartoon for April, by Ian Foley.
    — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Past creations include a stack of gifts in the shape of Curious George for an adult devotee of the cartoon monkey.
    — Lucy Alexander, Robb Report, 17 Dec. 2023
  • Much of his work is inspired by cartoons, graphic novels and comics.
    — Brittanie Shey, Chron, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Pepe coin, one of the latest additions to the world of memecoins, is centered around a cartoon frog mascot.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Crypto, 22 June 2023
  • Lost in Central Park Puzzle your way out of the woods to reveal a hidden cartoon caption.
    — The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2023
  • The fluid virtual bodies we were promised turned out to be boxy cartoon avatars.
    — WIRED, 13 Nov. 2023
  • So Amber filled in a cartoon outline of her body with heavy gray marker and shackles around her legs.
    — William Wan, Washington Post, 12 June 2023
  • The drugs are pastel-colored and often shaped like cartoons and brand logos.
    — Molly Walsh | Mwalsh@cleveland.com, cleveland, 9 Aug. 2023
  • This is a handy cartoon to show you your storage dimensions.
    — Steven Ewing, Ars Technica, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Children curled up with their parents and watched cartoons long past their bedtimes.
    — Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Arleen Sorkin helped inspire the creation of Harley Quinn — who was a canon immigrant from the cartoon series to comics, films, and video games.
    — Vulture, 27 Aug. 2023
  • In many locales, a moviegoer might see two features, a cartoon, and a newsreel for one thin dime.
    — Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Imagine the Road Runner cartoons minus the wonder of slapstick.
    — Armond White, National Review, 17 Mar. 2023
  • There was even a product placement moment in the video as the cartoon Lizzo was seen wearing her shapewear brand, Yitty.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2023
  • Yet, this cartoon band has defied the odds, delivered the goods and outlived any questions of being a gimmick.
    — Jim Harrington, SPIN, 8 Nov. 2023
  • The cartoon showed a FWS biologist with a necktie muffling his mouth—to prevent him from speaking the truth.
    — TIME, 8 Feb. 2024

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