hotchpotch

Example Sentences

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There was nothing to suggest Rose would want to switch from the hotchpotch make-up of his golf bag.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

But other studies point to a more complex story, in which humanity began as a hotchpotch of many different groups of ancient Africans that, together, evolved into modern-day humans.

From Scientific American • Apr. 14, 2022

“It’s mostly an embarrassing hotchpotch of inadequate establishments,” said Axel Klausmeier, director of the Berlin Wall Foundation.

From The Guardian • Nov. 13, 2019

The answer: they are all part of the myriad of inspirations found on the first full day of Paris’ ready-to-wear shows and fashion’s ever-creative hotchpotch.

From Washington Times • Sep. 24, 2014

To continue their experiments, they shut up in other boxes eggs, chiccory, lobsters, a hotchpotch of fish, and a soup!—and they applauded themselves like M. Appert, "on having fixed the seasons."

From Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life by Flaubert, Gustave