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Recent Examples of changelingThe story of the changeling that Alice A referenced earlier in the series focused on a family putting a baby into a fire to bring their mother back.—Erin Qualey, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2024 Their first four children are appropriately adorable, but their fifth child is a violent oddball and possibly a changeling.—Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023 Goblins steal a mother’s child and replace it with a ravenous changeling.—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023 Since then, the Star Trek franchise has studiously avoided the changelings.—Alex Cranz, The Verge, 2 Mar. 2023 See All Example Sentences for changeling
Various cultures interpreted the ephemeral aberrations as fairies, ghosts or spirits.
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Rachel Nuwer,
Scientific American,
29 Sep. 2025
On the Blumarine spring 2026 runway in Milan on Friday, models tapped into their inner bohemian-fairy party girl personas with charcoal eyeliner smudged around their eyes, faded hues on their lips and tired waves in their hair.
There's also the light fixtures decorated with gnomes, plaster figurines of knights and other medieval figures, and wrought iron decorations created by Cyril Colnik − whose work also can be seen at Milwaukee's Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum.
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Tom Daykin,
jsonline.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Linda-Marie Barrett is a writer, editor, and steward of a whimsical garden guarded by gnomes.
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Linda-Marie Barrett
September 10,
Literary Hub,
10 Sep. 2025
The singer’s textured pixie, which was cut shorter in the back, had face-framing sideburns and curls that narrowly avoided being called bangs, is hard to miss, and now, just in time for fall, has been reintroduced on the front row.
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Essence,
Essence,
1 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, her hair was trimmed in a shaggy pixie cut; the front just barely holding on to the top of her forehead.
Don’t worry, there are plenty of other tasty options on the catering menu including Cool Wrap Trays, fresh salads, creamy Mac & Cheese and even breakfast trays like Chick-fil-A Chick-n-Minis, plus fruit, brownie and cookie trays for an easy sweet treat option.
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Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
3 Oct. 2025
Kids can also expand their repertoire with assorted refill mixes of pizza and sprinkle brownies, sold separately.
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