hoop

Example Sentences

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She wore a yellow knit beanie, gold hoop earrings and the relieved grin of a woman who has finally checked a mammogram off her to-do list.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

Brothers Joseph and Lyman Bloomingdale got their start in 1872 selling hoop skirts, corsets and other women’s fashions on New York’s Lower East Side.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

At least as many people will probably remember her ability to throw a basketball through a hoop while facing in the opposite direction which she did while visiting a cross-community scheme on Wednesday.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026

Four times in a matter of three minutes, Smith attacked the hoop, carrying the weight of USC’s weeks-long slump on her shoulders as she did.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026

Nan wore makeup, her skinniest, blackest jeans, and her biggest hoop earrings.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry