How to Use "Object" with Example Sentences

object (n): a thing that can be seen or touched, but is not alive

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Used with adjectives:

"We saw a moving object."
(moving, foreign, flying, distant)

"She takes pictures of inanimate objects."
(inanimate, man-made, familiar, everyday)

"I have too many material objects."
(material, physical)

"He was playing with a small object."
(small, large, sharp, solid, heavy)

"He treats her like a sex object."
(sex)

Used with prepositions:

"He is the object of her affection."
(of)

object (v): to refuse; to say no; to disagree

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Used with adverbs:

"We strongly object to the new rule."
(strongly)

Used with prepositions:

"I object to the low grade."
(to)