How to Use hide in a Sentence

hide

1 of 2 verb
  • He hid in the closet during the game of hide-and-seek.
  • The Guardians found ways to hide Rosario’s lack of range at short thanks to the old infield shift rules.
    Terry Pluto, cleveland, 30 July 2023
  • Pets may hide, howl, pace or pant during the eclipse, Krebs said.
    Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2024
  • While the title of the third film isn’t hidden in this movie, the entire storyline of the film is.
    Angelique Jackson, Variety, 15 Jan. 2024
  • The pair hid underneath their desks as the sounds of bullets and screams echoed through the building.
    Will Lanzoni, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2023
  • Being able to cut through hide and knick a bone or two while field dressing goes a long way.
    Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The charger has a rotating top to show/hide the port and status light on the battery.
    Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The man sprinted into the Rocky River, swam midway across and tried to hide in the water.
    Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 16 Sep. 2023
  • These days, the Australian actress has nothing to hide.
    Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The amount of dust, dirt, and crumbs hiding in between car seats and couch cushions can be shocking.
    Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 20 Apr. 2024
  • The site shouted things the media told women to hide, and ridiculed the things the media told us were important.
    Erin Gloria Ryan, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Zoë Kravitz and Channing Tatum are engaged — and the couple did not hide it on Halloween.
    Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Most of the fighting has been hidden from the view of the news media since the start of operations in early June.
    Oleksandr Chubko Diego Ibarra Sanchez, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Long a bad-boy symbol, hide trousers have been transformed by high fashion this fall.
    Charlie Teasdale, WSJ, 21 Nov. 2023
  • With any luck, the soldiers guarding the gates will have joined in the looting and abandoned their posts, enabling you to escape and hide.
    Cody Cassidy, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 June 2023
  • What happened next is hidden by an agreement signed by the parties to keep the process private.
    Lulu Ramadan, ProPublica, 24 Sep. 2023
  • The straps can be worn straight or criss-crossed to stay hidden under different shirt styles.
    Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 15 Dec. 2023
  • For starters, Serena and Tripp not-so-subtly hide their affair in front of Tripp’s wife.
    Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2023
  • Walton Goggins plays The Ghoul, a bounty hunter on the surface who’s hiding his past.
    Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Dec. 2023
  • David has never been one to hide his disdain for Trump and his associates.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 28 Mar. 2024
  • This whiskey is a strong 63 percent ABV, but that doesn’t hide notes of citrus, honey, spice, and butterscotch on the palate.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Nilsen dragged a pen along the page to show what Russia considers its bastion and where its submarines could go to hide.
    Emily Rauhala, Anchorage Daily News, 18 July 2023
  • The news team will continue to cover what the newspapers hide.
    Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The end result: hiding the microwave with a piece of artwork put on hinges, giving it the ability to open like a door.
    Christianna Silva, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Throughout, walls, doors, windows, and mirrors split the frame—and hide Chow and Su’s spouses, whose faces are never seen.
    Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 1 Sep. 2023
  • They are entrenched in the villages and their rockets are hidden inside their homes.
    Ruth Marks Eglash, Fox News, 19 Feb. 2024
  • The fire group shoots Russians hiding on different floors of the building and then the maneuver group clears it.
    Marc Santora Tyler Hicks, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2023
  • The great thing about a nimble business with a small team is that results matter and there are not many places to hide if things are not getting done.
    Nathan Green, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Grant narrowly escaped an attack by hiding in the trunk of her car.
    Katia Parks, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2023
  • Gone are the days of celebrities hiding their baby bumps under enormous muumuus on the red carpet.
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 16 Jan. 2024
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hide

2 of 2 noun
  • It’s made of hide, sinew, and white, red and black beads.
    Christian Allair, Vogue, 2 July 2021
  • Work the rest of the hide off of the animal from back to front.
    Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Phil braids and braids, pulling the hide taut, dipping it, pulling.
    Brandon Taylor, The New Yorker, 19 Nov. 2021
  • The group plans to eat the meat, tan the hide, and mount the head of their inaugural catch.
    Paul Richards, Field & Stream, 30 Aug. 2023
  • But there was no bullet wound — no wound at all in the hide, come to that.
    oregonlive, 1 Sep. 2021
  • In the early 1800s, even the soles of most shoes were leather, made from the thickest part of a cow hide.
    Samuel M. Riley, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 29 Jan. 2022
  • Small fish hide in the structure’s cracks and crevices, while large sharks glide around it.
    Avery Paxton, Discover Magazine, 26 Dec. 2023
  • So go ahead and train them to do cool tricks or play hide and seek—the kids will go wild for it.
    Yolanda Wikiel, Good Housekeeping, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Instead, remove the hide while the deer is still warm and the hide is pliable.
    Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Half the head is bone, half is covered with hide and keratin.
    WIRED, 26 Aug. 2023
  • The hide and skull were surrendered to Fish and Game, Dougherty said.
    Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The steaming broth was the color of the earth after a typhoon or the wet hide of an ancient tree.
    Yasmin Tayag, Bon Appétit, 23 June 2021
  • Using your off hand to lift the hide and your knife hand to make cuts parallel to the meat, begin to peel away the hide.
    Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Still, bears don’t wear our scalps or our hides or string our teeth or keep our hands and our feet as trophies.
    Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
  • The alcohol and the drugs is something that covers up those bad feelings and hides or numbs the pain.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 24 Mar. 2023
  • While the rows of razor-sharp teeth can pierce even the thickest whale hide, orcas make quick work of the sharks by flipping them over.
    Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
  • The cabin is more deluxe than that of the typical McLaren, with ample use of supple hide.
    Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Adult male woolly mammoths reached a height of 12 feet at the shoulder, with a thick hide, shaggy coat and tusks up to 12 feet long.
    Richard Grant, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Hunters who score gators normally eat the meat, and some harvest the hide for belts, wallets and other items.
    Olivia Lloyd, Sun Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2022
  • Then, after breaking his leg, the now donkey-Pinocchio is sold so that his hide can be used to make a drum.
    Antonia Mufarech, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 May 2022
  • Though the pockets are unlined, the soft side of the hide faces in, providing some protection for the contents of your bag.
    Danny Perez, Popular Mechanics, 20 Sep. 2022
  • One hunter, who used to work at a game-processing shop, was showing Arc tricks for peeling the hide off his doe.
    Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 7 Oct. 2020
  • With his divorce looming and now Logan's death, Tom will have to scramble to save his own hide.
    Milan Polk, Men's Health, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Then, the quills are either hand-sewn or wrapped onto a piece of hide to create earrings, bags, moccasins, and more.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 25 Jan. 2022
  • Swooning over species from the viewing hide — or porch, shower, or bed — means the animals come to you, on their terms.
    Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 9 Dec. 2023
  • By 1900, deer had been harvested to near-extinction for their hides and their meat.
    Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2023
  • On lower floors the leather is dyed the color code 863, the NBA’s signature brown, to bring out a hide’s natural grain.
    Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2021
  • Storms can damage the flats where fishers and crabbers make their living, ripping up the grass where fish hide, feed and spawn.
    Rebecca Blackwell and James Pollard, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Suede is made using a technique called Sueding, in which an abrasive is applied to buff the surface of the hide.
    Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 15 Apr. 2022
  • Also, the head and neck must remain attached to one of the other parts of the animal, not including the hide.
    Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2023

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