Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of kelpie
Gene Hackman's Wife Betsy Searched Online About COVID Symptoms Before Dying of Hantavirus
Gene and Betsy's bodies were discovered along with the body of one of their dogs, a kelpie mix named Zinna, in Santa Fe Summit in February.
—
Tommy McArdle, People.com, 28 Apr. 2025
California Gene Hackman died of heart disease, his wife of hantavirus days earlier, officials say
March 7, 2025
One of the couple’s three dogs, an Australian kelpie mix named Zinna, was found dead in a crate in their home when the couple were discovered on Feb. 26.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025
An examination of the kelpie mix, named Zinnia, found that dehydration and starvation were likely behind the pup's demise.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
But the dead dog is now believed to be their Australian kelpie mix, Joey Padilla, owner of the Santa Fe Tails pet care facility which is involved in the surviving dogs’ care, said to The Associated Press.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 7 Mar. 2025
The sheriff’s office initially said the dog was a German shepherd found in a closet, but later clarified the dog was the couple’s kelpie mix, Zinna, and was found in a crate, according to the Associated Press.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025
The couples’ kelpie mix, Zinna, is the dog that was reportedly found dead.
—Rebecca Schneid, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025
The couple’s German shepherd, named Bear, survived along with a second dog named Nikita, but their kelpie mix, Zinna, died, according to Joey Padilla, owner of the Santa Fe Tails pet care facility that is involved in the surviving dogs’ care.
—Morgan Lee, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
Tommy McArdle, People.com, 28 Apr. 2025
California Gene Hackman died of heart disease, his wife of hantavirus days earlier, officials say
March 7, 2025
One of the couple’s three dogs, an Australian kelpie mix named Zinna, was found dead in a crate in their home when the couple were discovered on Feb. 26.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025
An examination of the kelpie mix, named Zinnia, found that dehydration and starvation were likely behind the pup's demise.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
But the dead dog is now believed to be their Australian kelpie mix, Joey Padilla, owner of the Santa Fe Tails pet care facility which is involved in the surviving dogs’ care, said to The Associated Press.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 7 Mar. 2025
The sheriff’s office initially said the dog was a German shepherd found in a closet, but later clarified the dog was the couple’s kelpie mix, Zinna, and was found in a crate, according to the Associated Press.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025
The couples’ kelpie mix, Zinna, is the dog that was reportedly found dead.
—Rebecca Schneid, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025
The couple’s German shepherd, named Bear, survived along with a second dog named Nikita, but their kelpie mix, Zinna, died, according to Joey Padilla, owner of the Santa Fe Tails pet care facility that is involved in the surviving dogs’ care.
—Morgan Lee, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kelpie
Noun
-
Various cultures interpreted the ephemeral aberrations as fairies, ghosts or spirits.—
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.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
-
Like a changeling—a motif that recurs throughout the novel—the old narrator has been taken and replaced by someone new.—
Bekah Waalkes,
The Atlantic,
25 Sep. 2025
-
The motif of changelings—of fairies taking a human child and leaving a nonhuman child in its place—comes up throughout the story.—
Deborah Treisman,
New Yorker,
18 May 2025
Noun
-
Popping in for story time and serving goblin snacks on holidays kept me tethered to my clingy girl.—
Nancy Prentice,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Sep. 2025
-
Some say the cave system would have connected the goblins from Hopkinsville to Hellier.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
-
And thank the faeries for that.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
29 Aug. 2025
-
The Unseelie Court is the bastion of malevolent faeries who harm humans for their amusement or to exact revenge.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
27 Nov. 2024
Noun
-
And all these dwarves and elves and humans go, ‘What?—
Elisabeth Garber-Paul,
Rolling Stone,
2 Oct. 2025
-
The special will be made available on Disney+ the following day, and the elves will head to ABC’s shelves later in the season.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
-
Corso has worn 69 schools’ mascot headgear and has dressed up as Notre Dame’s Fighting Irish leprechaun, the Stanford tree and historic figures James Madison and Benjamin Franklin.—
Joe Reedy,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Aug. 2025
-
Featuring a hostile-looking leprechaun with both fists up, as if prepared to spar, the logo was associated with the South Bend, Indiana, school as Notre Dame claimed football national championships in 1966, 1973, 1977 and 1988 and played in national title games in 2012 and again last season.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
21 Aug. 2025
Noun
-
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.—
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.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
-
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.—
Tom Daykin,
jsonline.com,
16 Sep. 2025
-
Linda-Marie Barrett is a writer, editor, and steward of a whimsical garden guarded by gnomes.—
Linda-Marie Barrett
September 10,
Literary Hub,
10 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Kelpie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kelpie. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share