sobriquet

How To Use sobriquet In A Sentence

• It should certainly have administrative headquarters worthy of the sobriquet.
• He earned the sobriquet from an uncanny ability to always pick the right stocks. Times, Sunday Times
• His temper tantrums have acquired him the further sobriquet of ‘Kung-fu Kahn’ after he merrily throttled one opponent and bit a chunk out of another.
• If Olubamiwo allows O'Connell to make their contest a boxing match, it's unlikey he'll have the tools to compete with the Plymouth man but "The War Machine" didn't get such a sobriquet from trying to outslick adversaries in the ring. East Side Boxing
• It's a sobriquet that conjures up visions of rich but not-very-fit middle-aged men hauling on very large fishing rods and imagining they're Ernest Hemingway, the ultimate he-man.
• The dashes looked like ants column; thus, this effect earned the colorful sobriquet marching ants.
• The phrase "The Facebook Username debacle" is first used, and becomes the preferred sobriquet for the feature forevermore. 70% of commenters mention that "Facebook Username" can be abbreviated "FU", and each thinks he is the first to think of it. Exclusive: The Future of Facebook Usernames - Anil Dash
• He laughs when asked about his new sobriquet of Britain's richest man.
• For the crew who had to lie flat on their bellies in less than a metre of space, the tank earned its sobriquet as a mobile crematorium. Times, Sunday Times
• Frank, as his sobriquet implies, is a giant of a man.