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

“It was a simple idea of, ‘What if Wallace invents a smart gnome, a robot gnome, to help Gromit in the garden, and things inevitably go wrong?’

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2024

Previous publicity for Vengeance Most Fowl revealed te film will see Wallace develop a "smart gnome" that seems to have a mind of its own.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 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

Martha spouted off a long message to the gnome, including all the details of my injuries, precisely where I was, and who Martha was and her son Helmut.

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