VENTRILOQUIST in a Sentence

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1. The ventriloquist, however, finished his grin.
2. This ventriloquist does an act in which she has a conversation with a wooden dummy.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of VENTRILOQUIST
ventriloquist
 n.  a performer who projects the voice into a wooden dummy
Classic Sentence:
1  Two of the ruffians laid their hands on his shoulder, and the masked man with the ventriloquist's voice took up his station in front of him, ready to smash his skull at the slightest movement.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER XX—THE TRAP
2  The mask with the ventriloquist's voice deposited his huge key on the floor, raised both arms in the air, and opened and clenched his fists, three times rapidly without uttering a word.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER XX—THE TRAP
3  "The railing is old," interpolated a fifth, who had the voice of a ventriloquist.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER IV—A CAB RUNS IN ENGLISH AND BARKS IN SLANG
4  The ventriloquist, however, finished his grin.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER IV—A CAB RUNS IN ENGLISH AND BARKS IN SLANG
5  "She'd do it, too," said Thenardier in a low tone to Brujon and the ventriloquist.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER IV—A CAB RUNS IN ENGLISH AND BARKS IN SLANG
6  Millers, who was the other nurse, retired into the house, and by degrees the child's wailing was hushed and stopped, as if it were a young ventriloquist with something in its mouth.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXII
Example Sentence:
1  This ventriloquist does an act in which she has a conversation with a wooden dummy.