How to Use munchkin in a Sentence

munchkin

noun
  • If the munchkins do plan on munching on the chia, please, uh, don’t.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 25 Nov. 2023
  • Just got the great news that all is well and all is healthy with this little munchkin.
    — Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2020
  • Get ready for witches, munchkins and even the wizard.
    — Stacey Zable, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Look at this adorable little angel munchkin.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Look at this adorable little angel munchkin.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Slater plays a munchkin named Boq who falls in love with Grande's Glinda.
    — Billie Schwab Dunn, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • 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
  • The costume features a matching dark green tunic and velvet hat paired with black munchkin shoes.
    — Natasha Dado, PEOPLE.com, 10 Nov. 2021
  • When Dorothy’s presence interrupts the peace in Oz, all the munchkins run and hide.
    — Ramona Saviss, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Of course the munchkin had to go with the wrong superhero and cinematic universe.
    — Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2021
  • Turba shared that the 5-year-old cat, possibly part munchkin, was once a stray with extreme food anxiety.
    — Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Treat the munchkins to an afternoon of egg hunts, sweets, Bunny meet & greets, bounce house, games, face painting and arts & crafts.
    — Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The munchkins in The Wizard of Oz were played by both little people and children.
    — Victoria Edel, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024
  • One day, Eastman’s young daughter, Heather, a bob-haired munchkin, whirls aimlessly about the studio.
    — New York Times, 8 Dec. 2021
  • 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
  • Even the littlest munchkins deserve a little something special on Valentine’s Day.
    — Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 5 Feb. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Most recently, Krispy Kreme introduced a new assortment of donut dots, which are similar to donut holes or munchkin donuts.
    — Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 21 June 2024
  • The assortment of up to 50 munchkins comes in a purple bucket with some classic Halloween characters and designs on the side.
    — Joyce Orlando, The Tennessean, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Ramundo's offers appetizers, soups, salads, pizzas, subs, calzones, desserts and a munchkin menu for the little pizza lovers in your life.
    — Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Move gold tokens around the board to purchase properties from the land of Oz using munchkin homes and emerald castles, collecting Ozian coins along the way.
    — Kayla Kitts, People.com, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Oz may be a familiar backdrop, but Chu borrows from a diverse array of musicals to conceive the world of munchkins and talking animals.
    — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo‘s musical Wicked explainer on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon went viral last year — and now, there’s a version for the munchkins in your life too.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 25 Nov. 2025
  • The rise of Elphaba’s resentful sister Nessarose (Marissa Bode) to governor of Oz, which twists her relationship with the munchkin Boq (Ethan Slater), feels a little rushed to flesh out her bitter embrace of the Wicked Witch of the East title.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 18 Nov. 2025

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