“The lyrics at times become too obscure and in some places descend into gnomic utterance.”

“Many of her speeches could sound pretentiously gnomic, or ramblingly incoherent.”

“This may seem impossibly gnomic, and it is certainly complicated to decipher, but its main arguments are clear enough.”

“He has an almost gnomish manner, an unkempt beard that he scratches at absent-mindedly and a tumble of curly black hair that bobs as he talks.”

“Heisenberg, red-haired, balding, gnomish, looking older than his years, paces in front of a blackboard as he speaks.”

“No boats emerged from the Milby Cut, but there were at intervals gnomish fishermen snuggled into the banks.”

“In the center of the field there glowed a luminous fairy circle, where a ring of small greenish gnomelike creatures danced and sang squeakily.”

“She was a small creature in her late eighties, with a gnomelike face and a limp that gave her walk a cheerful little hop.”

“The title character is a mysterious gnomelike man who spins straw into gold for the benefit of a beautiful miller's daughter, in exchange for her future firstborn child.”