SOBRIQUET in a Sentence
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Example sentences for SOBRIQUET, such as:
1. He had fled, discharging at them a sobriquet, like a Parthian dart.
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Meanings and Examples of SOBRIQUET
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sobriquet
n. a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)
Classic Sentence:
1 He had fled, discharging at them a sobriquet, like a Parthian dart.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 6: CHAPTER I—THE SOBRIQUET: MODE OF FORMATION OF FAMILY NAME...
Context Highlight In BOOK 6: CHAPTER I—THE SOBRIQUET: MODE OF FORMATION OF FAMILY NAME...
2 Thenardier's well-grounded observation still further obscured for Marius the dense mystery which enveloped that grave and singular person on whom Courfeyrac had bestowed the sobriquet of Monsieur Leblanc.
Example Sentence:
1 The former president Ronald Reagan had a sobriquet: The Gipper.