How to Use found object in a Sentence

found object

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  • Rosemary would come home to find objects moved around the house.
    — Lauren Beale, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2019
  • The selection includes a few small pieces that employ found objects and encaustic, a mix of wax and pigment.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 28 June 2019
  • Her other work uses found objects to imagine miniature life scenes.
    — al, 9 Dec. 2019
  • Learn what clues scientists use when analyzing artifacts and what found objects can tell us about a culture.
    — Milwaukee, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2018
  • Alwi gained prominence as a cellblock artist who built ship models from castoff cardboard and other found objects that were on display in a New York City art exhibition that became controversial.
    — Miami Herald Staff Report, miamiherald, 24 Aug. 2016
  • Hammons’s uncanny ability to put found objects together in ways that evoked meaning and emotion was reminiscent of Robert Rauschenberg’s early work.
    — Calvin Tomkins, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2019
  • Work notes that this helps analysts with tasks like identifying targets or understanding a group’s pattern of activity, by reducing time spent scouring screens just to find objects of interest.
    — Tom Simonite, WIRED, 29 May 2018
  • Later, the performers elicited daubs of tone from conventional instruments, as if translating those found objects into spectral music.
    — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 24 June 2018
  • Ranging in height from around three to more than six feet, the pieces are complex, layered assemblages made of frosting, found objects, party decorations, acrylic paint, and an assortment of other materials relevant to that individual.
    — Kerry Cardoza, Chicago Reader, 25 Apr. 2018
  • The most conspicuously contemporary of the trio, Clark uses building materials and found objects to devise installations such as this show’s industrial-style refuge.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2020
  • Scout assesses recently found objects from the Minor Planet Center for hazards and potential trajectories.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 24 Sep. 2019
  • Accents and accessories often include found objects and reclaimed materials from feathers to vintage upholstery.
    — Grace Wilson, NOLA.com, 26 Jan. 2018
  • There are also events focused on interior design, especially using reclaimed, antique and found objects offered by Aurora Mills Architectural Salvage.
    — Janet Eastman, OregonLive.com, 27 Mar. 2018

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