sobriquet

Example Sentences

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Bouldin runs a youth chess club and for decades has worked with young people, both on and off duty — and sometimes with snacks — earning her the sobriquet “Detective Cookie.”

From Seattle Times

The catchphrase also echoed the sobriquet for the railway’s indefatigable founder, who helped turn Seattle into a metropolis — yet whose name is little seen or celebrated today.

From Seattle Times

His disciplining of Latin American priests who promoted Marxist-influenced Liberation Theology bestowed him with the sobriquet "God's Rottweiler".

From Reuters

That has earned him the sobriquets “Xi’s alter ego” and “Xi’s chief of staff.”

From Seattle Times

In the book, this earns Cole the sobriquet of “Kingmaker.”

From New York Times