Sentence examples for novelty names from inspiring English sources

Novelty names like these are the typographical equivalents of wearing a rotating bow-tie: they attract attention but subtract credibility.

Though not on hand, other artists featured on the album range the gamut from throwback acts to current stars and novelty names.

That is evident not just in his vocabulary—"choice" and "diversity" are hot words in the New Labour lexicon but also in some of the features of these schools with novelty names.

Laughter over the novelty name gradually turned to awe that season.

Novelty in names, as defined by new names entering the list of the top 1,000 American names, was high for both sexes in the 1970s, went down in the 1980s, and then increased in the 1990s.

Women in flowing robes hawked candy-colored vials of novelty potions named for magical items in the game.

Communes everywhere were experimenting with new political forms, often concealing their novelty behind traditional names.

Times are better for knitters today than they were before the current proliferation of furry novelty yarn with names like Squiggle, Fizz and Zap.

But even in defeat the novelty of fresh names and faces could act as its own kind of cure, an assurance that they at least might be able to learn.

Novelties bearing coy names like Bone and Shag Bag, they come in fucchsia, celadon and stone -- and look discreet enough to exhibit on a dressing table.

Ultimately, the Nets have enough novelty, talent and name recognition to make their debut season a hit as far as getting attention goes.