nickname

Example Sentences

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The city of Pyongyang became so dominated by Christians that it acquired a nickname: the “Jerusalem of the East.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

The first they requested to name in honor of their spacecraft's nickname, "Integrity."

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

In 1991 Army veteran and divorced dad Anselmo “Tony” Ortiz, who also goes by the nickname Rocky, was working full time and attending college.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Bohm usually doesn’t stand out, even at 6-foot-5, 225 pounds, with the nickname Raffe because a teammate thought he resembled a giraffe.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

Maybe I was the one who needed a new nickname.

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm