Examples of hood ornament in a Sentence
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Clamped to the hood ornament is a shiny lightning bolt, but the car’s days as a luxury vehicle are years in the past.
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Steve Appleford, SPIN, 18 Apr. 2024
Photo : Michael Furman for the Mullin Automotive Museum, courtesy of Gooding & Company
The hood ornament is as distinctly elegant as the car itself.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 17 Apr. 2024
At more than 800 pounds, Charly was just a hood ornament shy of legally requiring mud flaps and backup lights, and upon his death Buck went looking for a pet that would be equally unusual.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Even the Spirit of Ecstasy hood ornament that powers out of the front of the hood contributes, now crouching slightly lower with her flowing robes more extended.
—Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver, 3 July 2023
An All-Star closer on a last-place team is like having a shiny hood ornament on a dirty used car.
—Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2023
Human connection can’t be reduced to the social equivalent of a hood ornament.
—Cameron Smith | Csmith@al.com, al, 12 May 2023
In the crowning touch, the Flying B hood ornament that’s been a Bentley signature for nearly a century can be set to rise from the hood when the car is unlocked and disappear when locked.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 4 Aug. 2022
Monsieur Boltagon looks a lot like his ABC iteration except with a more comics-accurate outfit including the campy little tuning fork that adorns his mask like a hood ornament.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 6 May 2022
Steve Appleford, SPIN, 18 Apr. 2024
Photo : Michael Furman for the Mullin Automotive Museum, courtesy of Gooding & Company
The hood ornament is as distinctly elegant as the car itself.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 17 Apr. 2024
At more than 800 pounds, Charly was just a hood ornament shy of legally requiring mud flaps and backup lights, and upon his death Buck went looking for a pet that would be equally unusual.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Even the Spirit of Ecstasy hood ornament that powers out of the front of the hood contributes, now crouching slightly lower with her flowing robes more extended.
—Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver, 3 July 2023
An All-Star closer on a last-place team is like having a shiny hood ornament on a dirty used car.
—Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2023
Human connection can’t be reduced to the social equivalent of a hood ornament.
—Cameron Smith | Csmith@al.com, al, 12 May 2023
In the crowning touch, the Flying B hood ornament that’s been a Bentley signature for nearly a century can be set to rise from the hood when the car is unlocked and disappear when locked.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 4 Aug. 2022
Monsieur Boltagon looks a lot like his ABC iteration except with a more comics-accurate outfit including the campy little tuning fork that adorns his mask like a hood ornament.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 6 May 2022
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“Hood ornament.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hood%20ornament. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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