nickname

Example Sentences

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"This gave him the nickname among his socialite friends as the gull's friend," Neave says.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

Saavedra briefly entertained the name “Charro,” a reference to Mexican cowboys, before landing on Tapatío, a nickname used for people born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, where all three of his children were born.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

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

She got her nickname because she’s such an amazing baker.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan