kobold

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

In a typical game, online or off, the game master will present the players with a situation — an encounter with a kobold, say.

From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2021

No kobold, gnome, or any other goblin of the mine disturbed the watchers through that night.

From The Crystal Hunters A Boy's Adventures in the Higher Alps by Burton, Frederic William

It seemed as if I had heard the unseen kobold, laughing in mockery, seat himself near me.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English by Various

The queer, dry, lean old Captain had been to her all her life like a faithful kobold or brownie, an unquestioning servant of all her gentle biddings.

From The Pearl of Orr's Island A Story of the Coast of Maine by Stowe, Harriet Beecher

"Oh, no," cried the host, quite humbly, "I will gladly produce everything, only make the accursed kobold creep back into the sack."

From Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Hunt, Margaret