How to Use nickname in a Sentence

nickname

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• His mother gave him the nickname “Winky” when he was a baby.
• Earvin “Magic” Johnson got his nickname from the way he handled a basketball.
• The nickname is a simple but poignant joke on the part of the villagers.
  — V.m. Braganza, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Sep. 2023
• The title of the new song refers to a nickname that Las Vegas picked up in the 1940s.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 17 Sep. 2023
• The design gives the indoor plant its nickname: the nerve plant.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 4 Dec. 2023
• And by-the-wind sailors live up to their nickname: where the winds go, so do velellas.
  — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 3 May 2023
• His nickname Gator derives from the swimming pool game of the same name.
  — Michael S. Rosenwald, Washington Post, 4 May 2023
• Get tips for landing a great nickname, plus a few fun ideas.
  — Lisa Milbrand, Parents, 6 Sep. 2023
• By middle school, Mosley had earned the nickname Scoop from a friend’s father.
  — Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 2 June 2023
• North Texas' nickname is the Mean Green, and its mascot is an eagle.
  — Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2023
• Each had quirks and faults that were reflected in the grim humor of their nicknames.
  — Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2023
• Fish was the childhood nickname for Dwayne Williams, who was an avid swimmer.
  — Joseph D. Bryant | [e-mail], al, 11 Sep. 2023
• To keep things separate, use a one-time nickname for each app.
  — Heather Kelly, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2024
• Yorkville Christian’s Cody Hazzard is a young man of many nicknames.
  — Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2023
• Neither Rhule nor Reich coached the Panthers long enough to pick up a nickname.
  — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 26 Jan. 2024
• The deer was commonly seen feeding in a potato field by locals, and the nickname stuck.
  — Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 27 Mar. 2024
• The concert’s title is a reference to one of Jones’ nicknames.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 13 Apr. 2023
• In homage to the misidentification as plants, the team has given the fossils a unique nickname.
  — Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Dec. 2023
• Get a new perspective on the Holy City — and see the many church steeples that give it that nickname — with a visit to one (or a few) of the rooftop bars around Charleston.
  — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 30 Apr. 2023
• This threat turns out to be a simulant with the form of a 6-year-old girl (Madeleine Yuna Voyles), who acquires the nickname Alphie.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2023
• By 1928, however, Boll had grown tired of her nickname.
  — Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2024
• Ridges of radiating lines that are designed to reflect light, a nod to Paris’ nickname as the City of Light, surround the hexagons.
  — Aurelien Breeden, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2024
• The nickname is blowing up on social media, Onyeagoro said.
  — Haleemon Anderson, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2023
• Reuters has referred to them by their first names or nicknames for safety reasons.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2023
• Blue carbon is a nickname for the carbon dioxide absorbed from the atmosphere and stored in the ocean and coastal ecosystems.
  — Zayna Syed, Popular Science, 17 Apr. 2023
• But before creating a moniker for herself, her mom gave her a nickname as a kid.
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 3 Feb. 2024
• Kelce went on to respond to the nickname during a press conference Friday.
  — Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 6 Oct. 2023
• Sweat bees get their nickname due to their affinity for human sweat.
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2023
• The amount each retiree can receive was capped in 2004 after a city pension scandal earned San Diego the nickname Enron-by-the-Sea.
  — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2023
• Women were derided with vulgar nicknames and viewed as whores deserving of violence.
  — Amy Dubois Barnett, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024

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nickname

2 of 2 verb

• The group was soon nicknamed Team Rubio, or Team Blonde.
  — James Wagner Saul Martinez, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2023
• Reams said the cook had a helper, nicknamed a hoodlum, who did the heavy lifting and chores.
  — Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com, 15 Feb. 2020
• Your cellmates got word of your crime, and nickname you the Autumn Reaper.
  — Colin Nissan, The New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2021
• Musk and Grimes had kept the news of their third child, nicknamed Tau, private until now.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2023
• The pup, who the surfers nicknamed Sammy, started to show up every morning to catch the tide.
  — Allison Moses, USA TODAY, 20 July 2023
• In fact, that’s what his bandmate Mike Mills nicknamed him: Face.
  — Jon Mooallem, New York Times, 3 Dec. 2023
• The carnage was the work of just two orcas, nicknamed Port and Starboard, who are known to hunt sharks in the region.
  — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 11 Apr. 2023
• The hurler, nicknamed Thor, has been among the top pitchers in the Mets’ starting rotation and in baseball.
  — Fox News, 26 May 2020
• Ashley, now 13 years old, is the mother of an 8-month-old baby boy nicknamed Peanut.
  — Rachel Scott, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2024
• The dual light sensors, nicknamed Arty, measure heart health but aren't approved by the FDA yet.
  — Matt Jancer, WIRED, 3 Jan. 2024
• Rafiki loves to play hide and seek (this adorable guy is nicknamed Houdini) and loves to jump on tall perches.
  — The Arizona Republic, 22 Mar. 2024
• The Loch Ness monster, nicknamed Nessie, is a creature speculated to live in the lake in the Scottish highlands.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2023
• The group, nicknamed the Waldos for their favorite hangout spot (a wall outside of school), used to meet after school to smoke pot.
  — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
• Their 38-year-old son, Patrick, nicknamed Trick, has pursued a monastic life in Nepal and Berlin, hoarder of his own secrets.
  — Hamilton Cain, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2023
• The summer sitting room was designed by Shoup; the family nicknamed it periptero (kiosk in Greek).
  — Town & Country, 1 Apr. 2023
• This month's lunation is called the Wolf Moon, nicknamed after the howling canines that are known to be active this time of year.
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 13 Jan. 2024
• The phase comes just a few weeks before the month's full moon — nicknamed the Wolf Moon, which is predicted to peak on Jan. 25 — and marks the beginning of the lunar cycle.
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 26 Dec. 2023
• Zin Htet, whose fans have aptly nicknamed her Superman, didn’t let that stop her, though.
  — Leah Campbell, Glamour, 7 Dec. 2019
• The team nicknamed it the 'Godzilla shark' for its features resembling Godzilla.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 21 Mar. 2024
• The Air Force has said for years that the A-10 jets, nicknamed Warthogs for their bulky silhouette and toughness in a fight, have passed their prime and will be vulnerable in the wars of the future.
  — Daniel Nasaw, wsj.com, 13 Apr. 2023
• Wallace Lake, our summer respite from the heat, was nicknamed the polio pit by somebody who refused to swim there.
  — Sam Boyer, cleveland, 3 Apr. 2020
• The pair’s youngest son is nicknamed Tau. Times news researcher Scott Wilson contributed to this report.
  — Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2023
• The students who isolated the satellite nicknamed it the MiniFlayer and dubbed its helper the MindFlayer.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 9 Nov. 2023
• One of my counselors, a slight, bearded young man nicknamed Rabbit, was one such case, who now advised people like me.
  — Jackson Lears, Harper's Magazine, 9 June 2023
• One of the places Cissy stopped by was a local flop house, nicknamed the House of Souls, where her sister regularly hung out.
  — Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 29 June 2023
• Cherry, nicknamed Grapes, spent four decades in the NHL between his time as a player, coach and commentator.
  — Kyle Fredrickson, The Denver Post, 12 Nov. 2019
• Gerwig jokingly nicknamed the duo Ken David and Ken Tom.
  — Time, 27 June 2023
• His grandfather, whom he was named after, was nicknamed Buck.
  — Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2020
• The forest, nicknamed the Weelaunee Forest, is a tribute to the Muscogee (Creek) native tribe that occupied the land up until the 1820s.
  — Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner, 1 May 2023
• While hunting out of the same blind last year, Trisha spotted the big buck—nicknamed Brutus for his sheer size—hundreds of yards away in another field.
  — Outdoor Life, 18 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024