How to Use hopper in a Sentence

hopper

noun

• The company has several new product ideas in the hopper.
• At the field edge, Hammond pulled alongside the hopper at the back of the planter.
  — Ted Genoways, New Republic, 19 Sep. 2017
• Drake: The hip-hopper has received three video of the year noms.
  — Paul Grein, Billboard, 23 Aug. 2019
• Rasmussen, 87, fired a one-hopper from on top of the mound . . .
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2019
• The crab were fed into a hopper to be butchered, cooked, brined and frozen.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 10 Apr. 2022
• To use a rotary grater, insert the food into the hopper and close the lid.
  — Belle Duchene, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Jan. 2023
• An electric auger feeds the pieces from the side hopper into the fire pot.
  — Kathy Stephenson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 June 2021
• The good news is that during off-peak times, the price of a park hopper pass is as low as $159.
  — Laura Hanrahan, Woman's Day, 12 Feb. 2020
• Alex Ray made a nice running stop and throw on Slavens' hopper past the mound.
  — Arkansas Online, 13 Mar. 2021
• Rather than housing and burning the charcoal all in the bottom of the grill, the 560 stores it in a hopper on the end.
  — Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 27 May 2020
• The winch on the power block strains to pull it up over the gunwale and to the hopper, where the fish are dumped for gutting.
  — Matthew Bremner, Slate Magazine, 24 July 2017
• After milling, the grains are weighed and cooked by the 8,000-gallon scale hopper.
  — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 June 2024
• Neither the carafe nor the hopper should be placed in the dishwasher.
  — Terri Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Dec. 2022
• For bar-hoppers Craft-beer lovers and fans of bourbon, whiskey or ryes will be fans of the drink menu.
  — Lauren Delgado, OrlandoSentinel.com, 2 Feb. 2018
• Baez hit a one-hopper back to the mound that Hughes muffed as Bote dived across the plate with the tying run.
  — Phil Rogers, chicagotribune.com, 7 July 2018
• By then the machine has dropped the ball and pulled in another from a hopper.
  — Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 25 Apr. 2024
• Mitch Moreland followed by drilling a one-hopper to the right side.
  — Steve Kroner, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Aug. 2021
• DJ LeMahieu followed with a one-hopper back to the mound and Houck this time made a careful throw to first.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 16 July 2022
• The Anaheim Ducks, one of 10 teams with two balls in the hopper (and a 4.2% chance of winning the drawing) got the second pick.
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 11 Apr. 2020
• Look for a hopper that’s airtight and with a UV-blocking tint.
  — Good Housekeeping, 31 July 2023
• Lamont said the machine's hopper holds a ton and a half of salt.
  — Eugene Register-Guard, OregonLive.com, 10 Jan. 2018
• The small, fluffy hoppers graze on native grasses, fruits, and roots.
  — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 13 Jan. 2020
• Now, Ohio does not have any legislative tax cuts in the hopper.
  — Dave Yost, National Review, 24 Mar. 2021
• Escobar lined a one-hopper that appeared to hit the seam between the turf and dirt in front of the first base bag.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Sep. 2019
• On the next pitch, Miguel Cabrera hit a one-hopper off the right-field wall for a double, tying the game at three.
  — Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 12 May 2022
• Fed by gravity, the charcoal burns at the bottom of the hopper.
  — Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 27 May 2020
• The mixture is dumped into a hopper and whisked away on a wheeled dolly.
  — Lee Powell, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023
• Schwarber then hit a hard one-hopper to first base that Trey Mancini was able to make a play on.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2022
• When the hopper was full, one of the men would pull a giant lever, and the hydraulic compressor plate pushed the garbage into the body of the truck.
  — Bulletin Board, Twin Cities, 22 Jan. 2017
• The pebbles are placed inside a reactor core that's more like a hopper in design.
  — David Szondy, New Atlas, 31 July 2024

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024