gnome

Example Sentences

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A couple have won a legal battle over a tiny strip of grass outside their house, after a neighbour tried to claim it as their own with a garden gnome.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

Goodman: I took a garden gnome from the kitchen.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2025

"In itself a strange place to keep your garden gnome," the force said.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2024

Others who visited the shop this week have already put this year’s gnome up for sale on eBay at nearly 10 times what they paid.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 13, 2024

The gnome scurried off screeching, “Message for Red! Message for Red!”

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff