from pillar to post
Example Sentences
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"If you imagine being a small child and being put from pillar to post with different people and then you arrive virtually into a stranger's house, you are going to be very scared," she adds.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2025
"All I was met with was closed doors and passed from pillar to post," says Ms Whiting.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2023
That’s Seth Rogen as Mario’s traditional adversary Donkey Kong, bellowing as he belts Mario from pillar to post.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 4, 2023
These encampments pop up all over the city, and no wonder, since the residents are chased from pillar to post without any other options.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 5, 2023
As it happened, Schoenefeld was too old to proceed energetically; the going from "pillar to post" frightened him; besides, people had become more exacting.
From Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster by Sastrow, Bartholomew
