How to Use hide-and-seek in a Sentence

hide-and-seek

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• Finding her brave can still be a game of hide-and-seek, Lloyd said.
  — Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Aug. 2023
• Some experts even think the game of maritime hide-and-seek could end by 2050.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 16 Dec. 2024
• Bed bugs are resilient little jerks who play the world's worst game of hide-and-seek.
  — John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 12 June 2024
• Bed bugs are resilient little jerks who play the world's worst game of hide-and-seek.
  — John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Aug. 2023
• The helicopter brought the couple to a winery where Jenn and Jonathan played hide-and-seek and took a dip in the hot tub.
  — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 6 Aug. 2024
• See my detailed analysis of this hide-and-seek gambit at the link here.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
• Humphrey, his four siblings, and their fifteen cousins roamed the neighborhood and played hide-and-seek and other games.
  — Nick Romeo, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2023
• During the last five weeks, people have been shot for opening the wrong car door, knocking on the wrong house door and playing hide-and-seek in the wrong yard.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2023
• In these games the focus can instead be on parkour, role-playing, escape rooms and hide-and-seek.
  — Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
• The release said children had been playing hide-and-seek in the area and hiding on David V. Doyle’s property.
  — Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post, 9 May 2023
• Sarah Boone told authorities her boyfriend got trapped in a suitcase and died during a game of hide-and-seek.
  — Andrew Torgan, CNN, 27 Oct. 2024
• Ruben teaches Julian how to mimic a zebra’s bark and plays hide-and-seek with him at a bush breakfast.
  — Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Jan. 2024
• Apple AirTags weren’t designed for an elaborate game of hide-and-seek.
  — Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 21 Nov. 2023
• Apple AirTags weren’t designed for an elaborate game of hide-and-seek.
  — Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 2 Nov. 2024
• Apple AirTags weren’t designed for an elaborate game of hide-and-seek.
  — Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 6 Feb. 2024
• The instructors played hide-and-seek during their first walk-through together, I was told.
  — Catherine Porter Dmitry Kostyukov, New York Times, 16 May 2024
• He was also seen hanging out in Oscar’s trash can and playing hide-and-seek with Elmo.
  — Kara Warner, Peoplemag, 10 July 2023
• Think: Behavior training, games like fetch or hide-and-seek, or food puzzles.
  — Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 15 July 2024
• During a game of hide-and-seek, Oliver suddenly spotted the familiar 6-foot-5 best friend near the slide.
  — Ronnie Li, USA Today, 1 June 2025
• While the owner has vowed never to hide from her dog again, hide-and-seek can still be a fun game for both owners and their canine companions.
  — Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
• Geyser, along with her co-defendant Anissa Weier, lured Leutner into the woods during a sleepover in 2014 to play hide-and-seek.
  — Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
• These also provide chances to appear and disappear while still on stage, as though playing hide-and-seek in a woodland.
  — Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2025
• None of the children were allowed to play hide-and-seek, nor were a brother-sister pair ever allowed to be in a room alone without a third to chaperone.
  — Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 2 June 2023
• In the end, Higdon returns to a game of hide-and-seek that’s both playful and mournful, with strings that sag like willows and a low mist of returning/departing chimes.
  — Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 1 July 2024
• With their colossal bodies and ponderous feet, elephants have never struck me as masters of hide-and-seek.
  — Chris Schalkx, Travel + Leisure, 16 Mar. 2025
• With the help of a giant gumball machine, players are sorted into red and blue teams for the next game, which they’re informed will be a deadly version of hide-and-seek.
  — Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 27 June 2025
• And Finally… To leave you with a smile, here’s an incredible hide-and-seek competitor.
  — Cate Martel, The Hill, 6 Feb. 2025
• This celestial hide-and-seek will last for about an hour, depending on your location.
  — John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
• Kids can also get creative by turning the lower section into a secluded fort or a lair for hide-and-seek.
  — Heather Balogh Rochfort, Parents, 18 May 2024
• An innocent game of hide-and-seek played by an owner and her dog has pulled on the heartstrings of internet users—leaving hundreds of thousands in tears.
  — Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025