hawking

Example Sentences

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But a lot of times, the image of motherhood these influencers are hawking isn’t exactly the full story.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

But he was managing to put a noticeable distance between himself and the news No 10 had been hawking their former director of communications Lord Doyle for a job as an ambassador.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

The first real TV sales pitch, which ran before a Dodgers-Phillies game in 1941, was primitive: a 10-second shot of a still photograph hawking Bulova watches.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

In 1938, Pennington pitched a tent outside the hiring hall for workers building the Shasta Dam, set up some tree stumps for seats and started hawking grub.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

We make progress, but, unlike those who go hawking and hunting, we may never catch our prey.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton