gremlin

Example Sentences

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I turned into a little party gremlin sheltering in place, you know?

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025

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

From Salon • Jul. 8, 2025

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

The gremlin mob turned on Root, and when they saw the triple-barreled blaster on his hip, they kept right on turning.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer