Sentences with phrase «as nicknames go»

As nicknames go, it was perfect.

Not exact matches

«He introduced me as his spiritual coach, and I just wanted to crawl under the table,» sighs Cayton, who goes by the nickname Karuna — a Buddhist term meaning «compassion.»

If you go by a nickname, try searching using your first initial and last name so as not to miss out on any results.

With the cameras following Diana wherever she went, she lived up to her nickname as «Princess of the People» with her extensive charity work.

We've nicknamed it «How to Cook Like a Grown Up» and I've gone from someone who regarded food as fuel, as your correspondent does, to someone who actually enjoys cooking.

As well as winning in F1, the two went off and dominated Can - Am, leading the series to gain the nickname «The Bruce and Denny show»As well as winning in F1, the two went off and dominated Can - Am, leading the series to gain the nickname «The Bruce and Denny show»as winning in F1, the two went off and dominated Can - Am, leading the series to gain the nickname «The Bruce and Denny show».

After being discovered playing football as a youth on the beaches of La Coruna in spain, an early spell playing for Deportivo went well enough he earned the nickname «The Golden Galician» and promptly received the call from Barcelona in 1954.

Alex is usually a shortened version and a nickname for the male name Alexander, however many parents are simply going with Alex as their little boy's official name.

My husband actually really likes Fred for a girl as a nickname for the French Frederic, but for a boy, it's never going to happen.

One momma on Baby Name Wizard writes that her son goes by «Coda», and others have mentioned «Cody», «Dako», and «Koko» as acceptable nicknames.

The complaint claims Percoco went by the nickname «Herb» and referred to money as «ziti,» in the style of the mob family in HBO's The Sopranos.

Here, the sun will be seen to dip to the southern horizon at the «midnight» of its 24 - hour southern late spring day, and as it slowly ascends still very low to the south - southeast horizon it turns into a delicate boat - shaped crescent in eclipse; the horizon along which the dazzling boat goes rocking is that of «The Ice» (a nickname for Antarctica, being «on the ice»).

The researchers cycled in and out as well, coming and going from «the pit,» their not - so - affectionate nickname for the room with the lonely incubator.

Still, given that most of the brutality doled out by this particular commander (nicknamed «The Bird» by the prisoners and played by Takamasa Ishihara) is aimed at Zamperini's face, it's almost as if Jolie wants the inspirational message, but without all the physical and mental suffering that the real Zamperini went through.

Dushku goes on to outline how Kramer allegedly used his position as the film's stunt coordinator — and, thus, the man responsible for her safety on the set of James Cameron's stunt - heavy action thriller — to threaten and silence the 12 - year - old child he had loudly, publicly nicknamed «Jailbait» in front of his co-workers.

You may have noticed that as Bucky and Shuri went on their pleasant Wakandan walkabout, a number of locals were shouting the nickname «White Wolf!»

In the movie's third chapter, Chiron — now going by a new nickname, Black, and played with wondrous subtlety by Trevante Rhodes — has emerged as a virtual double of his onetime protector Juan, with pumped - up muscles, diamond earrings, and do - rag.

In the books, Portman's character is known first as «the biologist» and then goes by a nickname, «Ghost Bird»; in the movie, she goes by Lena.

A prime example is George MacKay's Joe (or Bromley as he's nicknamed), who has told his family he's going off to cookery school but in truth has headed to the big city to join in the annual Pride parade.

By the time the game has gone around the room, the person who is «it» has a lot of names and nicknames to remember, but the name cards on the front of the desks serve as reminders.

For one thing, the formal names of the diseases that vaccines prevent often go by commonly - used nicknames (for example BORDELLA is referred to as KENNEL COUGH.

Happily, Calvin now is 10 months and so friendly and out - going as to deserve his nickname, «The Mayor»... On behalf of Calvin and his entire two - legged family, we'd like to pay very special thanks to Drs. Forman, Morgan and the entire terrific and dedicated staff at CUVS for their super care and making this wonderful occasion possible...»

Nicknamed the «Balinese Pipeline», Padang - Padang Beach hosts lots of surfing competitions, mostly for experienced surfers (as the waves here go from 4 to 12 feet high).

As pioneering West Coast art collectors, Harry W. Anderson, who still goes by his beefy nickname, and his wife, Mary Margaret, known as Moo, have shown the same sort of American pluck and ingenuity that made Saga so successfuAs pioneering West Coast art collectors, Harry W. Anderson, who still goes by his beefy nickname, and his wife, Mary Margaret, known as Moo, have shown the same sort of American pluck and ingenuity that made Saga so successfuas Moo, have shown the same sort of American pluck and ingenuity that made Saga so successful.

In his 1987 memoir, «CVJ: Nicknames of Maitre D's & Other Excerpts from Life,» written when he was just 36, Schnabel described the painting as the «first that went astray from the predetermined format of a stretched canvas.

In his later years, as museum - executive style had veered toward aping the sartorial armor of Wall Street and corporate trustees, Hopps went casual with a broad - brimmed hat that brought out the charro evoked by his youthful nickname.

Denver, CO has been a marking point for the western United States for decades, and at 5,280 feet above sea level, its nickname as the Mile High City doesn't go unnoticed.

And one other thing, if you are a buyer using Realtor.ca and you type in the «neighbourhood» that you want to look at, you may not find all that's available as some Realtors will put a cross roads or nickname for an area when in fact they should be putting in the name of the town that the buyer is probably going to be using to do his search with (this may be more applicable in small towns or rural areas but not work for very large cities).