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How to use hobbit in a sentence

15 example sentences · noun

Hobbit means a member of a fictional race of small humanoids with shaggy hair and hairy feet. Example: “Although partial remains of other Hobbits have surfaced at the same site, they say it could have been an isolated colony of inbred people who shared the same genetic abnormalities.”

Examples of hobbit by meaning

nounAn extinct species of hominin, Homo floresiensis, with a short body and relatively small brain, fossils of which have...

  • Although partial remains of other Hobbits have surfaced at the same site, they say it could have been an isolated colony of inbred people who shared the same genetic abnormalities.2007 September 20, Christopher Joyce, “Case Grows for ‘Hobbit’ as Human Ancestor”, All Things Considered, National Public Radio
  • The hobbit became extinct 50,000 years ago, about the time the first humans arrived on Flores, but the Pacific rat lived on.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 270

More sentences with hobbit

  • Zombie Snow-White and zombie Bo-Peep picnicked alongside Zombie hobbits and Hogwartians.2013, Jennifer Rutherford, Zombies, London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 3. From the entry Hogwartian
  • I suppose hobbits need some description nowadays.”2022 February 14, Eowyn Ivey, “Marlon James’s Moon Witch Tells Her Side of a Haunting Story”, in The New York Times. From the entry mutantlike
  • It is a sore trial for a hobbit, that.1955, J. R. R. Tolkien, chapter 4, in The Return of the King, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1973, page 98. From the entry trial
  • Bringing up young hobbits took a lot of provender.1954, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Chapter I, A long-expected party. From the entry provender
  • In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.1937 September 21, J[ohn] R[onald] R[euel] Tolkien, “An Unexpected Party”, in The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again, revised edition, New…. From the entry comfort
  • What kind of hobbit are you?2008 April 29, Cory Doctorow, Little Brother, New York, N.Y.: Tor, published 2010, page 147. From the entry LiveJournaler
  • Far from being "junk" that we would discard, these leftovers are precious matter to the hobbits, for the word mathom means "treasure" in Anglo-Saxon.2003, Ralph C. Wood, The Gospel According to Tolkien. From the entry mathom
  • She became known as 'the Fair' because of her beauty; many said that she looked more like an elf-maid than a hobbit.1955, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Return of the King, unnumbered page. From the entry elfmaid
  • At that time Frodo was still in his tweens, as the hobbits called the irresponsible twenties between childhood and coming of age at thirty-three.1954, J.R.R. Tolkien, “2, The Shadow of the Past”, in Lord of the Rings, Fellowship of the Ring. From the entry tween
  • There is a gate somewhere round this way.' And with that he went off along the hedge taking the frightened hobbit with him.1937 September 21, J[ohn] R[onald] R[euel] Tolkien, “Queer Lodgings”, in The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again, London: Unwin Books, George…. From the entry take
  • As fishwomen swam past and mutantlike children scuttled across the ceiling, there was no gentle narrator to chime in with the equivalent of “What is a hobbit?2022 February 14, Eowyn Ivey, “Marlon James’s Moon Witch Tells Her Side of a Haunting Story”, in The New York Times. From the entry mutantlike
  • The living Otherkin are a loosely affiliated group of mostly young people who believe themselves to be magical and spiritual creatures: elves, werewolves, dragons, fairies, angels, hobbits.2005 October 4, Christine Wicker, Not in Kansas Anymore: A Curious Tale of How Magic is Transforming America, 1st edition, New York…. From the entry otherkin
  • The hobbits wrapped themselves up, but their ears were strained for any sound above the creak of the wheels and the slow clop of the ponies' hoofs.1954, J[ohn] R[onald] R[euel] Tolkien, “A Short Cut to Mushrooms”, in The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the…. From the entry wagon

Meaning of hobbit

  1. noun A member of a fictional race of small humanoids with shaggy hair and hairy feet.
  2. noun A person of short stature.
  3. noun An extinct species of hominin, Homo floresiensis, with a short body and relatively small brain, fossils of which have been recovered from the Indonesian island of Flores.

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Questions about hobbit in a sentence

How do you use hobbit in a sentence?
Hobbit is used as a noun. For example: “Although partial remains of other Hobbits have surfaced at the same site, they say it could have been an isolated colony of inbred people who shared the same genetic abnormalities.”
What is a short sentence with hobbit?
“What kind of hobbit are you?”
What does hobbit mean?
Hobbit means a member of a fictional race of small humanoids with shaggy hair and hairy feet.

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