How to Use hoodoo in a Sentence

hoodoo

noun
  • The artist Renée Stout has made work inspired by hoodoo for more than three decades.
    Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 27 May 2017
  • Bryce Canyon has the highest concentration of hoodoos in the world.
    Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 3 June 2023
  • The crash happened near a highway rest stop a few miles from Bryce Canyon, known for intricately shaped red-rock spires called hoodoos.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2019
  • Visitors can view the hoodoo heaven from the park’s many hiking trails and several scenic overlooks.
    Nick Kontis, USA Today, 12 Apr. 2021
  • Napoli had lost three of its last four matches against Atalanta but Dries Mertens ended his goal drought in timely fashion to help his team break that hoodoo.
    Afp, chicagotribune.com, 21 Jan. 2018
  • The amphitheater calls to mind a hobbit-sized Bryce Canyon bristling with colorful hoodoos full of climbing and scrambling options.
    Roger Naylor, azcentral, 28 June 2018
  • When Eduardo is abruptly killed, Lili calls on some ancient Caribbean hoodoo to bring him back.
    Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2019
  • Bryce Canyon’s hoodoo collection is most enchanting at sunrise and sunset, but days here are filled with hiking and rock climbing.
    Brandon Schultz, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2021
  • From its iconic hoodoo rock formations to its dazzling night sky, Bryce Canyon’s sights are simply breathtaking.
    Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 3 June 2023
  • But unlike those hoodoo-dotted landscapes, this park takes a different approach.
    Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 14 Mar. 2022
  • The park’s signature sandstone spires known as hoodoos are some 60 million years in the making, and there are more of these geological phenomena in Bryce than anywhere in the world.
    Maya Silver, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Spurs will be looking to end their Premier League hoodoo at Wembley by picking up their first win at the national stadium this season against a Bournemouth side which has gone stale after a great season last year.
    SI.com, 13 Oct. 2017
  • His ascent from three uneven seasons after signing puts him at least on a trajectory to break a 10-year hoodoo for the organization and overcome a stigma that goes far beyond the Warehouse.
    Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, 2 June 2018
  • During the Cretaceous period, which ended 65 million years ago, this region looked strikingly different from the arid steppes and hoodoos that visitors see today.
    George W. Stone, National Geographic, 16 Aug. 2019
  • Blame it solely on the Big Ten tournament hoodoo that has plagued Indiana virtually since the competition’s inception.
    Zach Osterman, Indianapolis Star, 2 Mar. 2018
  • The retreat is a great basecamp for exploring the otherworldly hoodoos (aka stunning natural rock formations) in nearby Bryce Canyon National Park.
    Brittany Anas, House Beautiful, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Cue pandemonium inside Wembley, as the crowd finally started to believe their tournament hoodoo against Germany was coming to end.
    Matias Grez, CNN, 29 June 2021
  • Chiricahua National Monument Utah isn’t the only state with bizarre-looking hoodoos and precariously balanced rocks.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The formerly enslaved interviewed recounted the incorporation of hoodoo, conjure and metaphysical stores that lined Deep Ellum’s streets during its infantile stage along with the barbecue and fried chicken joints.
    Dallas News, 30 Nov. 2022
  • The artist Renée Stout has made work inspired by hoodoo for more than three decades.
    Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 27 May 2017
  • Bryce Canyon has the highest concentration of hoodoos in the world.
    Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 3 June 2023
  • The crash happened near a highway rest stop a few miles from Bryce Canyon, known for intricately shaped red-rock spires called hoodoos.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2019
  • Visitors can view the hoodoo heaven from the park’s many hiking trails and several scenic overlooks.
    Nick Kontis, USA Today, 12 Apr. 2021
  • Napoli had lost three of its last four matches against Atalanta but Dries Mertens ended his goal drought in timely fashion to help his team break that hoodoo.
    Afp, chicagotribune.com, 21 Jan. 2018
  • The amphitheater calls to mind a hobbit-sized Bryce Canyon bristling with colorful hoodoos full of climbing and scrambling options.
    Roger Naylor, azcentral, 28 June 2018
  • When Eduardo is abruptly killed, Lili calls on some ancient Caribbean hoodoo to bring him back.
    Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2019
  • Bryce Canyon’s hoodoo collection is most enchanting at sunrise and sunset, but days here are filled with hiking and rock climbing.
    Brandon Schultz, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2021
  • From its iconic hoodoo rock formations to its dazzling night sky, Bryce Canyon’s sights are simply breathtaking.
    Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 3 June 2023
  • But unlike those hoodoo-dotted landscapes, this park takes a different approach.
    Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 14 Mar. 2022
  • The park’s signature sandstone spires known as hoodoos are some 60 million years in the making, and there are more of these geological phenomena in Bryce than anywhere in the world.
    Maya Silver, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Mar. 2023

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