nickname

Example Sentences

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Bernard lives next to the project site and has documented multiple desert tortoises on and around her property — including Squiggles, who was given the nickname for leaving wavy tracks in the sand.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

There were busts as well as booms - oil has always been a volatile commodity - but on the whole Aberdeen prospered, with the Granite City acquiring a new nickname: Europe's oil capital.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

The periscope device never made it to production but the distinctive roof profile survived, earning the cars the nickname “Periscopio.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

“I can’t imagine that ‘Too Late’ is taking money on construction,” Trump said, using his nickname for the Fed chief.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

Maddy told me his nickname is Mack, because he’s built like a truck.

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