How to Use munchkin in a Sentence

munchkin

noun
  • Just got the great news that all is well and all is healthy with this little munchkin.
    Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2020
  • The person who hired us came once a week to bring us our checks and box of Dunkin' Donut munchkins.
    Mattie Kahn, Glamour, 9 Apr. 2019
  • When Dorothy’s presence interrupts the peace in Oz, all the munchkins run and hide.
    Ramona Saviss, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Okay, last one for today ? Just had to share munchkin's #gradhair.
    Sasha Henriques, Woman's Day, 25 July 2017
  • Nicole, a munchkin, and Mickey, the scarecrow, talked for hours while painting a backdrop of the Wicked Witch’s crows.
    Charisma Madarang, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2022
  • The munchkins wrote thank you cards to Miss Swift and I was blessed to be able to give them to her kind daddy who promised to bring them to her before the show.
    Alexia Fernandez, PEOPLE.com, 6 May 2018
  • That sixth gear helps keep cruising revs down, boosting mileage to 31 mpg on the highway, and its engine is one of the largest in the munchkin class: 1.8 liters.
    Eric Adams, WIRED, 23 Oct. 2007
  • Of course the munchkin had to go with the wrong superhero and cinematic universe.
    Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2021
  • The costume features a matching dark green tunic and velvet hat paired with black munchkin shoes.
    Natasha Dado, PEOPLE.com, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Sophie Petrovic, whose house just down the street from mine was ruined, cavorted in a blur of Munchkins, as if all evil winds were just props on stage.
    Southern Living, 1 May 2017
  • One day, Eastman’s young daughter, Heather, a bob-haired munchkin, whirls aimlessly about the studio.
    New York Times, 8 Dec. 2021
  • Low and Steady Wins the Race This one might seem obvious, but items that can topple or pieces with sharp corners are a big no-no with a munchkin running around.
    Ariel Okin, Vogue, 9 July 2019
  • The spot ends with a promotion for the new drink, which launches Wednesday and is based on frozen coffee blended with pumpkin munchkins (donut holes).
    Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Standing at 4 feet 3, Maren was the longest-living member of the munchkins and the last surviving little person to appear in the iconic film.
    Nardine Saad, latimes.com, 6 June 2018
  • This fluffy little munchkin is like most four-legged felines, except for one minor detail...
    Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 16 Feb. 2021
  • Just being able to see a bag of chips, or a box of Dunkin Donuts munchkins, or a box of little chocolate chip cookies from Entenmann’s out on the counter, so someone can come in and take a snack.
    Christine Lennon, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 May 2023
  • One week till my due date!💃🥰 Sending love from me, Daisy, Daddy the photographer, and the munchkin/watermelon in my belly!
    Anya Leon, PEOPLE.com, 18 Nov. 2019
  • In addition to elves and dwarves and imps there are also trolls and munchkins and leprechauns and a million other short-statured mystical characters.
    John Jurgensen, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2018
  • Dogs or cats with long backs such as dachshunds or munchkins are susceptible to ruptured intervertebral disks.
    Kim Campbell Thornton, sacbee, 8 Dec. 2017
  • During this staging of the L. Frank Baum classic, the audience will sing; make sound effects; participate in call and response; and play munchkins, winkies, crows and flying monkeys alongside the actors.
    Alaska Dispatch News, 27 Oct. 2017
  • Also, Ciscoe Morris tells us about purely delightful, shade-loving woodland lilies, including a tiny munchkin that puts on a big show.
    Morning Brief, The Seattle Times, 28 June 2018
  • These reversals represent nothing less than a retreat to the status quo ante — that halcyon era before Trump and his cast of mental Munchkins started messing with foreign policy.
    Richard Cohen, The Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2017
  • Digital age corporations cannot be successful if the top disdains management and lower level managers are Dilbert-like munchkins.
    Steve Denning, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023

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