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.

Was it a malicious forest kobold, or only a night-owl?

From Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag by Freytag, Gustav

To see this abhorred sneak, this mocking kobold, step between me and my beloved, two torn and bleeding hearts, revolted my innermost feeling.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English by Various

I'm a witch, a Brownie, a sprite, an elf, a kobold, a pixie——" "That's enough.

From The Come Back by Wells, Carolyn