Sentence examples for using a nickname to from inspiring English sources
"There are government buildings on all sides — it has been called the 'security zone' since the uprising started," said Abou Salid, an activist in Idlib reached via Skype, using a nickname to avoid repercussions.
The activist, Abu Zafer, using a nickname to avoid retribution, said it would not have taken much to make the houses collapse, because most were built of cinder blocks stacked on top of one another without cement.
(I'm using a nickname to protect her identity, as well as nicknames for her children). Her grandmother committed suicide before Margaret was born; when Margaret was 10, her mother jumped in front of a New York City subway train and killed herself.
Exuding confidence as he sat openly talking politics in his prosperous furniture shop, Abu Fahad, using a nickname to protect against retribution, said protesters were unlikely to choose leaders from Mr. Assad's Alawite sect after 40 years of his family's rule, but do not hate all Alawites.
The employees at one point used a nickname to describe the type of parents they were looking for: "Happy Harrys," and not "Angry Sallys," as two coordinators recalled it.
"All I can say is Mac was truthful in the stuff he said about me," Pettitte said of McNamee, one of several instances during the news conference in which he used a nickname to describe the man who, at times, was a personal trainer for Clemens and Pettitte.
"Mental health professionals and victims of abuse frequently use a nickname to avoid problematic interactions.
For example, putting their name last (if they're a man) or using a nickname or euphemism to identify them when you've taken a formal approach with everyone else will sting.
Patrick Beuth, writing at Zeit Online, said Mrs. Merkel's remark could be seen as a Mutti-Moment, a "mommy moment," using a nickname for the chancellor that refers to what is seen as her motherly style.
"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.
