Sentence examples for using a nickname for from inspiring English sources
"Long live Apo!" everyone cried, using a nickname for Öcalan.
"I've known Sanjay for many years," he said, using a nickname for the restaurateur.
"We beat our beaters against the steel for them," he said, using a nickname for sledgehammers.
"I would think that Manafort would have been useless there without Kostya," he said, using a nickname for Kilimnik.
"They don't call them the gray ghost for nothing," Entz said, using a nickname for the animals, which have always been elusive.
Mr. Barrett became "pretty tight with K.G. through some work they'd done together when K.G. was with Nike and Jamie was with Wieden & Kennedy," Mr. Gilbert said, using a nickname for Mr. Garnett.
He did not use a nickname for the Marine helicopter that went down last week.
It was a bad enough movie before Mr. Eszterhas decided to use a nickname for the presidential penis ("Willard") and write White House love scenes with feeling.
Using a "nickname" (the name for signing things) which is different from your "real name" (the name showing up on articles) is discouraged.
"It's the peanut palace," declares the first man handed a yellow slip, using a nickname some of the men have for a local packing and shipping operation with a mammoth warehouse.
The name Senkaku was a translation of "Pinnacle Islands," which British seamen had been using as a nickname for the islands because of their steep rock formations.
