kobold

Example Sentences

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In a typical game, online or off, the game master will present the players with a situation — an encounter with a kobold, say.

From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2021

He shut himself in his room like some venomous kobold or flibbertigibbet, whining, complaining, cursing, accusing.

From Heart of the West by Henry, O.

Balder was also endeavoring to climb up the other side of the sofa, so that the sleeping child opened her large blue eyes again and stared with a frightened gaze at the black kobold.

From The Children of the World by Heyse, Paul

But I saw no 'sudden Ianthe;' and to this day have never seen even a kobold, a wraith, or a döppelganger!

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864 by Various

The queer, dry, lean old Captain had been to her all her life like a faithful kobold or brownie, an unquestioning servant of all her gentle biddings.

From The Pearl of Orr's Island A Story of the Coast of Maine by Stowe, Harriet Beecher