Examples of nom de plume in a Sentence

He wrote under a nom de plume.

Recent Examples on the Web The former Georgia state representative, gubernatorial candidate, and political powerhouse who helped turn Georgia blue is also a successful romance novelist with eight books penned under her nom de plume Selena Montgomery. — Elena Sheppard, Vogue, "How a Group of Romance Writers Raised Almost Half a Million Dollars for Georgia’s Runoff Candidates," 8 Dec. 2020 This is a nom de plume, or pseudonym—like A. M. Barnard (a.k.a. Louisa May Alcott). — Lillian Stone, The New Yorker, "Famous Nicknames, Explained," 29 Sep. 2020 After finding little success writing travel letters under the nom de plume Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass, Clemens left Cincinnati in February 1857 bound for New Orleans and en route learned how to navigate steamboats on the Mississippi River. — Jeff Suess, Cincinnati.com, "Mark Twain vs. The Enquirer: 'I think the Cincinnati Enquirer must be edited by children'," 29 Jan. 2020 Somewhere between Ann Landers and Dan Savage lives Sugar, the nom de plume of the writer Cheryl Strayed who, between 2010 and 2012, wrote an advice column for The Rumpus, an online literary magazine. — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, "‘Tiny Beautiful Things’ at Victory Gardens is about an advice columnist — and might just solve your problems," 15 Sep. 2019 Natalia’s first novel appeared, in 1942, under a nom de plume, because Mussolini’s racial laws forbade Jews to publish books. — Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, "Rediscovering Natalia Ginzburg," 22 July 2019 In the throes of writing and daydreaming about the perfect nom de plume, my illustrations were also coming to life. — Haley Moss, Teen Vogue, "Telling My High School Class That I'm Autistic Is the Best Thing I've Ever Done," 12 Apr. 2019 Other examples include the philosopher David Lewis, who published a response to one of his own papers under the nom de plume Bruce Le Catt. — Ars Technica, "The Journal of Controversial Ideas—academic freedom sans responsibility is reckless," 25 Nov. 2018 Or so says the website dedicated to her nom de plume, Selena Montgomery. — Nicola Pardy, refinery29.com, "Stacey Abrams’ Alter Ego Might Be The Key To Winning Georgia’s Election," 25 May 2018

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“Nom de plume.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nom%20de%20plume. Accessed 20 Jan. 2021.