goblin

Example Sentences

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Just then here he came again, scooting along on the game trail, screaming and making enough racket to scare a goblin to death.

From Literature

The movie opens with her reciting lines from a story that casts her as a brave royal determined to reclaim a baby from a goblin king.

From Salon

It is the fourth consecutive year that the public have played a part in picking Oxford's word of the year, after an inaugural public vote in 2022 saw "goblin mode" prevail.

From Barron's

Previous Oxford words of the year have included selfie, goblin mode and rizz.

From BBC

Paula Dewar and her family have, for years, covered their home and outside street with hordes of ghouls, ghosts and goblins.

From BBC