hoot

Example Sentences

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"But the kid inside of you wants to break out and just hoot and holler."

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

Elton’s motivations don’t make sense, but at least Cera barges into the movie with so much energy that his sequence is a hoot.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025

When I shared this story with a friend, she gave a small, sympathetic hoot and said, “Do you want to hear how many times I’ve misplaced my phone this week?”

From Salon • Sep. 22, 2025

But if you keep skating, at some point you’ll meet another woman who skates, and then another, and pretty soon you and your “high vibe tribe” won’t give a hoot what anyone thinks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 21, 2025

The laugh, the hoot, shot out of her mouth like a geyser, and then the Object was falling back on the couch.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides