hood

Example Sentences

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“So your best friends are Black and you live in the ‘hood.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

"But we make black music first and foremost, and all our records is 'hood first'."

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2025

"They Cloned Tyrone," directed and co-written by Juel Taylor, is a futuristic 'hood mystery based around a white and white-adjacent corporate agenda to control the Black community through fried chicken, drugs and perms.

From Salon • Jul. 30, 2023

“The paranoia that comes from being in the ‘hood, it makes you operate in a certain way.

From Washington Times • Jun. 15, 2023

“You know, walking away from the ’hood and the good.”

From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers