Wondering how to use Hobgoblin in a sentence? Below are 7 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as goblin or hob.
Hobgoblin meaning
- A small, ugly goblin that makes trouble for humans.
- A source of dread, fear or apprehension; a bugbear.
Using Hobgoblin
- The main meaning on this page is: A small, ugly goblin that makes trouble for humans. | A source of dread, fear or apprehension; a bugbear.
- Useful related words include: goblin, hob, evil spirit, bugbear.
- In the example corpus, hobgoblin often appears in combinations such as: the hobgoblin.
Context around Hobgoblin
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 6 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hobgoblin
- In this selection, "hobgoblin" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, supremacist and behind stand out and add context to how "hobgoblin" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include attacks from hobgoblin which is and gone the hobgoblin was revealed. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hobgoblin" sits close to words such as aad, aadhar and aaro, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hobgoblin
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
As Ralph Waldo Emerson put it, a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. (15 words)
And to think that many of these believers in the “White Supremacist” hobgoblin will ridicule believers in God. (18 words)
Also during this time, Frenz drew the saga of the Hobgoblin, whose identity became a confusing mess for many years. (20 words)
Writer Roger Stern spent a long time crafting this big reveal, but then he left the book and after he was gone, the Hobgoblin was revealed to be Ned Leeds, a friend of Peter Parker. (35 words)
Al Sharpton's paranoid accusations that racism was the hobgoblin behind her failure should force blacks and women specifically to ask: Why not leave the Democratic Party and support President Trump? (31 words)
Over the years, the lineup for the group has gone through numerous realignments, with characters like Lizard, Scorpion, and Hobgoblin also serving as members at one time or another. (29 words)
Al Sharpton's paranoid accusations that racism was the hobgoblin behind her failure should force blacks and women specifically to ask: Why not leave the Democratic Party and support President Trump? (31 words)
Example sentences (7)
And to think that many of these believers in the “White Supremacist” hobgoblin will ridicule believers in God.
Also during this time, Frenz drew the saga of the Hobgoblin, whose identity became a confusing mess for many years.
Over the years, the lineup for the group has gone through numerous realignments, with characters like Lizard, Scorpion, and Hobgoblin also serving as members at one time or another.
Writer Roger Stern spent a long time crafting this big reveal, but then he left the book and after he was gone, the Hobgoblin was revealed to be Ned Leeds, a friend of Peter Parker.
Al Sharpton's paranoid accusations that racism was the hobgoblin behind her failure should force blacks and women specifically to ask: Why not leave the Democratic Party and support President Trump?
As Ralph Waldo Emerson put it, a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.
In its debut, it was designed specifically to counteract powerful sonic attacks from Hobgoblin, which is very much not what's happening here.
Common combinations with hobgoblin
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: