gamin

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of gamin The door is opened by Ms. Etienne, 75 — a wry, sinewy woman with a gamin haircut. Ben Brantley, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2019 Liliane Montevecchi, a glittering French gamin who became a cabaret star in Paris, a pal of Marlon Brando’s in Hollywood, and the Tony Award-winning ‘‘muse’’ of director Tommy Tune on Broadway, died June 29 at her home in Manhattan. Washington Post, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2018 The gamin Bujold plays the enchanting Coquelicot with whom Bates falls in love. Susan King, latimes.com, 8 Mar. 2018 That French movie, which grossed $174 million and turned Audrey Tautou, its gamin-pixie star, into an international... Edward Rothstein, WSJ, 5 Apr. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gamin
Noun
  • Without its keystone predators, the balance of the coastal ecosystem can shift to damage control: urchins strip kelp forests, waves hit harder, and the quiet rhythm of life shifts.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The lobster potentially lives on the urchin as a mimicry behavior, when one organism mimics the physical appearance of another for protection or other benefits.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Use of complementary and alternative medicine in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review.
    Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Children and adolescents ages 2 to 18, without other high-risk factors like immunosuppression, can receive and should be offered the vaccine if they were not immunized before, according to the guidance.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • And Markey has defeated whippersnapper-type political foes before.
    David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The reasons for the show’s appeal are manifold, starting with the odd-trio chemistry of the three leads (Short, plus his longtime co-conspirator Steve Martin and relative whippersnapper Selena Gomez).
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 8 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • But man, our kids went toe to toe with them.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Oct. 2025
  • The event includes pumpkin decorating and other activities for kids, music, a plant sale and garden shop along with barbecue lunch sold by Amigos de Vista Lions.
    Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Seeing my friend so comfortable in comfort, my old guttersnipe buddy who’d once lived for years in actual squalor, felt odd.
    Lauren Groff, The Atlantic, 28 Sep. 2024
  • Our point-of-entry into the world of competitive bloodsport is Tenax (Iwan Rheon, better than the inconsistent writing), a former guttersnipe who has risen to control a wildly successful gambling concern tied to the chariot races in the Circus Maximus.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 July 2024
Noun
  • Santos has also been charged with allowing a juvenile to have possession of a firearm.
    KC Baker, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
  • This is the third time in less than a week that a juvenile has been hit and seriously hurt or killed by a vehicle.
    Jennifer Edwards Baker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • There were kiddie pools in the yard and vintage VW buses in the driveway.
    Clare Malone, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Parks and recreation: Neff Park, a 5.6-acre lakefront park on Lake St. Clair, offers residents a 160-slip marina, kayak rentals, swimming, a kiddie pool, boardwalk along the marina, volleyball and gathering spaces.
    Brendel Clark, Freep.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • With Brodin back, youngster David Jiricek came out of the lineup against his former team, Columbus.
    Michael Russo, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
  • In a new layer, the storyline taps into the fresh embrace of Islam by some youngsters in France with second and third generation migrant roots.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025

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“Gamin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gamin. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.

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