How to Use hopping in a Sentence
hopping
noun-
And once the city-hopping starts, the shopping won't stop.
— The Editors, Town & Country, 8 June 2022 -
Hops grown by Ploetz were part of the boil and dry hopping for a Kolsch-style beer.
— Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Dec. 2021 -
The judges were out after a night of drinking and bar hopping in the city.
— Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Oct. 2022 -
Gone were the days of bar hopping and men falling at my feet.
— Carrie Pyle Lawrence, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2022 -
Lucky for them, job hopping has never been less of a red flag.
— Jane Thier, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2022 -
Viewers will have to do a little channel hopping to watch all of the races.
— John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2022 -
The idea at Saaya is to draw weekenders to Good Latimer for a night of party hopping.
— Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 21 June 2023 -
The thing to do in Jackson Heights is definitely to go bar-hopping to all the gay bars.
— Ludwig Hurtado, Curbed, 17 Feb. 2022 -
But not for boxers, who seem to have turned hopping into a fine art.
— Christopher McDougall, Time, 6 Dec. 2022 -
Most can be done in your living room, as long as there’s a clear area for hopping and arm flinging.
— Nicole Nguyen, WSJ, 30 Jan. 2022 -
Kevin Hart is the latest celeb hopping on the NFT bandwagon.
— Todd Spangler, Variety, 29 June 2022 -
But that day, the males were spy-hopping, or poking their heads just far enough out of the water to reveal their steely eyes.
— Liz Vaccariello, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2022 -
The singer and little sister of pop star Miley Cyrus has been fashion show-hopping in the City of Lights this week.
— Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Mar. 2023 -
There was no need for bed-hopping in Rapallo, because the beds had long been hopped.
— Dominic Green, WSJ, 24 June 2022 -
Speaking of job hopping, founder and CEO Charlton is set to retire at year’s end.
— Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 11 Oct. 2021 -
Most of the evening was spent in the company of friends, party-hopping and dancing at our favorite gay club.
— Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 12 Jan. 2023 -
Now, if only the rest of us looked as fabulous and polished hopping off a 6-hour-plus flight.
— André-Naquian Wheeler, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2022 -
Indeed, sinkhole/portal hopping was pretty much the theme of the episode.
— Ruth Kinane, EW.com, 1 Dec. 2021 -
The city was enjoying the tail end of a Black arts renaissance, with jazz’s hopping sound and joie de vivre running through the streets.
— Essence, 9 Feb. 2022 -
There's nothing quite like the feeling of hopping into a cozy bed after a long day.
— Annie O’Sullivan, Good Housekeeping, 4 May 2022 -
These are the best times to visit Australia for surfing, hiking, beach hopping, and more.
— Sarah Reid, Travel + Leisure, 16 Feb. 2023 -
From there, pick a route through the streambed for another mile, rock hopping and scrambling over boulders.
— Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 28 Mar. 2023 -
In the bathroom, Joselito (Cameron Lopez) moved quickly, pulling powder off the shelf and hopping in and out of the closet with new items of clothing.
— Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2023 -
While the fight plays out in the public eye, tenants are hotel-hopping or relying on the goodwill of friends.
— Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2022 -
After dinner, a bar crawl calls to get a taste of Dijon’s hopping craft cocktail scene.
— Lanee Lee, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Jan. 2023 -
And over the years, Reynolds’ songwriting has fueled that penchant for genre-hopping.
— Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 12 Dec. 2022 -
This morning, our director, Kirk, found her hopping down our street and @scotsman.co brought her home.
— Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com, 23 Oct. 2021 -
All in all, job hopping has proven to be a way for employees to compete with the increasing cost of living.
— Chloe Berger, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2022 -
One of them has a hopping mechanism designed to travel short distances across the lunar landscape.
— Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 19 Jan. 2024 -
The practice of job hopping, in which employees leave a position within two years, is becoming more common.
— Jason Richmond, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
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