Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of changeling
Their first four children are appropriately adorable, but their fifth child is a violent oddball and possibly a changeling.
—
Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
Goblins steal a mother’s child and replace it with a ravenous changeling.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
Since then, the Star Trek franchise has studiously avoided the changelings.
—Alex Cranz, The Verge, 2 Mar. 2023
The folktale of the changeling is here recontextualized into a modern setting.
—Sheena Scott, Forbes, 18 June 2021
See All Example Sentences for changeling
Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
Goblins steal a mother’s child and replace it with a ravenous changeling.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
Since then, the Star Trek franchise has studiously avoided the changelings.
—Alex Cranz, The Verge, 2 Mar. 2023
The folktale of the changeling is here recontextualized into a modern setting.
—Sheena Scott, Forbes, 18 June 2021
See All Example Sentences for changeling
Recent Examples of Synonyms for changeling
Noun
-
Sure, that Christmas elf mistook them as Christopher’s two dads back in Season 2, but no main characters have ever genuinely vocalized the possibility of a Buck-Eddie pairing.—
Andy Swift,
TVLine,
21 Mar. 2025
-
Michelle Obama couldn’t make it, but part-time-painter George W. Bush had space in his diary (like all mischievous elves straight after Christmas), and the poor woman behind BFG Barron missed the whole event.—
Raven Smith,
Vogue,
22 Jan. 2025
Noun
-
The Unseelie Court is the bastion of malevolent faeries who harm humans for their amusement or to exact revenge.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
27 Nov. 2024
-
For instance, people used to hang iron on their doors at night to keep faeries and demons out of their homes (talismans) and a knock on the door in the middle of the night was to be ignored, for surely some evil spirit was lurking outside.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
27 Nov. 2024
Noun
-
Kids consider costumes ranging from spooky goblins to little angels, and parents begin considering how to ration the candy collected after a long night of trick-or-treating.—
Sen. Dan Hall,
Twin Cities,
8 Feb. 2025
-
This is your starting point, and where the brother from the story encountered the water goblin.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
Noun
-
Meaningful Content Moderation Businesses have a responsibility to their brand and customers to protect their online properties from harmful content, internet trolls and other not-safe-for-work (NSFW) content.—
Vidya Plainfield,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
-
The online troll, of course, misses the mark on all three of these categories.—
Jed Brewer,
Rolling Stone,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
-
The ogre is faster than the gnome, slower than the unicorn, and was delayed arguing with a troll at a toll bridge.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
-
The streets are lined with red brick homes and two-story family dwellings, and the yards are decorated with a collection of toys, gnomes and doormats.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
1 Mar. 2025
Noun
-
The dark brown pixie cut wasn't the only interesting beauty moment from the campaign — Zendaya completed the sci-fi look with prosthetic, elf-like ears — similar to those seen on Star Trek's Vulcans — to add an extraterrestrial twist to the shoot.—
Starr Bowenbank,
People.com,
15 Apr. 2025
-
From Taylor Russell’s gamine look to a sideburn-heavy cut on Jodie Turner-Smith, pixie cuts have long been trending among Hollywood actresses.—
India Espy-Jones,
Essence,
11 Apr. 2025
Noun
-
The options are thankfully a bit more contained there: peanut butter cream pie, cheesecake, key lime pie, or a pretzel brownie topped with ice cream.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
12 Apr. 2025
-
Old Friends, here on Broadway after starting out in the West End and stopping off in Los Angeles, is full of that kind of indulgence, like a rich, basic chocolate brownie — familiar ingredients and satisfying, if not necessarily a whole meal.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
-
In the United States, March 17 is typically associated with large parties and parades, green beer, Irish food and drink, and motifs like shamrocks, leprechauns, and pots of gold.—
Cori Sears,
Better Homes & Gardens,
13 Mar. 2025
-
Channel your inner leprechaun at a bar crawl across downtown spots like Penn Social and Hill Country.—
Mimi Montgomery,
Axios,
13 Mar. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Changeling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/changeling. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share