gremlin

Example Sentences

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I scoop it up with Breton crackers, usually while standing at the fridge like a little gremlin.

From Salon • Jul. 8, 2025

“PS you’re giving off super gremlin energy. Not in a good way,” Del Rey added.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2023

The title characters have classic toon precedent — remember the maladroit elves in Tex Avery’s 1950 “The Peachy Cobbler,” or the gremlin in that Bugs Bunny cartoon?

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2022

It came after a difficult night for Red Bull, in which they made a number of changes to the car chasing a technical gremlin.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2022

Seven was almost positive Valley was a cuco or, at the very least, part gremlin.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega