How to Use ho-hum in a Sentence

ho-hum

adjective

• Rather, the season was a ho-hum 6-5.
  — Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
• At ho-hum games, large swaths of seats in the upper bowl are empty.
  — John Seabrook, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
• Some of the uses might surprise you, while some uses might be ho-hum.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
• The creator trying to stand out in a sea of ho-hum, same-old content.
  — Renae Gregoire, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
• Detroit got out to a ho-hum start, without a shot on goal in the first eight minutes.
  — Max Bultman, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2025
• Spice up your ho-hum meatloaf recipe with pepper jelly mixed with ketchup for the sauce on top.
  — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 3 Apr. 2026
• Designers can help turn a ho-hum palette into a full-fledged work of art.
  — Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Apr. 2026
• The Standard hotel line is anything but a ho-hum place to hang your hat.
  — Kristin L. Wolfe, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
• Take a dresser from ho-hum to wow with one of these easy DIY projects.
  — Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 July 2023
• With smoky hues like chocolate mauve and ash brown in the lead, the best brunette shades of today aren't ho-hum by any means.
  — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2023
• The resulting cake is moist, tender, and about a million miles away from a ho-hum box mix.
  — Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2025
• After your orchid plant's flowers have fallen off, you're left with a ho-hum clump of leaves.
  — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Mar. 2025
• Mainly the problem that is feeding a ho-hum human body day after day.
  — Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 12 Dec. 2024
• If his numbers are merely ho-hum, will that be a turn-off for teams picking in the top 10?
  — Matt Barrows, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
• Plain white houses where every room is coated in the same ho-hum shade lacks interest.
  — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 29 Mar. 2025
• Sunday was about as ho-hum as a dominant performance could be.
  — Tim Graham, The Athletic, 13 Jan. 2025
• Step aside ho-hum sandwiches and Thermos soups—there are some new meal options in town.
  — Brittany Natale, Redbook, 28 July 2023
• Stand mixers can turn ho-hum cookies that take hours to mix into quick bake-sale-worthy creations.
  — Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics, 21 June 2023
• This vibrant dish with green beans and a medley of tomatoes is just the thing to brighten up any ho-hum piece of white fish.
  — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2026
• Williams is so good again, even better than last season, that there is sometimes a ho-hum feeling watching him.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2023
• See how a ho-hum beige home became a bright, colorful paradise with just new paint and furniture swaps.
  — Meghan Holloran, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 May 2025
• The fiery Jezebel sauce can be the answer to taking a ho-hum buffet to memorable new heights.
  — Krissy Tiglias, Southern Living, 22 Sep. 2024
• The bottom of the notebook is a ho-hum affair with two rows of vents along the back of the panel with a larger one in the hinge.
  — PCMAG, 27 Nov. 2024
• Another ho-hum, 142-yards-from-scrimmage day.
  — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 25 Nov. 2025
• Add to that the fact that buying physical goods has become a ho-hum exercise for so many people.
  — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2023
• So communicators can use this reality to bury the ho-hum or even bad news.
  — Eleanor Hawkins, Axios, 31 Oct. 2024
• And the center closed the Jazz out with a ho-hum 27 points, 13 rebounds and six assists.
  — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 29 Mar. 2025
• Cross over, and suddenly ho-hum drugstores and fast-food restaurants transform into vibrant shops and cafes.
  — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 June 2026
• Food and Drink In a land of ho-hum restaurants, Casa Colina stands out.
  — Kelley Manley, Travel + Leisure, 30 June 2024
• Where pre-2020 San Jose might have seen packed lunch spots and ho-hum nightlife, that cycle has now flipped.
  — Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 10 June 2026