hog
Example Sentences
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Some of the lines are silly—about how he hogged the pepperoni pizza at our birthday party, put an obviously recyclable cup in the trash, and often leaves his shoelaces untied.
From Literature
It’s a technical distinction that separates them from 1,000-pound commercial hogs but offers little comfort to a suburban homeowner expecting a permanent lap pet.
Yet Carrick was not about to hog the limelight as he attended a family event alongside, among others, close friend Chris Hood.
From BBC
While the headlines for markets are currently hogged by events in the Middle East, over the longer term AI-induced inflation might prove to be the more critical share-price driver.
From MarketWatch
Abroad, successive Iranian presidents have often hogged the limelight.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
