How to Use hobbit in a Sentence

hobbit

noun
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  • Not a goat farmer or toothless hobbit in the whole bunch!
    — Juliet Pennington, BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2019
  • He got called back twice for the role of hobbit Samwise Gamgee.
    — Vulture, 22 Nov. 2022
  • The greens on either side of the road were the limes and emeralds of fairy tales, of hobbit homes and swearing.
    — Lisa Taddeo, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Apr. 2020
  • One was a hobbit house with a snowy roof slide that ended in an ice hole.
    — Lisa Lucas, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2024
  • What Tolkien did was invent a new kind of hero: hobbits.
    — Tom Shippey, Fortune, 21 Sep. 2017
  • Thousands of years ago, hobbits roamed a lush, green land.
    — Adam Hoffman, National Geographic, 30 Mar. 2016
  • Killing a hobbit just wouldn't have felt right on any level.
    — Andrea Towers, EW.com, 29 July 2021
  • Returning to the hobbit hole does not mean that Britain must stop caring about the world beyond the Shire.
    — Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2022
  • But the wannabe tyrant, easily fooled out of his newfound power, isn’t one to strike fear in the hearts of men and hobbits.
    — Kerry Lengel, azcentral, 7 Apr. 2018
  • In the past, most studies of the hobbit focused on the skull and jaw fragments, according to the press release.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 25 Apr. 2017
  • In the past, most studies of the hobbit focused on the skull and jaw fragments, according to the press release.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 25 Apr. 2017
  • For more than two decades, the actor Elijah Wood has kept a pair of hairy hobbit feet in the same box they were given to him in.
    — Carlos Aguilar, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2021
  • Maybe have Bilbo hang out with the other hobbits for a little longer.
    — Steve Wieberg, kansascity, 13 Apr. 2018
  • In a notable reunion, all four hobbits from Lord of the Rings will be in attendance.
    — Jeremy Hallock, Dallas News, 12 Feb. 2020
  • Who can love an odd dome home that's been ridiculed as a perfect shelter for a Smurf, hobbit or Yoda?
    — Janet Eastman, OregonLive.com, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Up close, its concrete bunkers look like Swedish backstuga or the hobbit houses in The Lord of the Rings, half-built into the prairie and roofed with soil.
    — Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2020
  • From the outside, the Noust resembles a rather chic hobbit hole, with floor-to-ceiling windows.
    — Lucy Alexander, Robb Report, 28 Apr. 2023
  • This epic journey to Middle Earth, with hobbits and another story in search of a ring, is brought to the screen with its score played live.
    — Features Staff, Philly.com, 20 June 2017
  • Splashes: While there are clawfoot tubs in many rooms in the main building, the Airstream showers are clearly built for Hobbits.
    — Angela Hill, The Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2017
  • This mug says it all, with the kind of affection only a true LOTR fan and hobbit-lover can understand.
    — Mark Stock, Men's Health, 7 Sep. 2022
  • To see the harfoots as these early hobbits was really cool.
    — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Gone are our Spanish-style homes with their tile roofs and arches, our storybook houses fit for hobbits and Snow White.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2019
  • The deal to the land of Kiwis (and hobbits) is good throughout Auckland’s shoulder season—which means thinner crowds but still pleasant temps.
    — Cassie Shortsleeve, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Apr. 2017
  • Otherwise, what is good remains the same: the perfect pool, the delightful steam room and the two saunas, one of which is in the basement and basically a cozy hobbit hole.
    — oregonlive, 6 Feb. 2023
  • The amphitheater calls to mind a hobbit-sized Bryce Canyon bristling with colorful hoodoos full of climbing and scrambling options.
    — Roger Naylor, azcentral, 28 June 2018
  • While an homage to the hobbit homes of old, this cool planter is actually made in futuristic fashion by way of a 3D printer.
    — Mark Stock, Men's Health, 7 Sep. 2022
  • You're expected to just identify with an elf or a hobbit, but people can't identify in the same way with people of colour.
    — Eva Recinos, refinery29.com, 15 Feb. 2022
  • Hobbits, superheroes, and trolls peak from tiny doorways.
    — Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 14 June 2017
  • Read full article The movie began, and the hobbits and other residents of Middle Earth ran across the screen, tumbling through the forests, wearing baggy clothes.
    — Meredith Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2023
  • Check out our list of Oregon’s most unconventional homes, from coffins and castles to hobbit huts and airplane homes.
    — oregonlive.com, 6 Aug. 2019

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