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How to use pseudonym in a sentence

11 example sentences · noun

Pseudonym means a fictitious name (more literally, a false name), as those used by writers and movie stars. Example: “The Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson wrote "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll.”

Examples of pseudonym by meaning

nounA fictitious name (more literally, a false name), as those used by writers and movie stars.

  • The Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson wrote "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll.
  • The best example of its literary use so far are the German novel The Golem, by Gustav Meyrink, and the drama The Dybbuk, by the jewish writer using the pseudonym "Ansky".1928, H.P. Lovecraft, Supernatural Horror in Literature
  • Maybe it got stuck in a printer.’ That was my first thought,” Parker, who requested to go by a pseudonym due to fear of retaliation, tells Them.2025 March 3, Nico Lang, ““Simply Trying to Exist”: How Trans Americans Are Navigating the Confusion and Chaos of Trump’s Passport Policy”...

More sentences with pseudonym

  • Cy, who asked Forbes to identify him by that pseudonym, had been "pig butchered."2022 September 9, Cyrus Farivar, “How One Man Lost $1 Million To A Crypto 'Super Scam' Called Pig Butchering”, in Forbes. From the entry pig butcher
  • Rowling has written a crime novel called 'The Cuckoo's Calling' under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.2013, The Huffington Post, JK Rowling Pseudonym: Robert Galbraith's 'The Cuckoo's Calling' Is Actually By Harry Potter Author. From the entry under
  • The pseudonym Alex Blake was chosen after much deliberation, most of which excluded Martin.2006, Kate Atkinson, One Good Turn, Black Swan, published 2007, →ISBN, page 81. From the entry Alex
  • However, women did not monopolize transgenderal pseudonymity because, interestingly, men also adopted female pseudonyms.2002, Jared C. Calaway, “Benjamin Franklin and Transgenderal Pseudonymity”, in Constructing the Past, volume 3, number 1. From the entry transgenderal
  • Trump as being involved in the Q effort, saying that she believed he was posting online under the pseudonym Q+.2020 May 20, Mike Baker, “G.O.P. Voters Back QAnon Conspiracy Promoter for U.S. Senate”, in The New York Times, archived from the original…. From the entry Q+
  • Many LiveJournalers choose not to use real names when discussing people online, instead electing to assign pseudonyms or just initials.2009, Rebecca Bley, “RL on LJ: Fandom and the Presentation of Self in Online Life”, in Mary Kirby-Diaz, editor, Buffy and Angel Conquer…. From the entry LiveJournaler
  • Company CEOs are outed for participating on message boards with pseudonyms, and it sometimes seems that no bad deed goes unblogged.2008, Rohit Bhargava, Personality Not Included, page 20. From the entry unblogged
  • “One who is bold enough to create his own pseudonym and yet still arrogant enough to put his name on the title of the book.”2018 September 4, Jerry Davich, “Are you infected by the social disease of 'agnorance'?”, in Chicago Tribune, archived from the original…. From the entry agnorant

Meaning of pseudonym

  1. noun A fictitious name (more literally, a false name), as those used by writers and movie stars.

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Questions about pseudonym in a sentence

How do you use pseudonym in a sentence?
Pseudonym is used as a noun. For example: “The Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson wrote "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll.”
What is a short sentence with pseudonym?
“Cy, who asked Forbes to identify him by that pseudonym, had been "pig butchered."”
What does pseudonym mean?
Pseudonym means a fictitious name (more literally, a false name), as those used by writers and movie stars.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pseudonym (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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