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    Use "hobgoblin" in a sentence

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    hobgoblin


    1. hobgoblin, a wraith, which moved, in vengeful fits and starts on


    2. ” The hobgoblin said


    3. ” The hobgoblin told them


    4. ” The hobgoblin said and popped out


    5. The Yeti put the Hobgoblin in charge of Tim’s group


    6. Limpy and the Hobgoblin lead the way


    7. Those that Hobgoblin call you, and sweet Puck,


    8. "Why have you come to raise a disturbance in my theater?" asked the showman of Pinocchio, in the gruff voice of a hobgoblin suffering from a severe cold in the head


    9. It was do when they recovered, they looked at her as if she were a hobgoblin


    10. We don't know what a hobgoblin or a vampire or a troll is

    11. Without waiting for a further invitation I bolted up the winding runway which led to the second floor, and entering a great chamber at the front of the building was greeted by the frenzied Woola, who threw his great carcass upon me, nearly hurling me to the floor; the poor old fellow was so glad to see me that I thought he would devour me, his head split from ear to ear, showing his three rows of tusks in his hobgoblin smile


    12. People will differ about what a man’s duty is under such circumstances, and the question will be asked whether his allegiance is due to the church or to the woman who returns his love, overlooking what may perhaps be the fact that it is not so much a question of loyalty to the church as of loyalty to conscience; a foolish consistency, possibly “a hobgoblin to little minds,” but, nevertheless, one to be weighed in the consideration of the story’s artistic merits


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    Synonyms for "hobgoblin"

    bugbear hobgoblin goblin hob apparition phantom spectre shade shadow spirit

    "hobgoblin" definitions

    (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings


    an object of dread or apprehension