86 examples of sobriquets in sentences

" "Why did they call him the Lone Wolf, do you know?" "I believe some imaginative Parisian journalist fixed that sobriquet on him, in recognition of the theory upon which, apparently, he operated.

The sobriquets had passed into general use, and the real names of Bess and Mari' were nearly obsolete.

Whatever may have been the original excuse for the sobriquet, the derogatory one exists no more.

We do not think the sobriquets of this country very happy, in general, but shall quarrel less with this, than with the phrase of "commercial emporium," which is much as if one should say "a townish town.

"You are too fond of sobriquets," said Rosa.

The sobriquet, "na Raheenach," is really a kind of tribal designation.

"The Dook" was the sobriquet of the person he had come to see; and it was by this name that Nick inquired for him, gravely, of the landlord.

The very thought of the little drawling outsider who had delighted in his sobriquet of "the Dook" made Hilliard feel sick, and he opened wide all the windows and doors when the contemptible creature went out of the house.

He was the friend and benefactor of his race, giving them what gold is ever too poor to buythe benefit of a good example and a noble life, and earned for himself the sobriquet by which he was called, "honest Luzerne."

The sobriquet derived its point from the application he made of the principle involved in this oft-repeated proposition.

PYTHAGORAS was never Jack or Jim Names all unknown in ages pre-Socratic; And SHORTER could not have accosted him By sobriquets endearing or ecstatic; It would have certainly provoked a scene, For instance, to have hailed him as "Old bean.

The sobriquet, "na Raheenach," is really a kind of tribal designation.

The first Grimaldi celebrated on the stage, appeared at Paris about the year 1735, when his athletic force and extraordinary agility procured him the sobriquet of "Jambe de Fer," or iron-leg.

The Good Dame was the sobriquet which Lord Francis had invented to concealor to displayhis courteous disdain of the ideals represented by Mrs. Sardis, that pillar long established, that stately dowager, that impeccable doyenne of serious English fiction.

Hence the sobriquets "Coppernosed Harry," "Old Copper-nose," etc. COPPLE, the hen killed by Reynard, in the beast-epic called Reynard the Fox (1498).

DAWKINS (Jack), known by the sobriquet of the "Artful Dodger."

DODGER (The Artful), the sobriquet of Jack Dawkins, an artful thievish young scamp, in the boy crew of Fagin the Jew villain.

This habit earned him a sobriquet pocket Navhind Times.

His sobriquet of "Pipes," which his skill upon the flute at this time gave him, adhered to him through life among his intimates in the army.

He was soon alongside, and with great satisfaction we at once recognized our strange friend of yesterday, who amongst the boat's crew, went by the sobriquet of Yampee.

I like to call my friends by these playful sobriquets, and friends we are going to be, you and I.

As he advanced to greet her, it was evident that his military title was not one of the mere fanciful sobriquets of the locality.

The Right and Left Bowers were two brothers; their sobriquets, a cheerful adaptation from the favorite game of euchre, expressing their relative value in the camp.

The exile had too well concealed, even from her, his sobriquet and his calling, and Hortense at last grew weary of failure.

"Weel, Mr. M., if you had tried my plan, and come doon to your knees, ye wad maybe hae come mair speed!" There once lived in Cupar a merchant whose store contained supplies of every character and description, so that he was commonly known by the sobriquet of Robbie A'Thing.

86 examples of  sobriquets  in sentences