sobriquets
- plural of sobriquet.
Example Sentences
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Both sobriquets stem from Ludwig’s penchant for building gargantuan displays of excess at a clip that placed him in massive debt.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2025
Here I could follow the example of Jeff Loveness’ script and spend half this review writing suggestively around the bad guy’s identity, using ominous sub-Voldemort sobriquets like “He” and “Him.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2023
That has earned him the sobriquets “Xi’s alter ego” and “Xi’s chief of staff.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 22, 2022
According to the New York Times, “Ashe’s story certainly has moments of great drama and high tension, but, as a sports figure, he inspired decidedly undramatic sobriquets like ‘the gentle warrior.’
From Washington Post ● Mar. 2, 2022
Flash-in-the-Pan, Spitter-of-Frogs, Malmsey Butt, Latheyard-Will, and Mark-the-Pinker, were the few sobriquets the broker remembered.
From Legends and Tales by Harte, Bret
