hoop

Example Sentences

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She reminisced about date nights spent on ferris wheels, and dreamt of raising kids in a house with "a driveway with a basketball hoop".

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2026

Hilton then revealed there is even a basketball hoop inside the “doggy mansion,” as her son joined his sister in claiming the home for his own, stating: “This is my house, too.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 24, 2026

"All anyone needs to play basketball is a ball and a hoop, a surface that you can dribble on, and New York City has an awful lot of that kind of space," she said.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

The theatrical Mary may be good for laughs, but other than the hoop skirt and pipe curls, she bears no resemblance to the real Mary, whose life was crowded with tragedy, misfortune and misinterpretation.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

I try to keep the anger out of my words, but that’s like trying to play basketball without a hoop.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko