hog

Example Sentences

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Touching the handle after the hog line is not allowed.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

“You should have seen the blood!” one character, Jack, exclaims the first time he kills a wild hog.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

The preferred ritual is to scream victory, hog the moment, call out the haters and mythologize group success as some kind of personal drama.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

Bob Hemesath, a hog and corn farmer in Iowa, was likewise puzzled.

From BBC • Jul. 23, 2025

I remember bumping into the back of one old bar’ hog, then leaping to my feet in a smothering fog of dry dust.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson