Sentence examples for doll playing from inspiring English sources

(She participated in all seven of the others). As Julie grew, Morisot painted her repeatedly — holding a doll, playing in the garden with Eugène, practicing her violin, reading, staring out of the window in a red apron.

Given the close evolutionary relationship between chimps and humans, the implication is that doll playing and other gender-specific behaviors seen in young human children may be hard-wired as well, he says.

Or — and this is the main point — if she could have run against a worthy, legitimate competitor instead of an overgrown Chucky doll playing the role of a business tycoon playing the role of a political candidate.

What role does a doll play in the life of the main character, Claudia MacTeer, and what does this doll represent?

Boys, on the other hand, can indulge in something like doll play with toy horses, which surely whetted the anticipation of owning horses for riding or driving fast.

Now my daughters pretend that their Elsa doll plays with a package of Shopkins, giving both toys a second, and better, life.

As to how the stories that children create when playing The Sims differ from those in traditional doll play, there appear to have been no serious studies.

As for the model rooms, it's enough that they enchantingly capture both the feeling of doll play and adult habitation.

Borrowing on last year's Elmo Live technology, the 14-inch animatronic doll plays turn-taking games like Simon Says, and can moon walk, thanks to his innovative hinged feet with locking wheels.

Wrangham says stick cradling reminded him of doll play in girls.

However, critics of the prosocial interpretation of Binti-Jua's behavior suggest that given her early exposure to doll play, an associative learning explanation is also possible.