hood
Example Sentences
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“You can try to fly straight and get an apartment and move out of the hood … and you still find yourself in this situation.”
From Los Angeles Times
For one thing, there’s money in Dahlonega, the smalltown Atlanta suburb where Anna grew up—and where, during the kind of rainstorm that dissolves evidence, a body is found on the hood of a car.
"No silver spoons in my hood, just empty pockets," he mused.
From BBC
The secret traitor reveal happened at the start of the episode as Fiona lifted the hood of her red cloak before turning to Stephen and Rachel, saying: "I was wonderful, wasn't I?"
From BBC
In this case, Ford’s rivals didn’t have to poke around under the hood to find its latest hack.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
