life-size figure

collocation in English

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life-size
adjective
uk
/ˈlaɪf.saɪz/us
/ˈlaɪf.saɪz/
A life-sized work of art or model is the same size as the person or thing that ...
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figure
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfɪɡ.ər/us
/ˈfɪɡ.jɚ/
the symbol for a number or an amount expressed ...
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(Definition oflife-sizeandfigurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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With this are associated a headlesslife-sizefigurewho is not the owner of the clutching hand, and one or more heads.
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The nearlife-sizefigurehas been praised not only for its realism and sense of energy, but also for its aesthetic qualities.
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The upper slab of black or dark grey granite or marble is incised with thelife-sizefigureof a priest in full vestments, holding a chalice to his breast.
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The exhibit comprises 500 life-size figures made from chocolate.
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They are on 16 panels with 31 life-size figures, many based on local people.
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Gradually life-size figures were sculpted, initially in deep relief, but then free-standing.
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On the first floor the elements and sources of wealth are symbolised by life-size figures.
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The life-size figures, extending the entire height of the fresco, are marked by curvilinear patterning, schematic drapery folds, and repeated figures creating abstract designs.
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Cortlandt built life-size figures of classic movie monsters that were made of wax, fine wire mesh, papier-mache and polymers.
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