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hog

[hawg, hog] / hɔg, hɒg /




Example Sentences

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The hogs had clearly gotten in too, and that meant fleas.

From Literature

Theo, with whom I have never had a conversation about matters more pressing than which of our fellow boarders hogged all the hot water.

From Literature

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.

From The Wall Street Journal

Yet Carrick was not about to hog the limelight as he attended a family event alongside, among others, close friend Chris Hood.

From BBC