Examples of hodgepodge in a Sentence
the exhibit was a hodgepodge of mediocre art, bad art, and really bad art
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For the most part, big superhero movies from DC and Marvel tend to be a hodgepodge of adaptation, with filmmakers borrowing freely and nebulously from decades of winding comic-book continuity.
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Siddhant Adlakha,
Vulture,
26 June 2026
The narrative conjures meaning from the Los Angeles cityscape by fusing a hodgepodge of textbook theories about the sprawling metropolis onto the gritty reality of daily life.
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Los Angeles Times,
22 June 2026
But storefronts across the city have long been weird hodgepodges, rife with misspellings and aesthetic incoherence.
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Clio Chang,
Curbed,
22 June 2026
And while Stamey doesn’t reinterpret these songs in wildly different directions, the nostalgic joy infused in each one unites this seeming hodgepodge of tracks.
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David Harris,
SPIN,
22 June 2026
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Siddhant Adlakha,
Vulture,
26 June 2026
The narrative conjures meaning from the Los Angeles cityscape by fusing a hodgepodge of textbook theories about the sprawling metropolis onto the gritty reality of daily life.
—
Los Angeles Times,
22 June 2026
But storefronts across the city have long been weird hodgepodges, rife with misspellings and aesthetic incoherence.
—
Clio Chang,
Curbed,
22 June 2026
And while Stamey doesn’t reinterpret these songs in wildly different directions, the nostalgic joy infused in each one unites this seeming hodgepodge of tracks.
—
David Harris,
SPIN,
22 June 2026
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“Hodgepodge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hodgepodge. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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Etymology
an altered form of hotchpotch, from Middle English hochepot "mixed stew," derived from early French hochepot (same meaning), from hochier "to shake" and pot "pot, container"
Word Origin
Hodgepodge and its older form hotchpotch are part of a group of words that rhyme all by themselves. Hobnob and willy-nilly are others. In the case of hodgepodge and hotchpotch, the rhyme is not an accident. These words came to English from early French in the form hochepot. The spelling was changed to make the second half of the word rhyme with the first. In French hochepot was a stew of many foods cooked together in a pot. Perhaps the pot was shaken instead of stirred since hochepot was formed from hochier, meaning "to shake," and pot, which had the same meaning in early French as it does in English now. Before long hotchpotch and hodgepodge were used not just for a mixture of foods cooking in a pot but for any mixture of different things.
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