What is a sentence using the word effigy?

Answer 1

The word "effigy" has two meanings, though they are directly related. It can be used to describe a sculpture or similar likeness of a person. Alternately, it is often used to describe a crude model of a person with the intention of burning or otherwise damaging it, giving rise to the common phrase, to "burn in effigy." An example of a sentence using the word "effigy" is "Demonstrators burned a flag and an effigy of the president in protest of the war."

Answer 2

The protesters carried a dummy that looked like President Bush and set the effigy on fire.

The natives used a fearsome effigy of their death god to scare away intruders.

There is a marble effigy in the town square, a likeness of the town's founder.

Answer 3

The effigy of the king was placed in the tower. This is a sentence containing the word effigy.