Example Sentences

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Then he announced he had a surprise for the kiddo he had nicknamed “Big Ben,” thanks to a sonogram picture he saw where the baby was the same length as a wristwatch.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2025

Speaking to supporters in Virginia, Rubio, whom Donald Trump had nicknamed “Little Marco,” graciously conceded that Trump, at 6-foot-2, is tall.

From Slate • Nov. 1, 2023

Internally at the police department, they had nicknamed the case the “Kangaroo Bandit” investigation because of the robber’s gait.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 13, 2023

The first sunrise was produced by the detonation of a new weapon its makers had nicknamed “the gadget.”

From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2022

He had nicknamed a particularly tyrannical, humorless, and rosy steward “Pink Whiskers,” a sobriquet that was soon used by all the jockeys.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand