Sentence examples for barbie from inspiring English sources

From that, we get today's familiar terms of barbecue, barbie and BBQ.In reality, most people these days grill rather than barbecue and the difference between the two could not be greater.

It is almost 25 years since Paul Hogan, an Australian comedian, tried to lure tourists down under with his promise to throw "another shrimp on the barbie".

Where the real-world Barbie doll was once the basis of the Barbie brand, Mattel's Monster High, another highly successful modern range of ghoulish fashion dolls (pictured), started off online.

US researchers found that girls who played with Barbie dolls for just a few minutes, even Barbies dressed as a medical doctor, were less likely to feel capable of doing male-dominated jobs.

There was also a treasure hunt for "chainsaw Barbie" around the UK.

They may look like dolls, but the pair's behaviour is more Bride Of Chucky than Barbie.

Barbie isn't a feminist or a role model.

As a child I didn't care about Barbie, so my interest in the brand, and the conversations around it, has been fairly detached, objective, a lifeguard watching from one of those tall chairs.

I was not hoping for much from the Barbie house, but I was hoping for more than this.

To give Mattel its due, it would be difficult to quantify the positive effects of Barbie – the anecdotes about girls' creativity, about making their dolls have sex, get tattoos, lose their hair in Hoover accidents.

One of the most high-profile actions against toy manufacturer Mattel focused on Barbie.