Example sentences for: dummy

How can you use “dummy” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • For example a score of 23 to 28 indicated a Chicano Barriologist was “muy de aquellas” (very Chicano); 18 to 22 indicated High Potential, “o ya casi” (almost a Chicano); 13 to 17 was half Mexican, half American, or “keep trying, you”; 8 to 12 was a “vendido” (sellout or culturally deprived); and 0 to 7 was a “pendejo” (dummy, jerk).

  • Scalia as regressive; balls as metaphor; Clarence Thomas as ventriloquist's dummy.

  • with race as a dummy variable (Caucasian = 0, African-American = 1).

  • Another piece analyzes the crash test dummy cartoon, a form invented in 1993 (Policeman to crash test dummy woman: "Ma'am, it's your husband.

  • In addition, the LAT notes Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko's dubious record: he extended his term in a dummy referendum, and has been known to gag the opposition press and imprison dissidents.


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