How to Use hog in a Sentence

hog

1 of 2 noun

• The new software is a real memory hog.
• Don't be such a hog! Other people have to eat too!
• Sarandos moved on to the splayed hog; the entourage followed.
  — Sheila Yasmin Marikar, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023
• But Dos Reales uses the pork leg, a lean part of the hog where ham also comes from.
  — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 19 Jan. 2024
• His son, Earl Jack Cook, kept hogs, sheep and cattle, and in the late 1920s opened a restaurant.
  — Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2023
• One of the jobs he was allowed to perform was taking care of hogs in the prison’s hog barns.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 23 Aug. 2023
• The plan was to break ground on a hog farm with Darryl’s family.
  — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 20 July 2022
• As such, Laniakea is free of bulky beams and braces that hog space and spoil views.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 18 Dec. 2023
• The young fruit bodies resemble pigs, and hogs are in fact fond of them.
  — Bill Heavey, Field & Stream, 11 May 2023
• The city had a well, which was infected with E. coli due to hog farming.
  — Grace Noble, Dallas News, 24 July 2023
• And one of my jobs during the middle of the day was to keep the hogs cooled down, going out with water hoses.
  — Isabella Cueto, STAT, 10 July 2023
• Cook said the call came from the fourth person in the group, a friend who lives in the area and invited the other three to hunt hogs.
  — Skye Seipp, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2023
• Most hog producers haven’t made changes to comply with the law.
  — NBC News, 13 Dec. 2021
• Most hog producers haven't made changes to comply with the law.
  — Scott McFetridge, ajc, 12 Dec. 2021
• Several men helped move the hog from the trailer to a large, mobile tub.
  — New York Times, 7 Mar. 2022
• Also, a Red River hog has eye surgery in this new episode.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2021
• If the disease makes its way into hog farms, pigs raised for meat will have to be culled as well.
  — Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post, 17 July 2022
• And for many of those, wild hogs are a serious concern.
  — Lawrence Specker | [e-mail], al, 13 Sep. 2023
• As for hog-tying Whitmer, that was puffery, the defense lawyer claimed.
  — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 5 Apr. 2022
• There are no more than eight guns at the ranch, mainly used to kill feral hogs and snakes, McGillis said.
  — Michael Williams, Dallas News, 20 July 2023
• Front-month lean hog futures on the CME are down 0.4% Thursday, on pace for a seventh straight loss.
  — Kirk Maltais, WSJ, 19 Jan. 2023
• The hungry feral hog could smell the sweet corn scattered on the ground, beckoning.
  — Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News, 21 June 2022
• After a hog-killing, the various parts of the pig that couldn’t be preserved were relished.
  — Adrian Miller, Bon Appétit, 23 Aug. 2022
• And yet, there is reason to pause before going full hog-on.
  — Allison Hope, CNN, 22 Dec. 2021
• What marbled the meat had not come from a butchered pig but a living hog whose fat cells had been sampled and grown in a vat.
  — Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 23 Feb. 2023
• South then branded himself as a notrump hog by jumping to 2NT.
  — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2024
• Texas 114 was a two-lane road bordered by hog farms, grocery stores and other local businesses.
  — Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Jan. 2026
• From there, hog jowl can be sliced like bacon for crisping, diced to season veggies or beans, or left whole to deepen the flavor of soups, beans, and greens.
  — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 26 Dec. 2025
• In some fairs, however, the hog competition includes the spectators, as well as the hogs.
  — Fred Fransen, Twin Cities, 24 Dec. 2025
• Two fish and one, two, three, four, FIVE hogs?
  — Charlotte Observer, 17 Dec. 2025

hog

2 of 2 verb

• He's been hogging the remote control all night.
• And don’t be the guest whose dish needs to go into the oven or hog a shelf in the fridge.
  — Serena Coady, Glamour, 18 Oct. 2021
• If the old men hog the young women, what will be the future of the species?
  — Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2020
• Yes, that would be the gold medal that Canada has hogged.
  — Gary D'amato, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2018
• When recounting the ups and downs of war, guns and guts tend to hog all the glory.
  — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Feb. 2020
• The jar blender and food processor are the big guys who hog the spotlight.
  — Becky Krystal, charlotteobserver, 15 May 2018
• George Kittle could return and hog most of the targets.
  — Phil Thompson, chicagotribune.com, 21 Sep. 2020
• Even if James decided to hog the ball, the Lakers still may have lost.
  — Mark Medina, USA TODAY, 4 June 2021
• Over the first three weeks of the season, Matthews has hogged 36% of Tennessee's red zone targets.
  — Tj Hernandez, SI.com, 29 Sep. 2017
• Now, who’s hogging the keys to our long-term Golf Alltrack?
  — Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 1 Mar. 2018
• That friend would never shout over you, selfishly hog the limelight or drink the last of the wine.
  — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 6 Apr. 2021
• Don’t hog a large table. Don’t put your stuff on an extra chair.
  — Rhonda Abrams, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2018
• Don’t hog spaces others might need — yes, the bathroom!
  — Kristen Rogers, CNN, 17 Dec. 2022
• Still, her male counterparts have hogged the big-screen glory.
  — Los Angeles Times Staff, latimes.com, 5 June 2017
• However, the Encores don’t hog all of the show’s attention.
  — Chancellor Agard, EW.com, 22 Jan. 2020
• While the feral pigs hog the spotlight, the area is also home to native rock iguanas.
  — Jack Tamisiea, Discover Magazine, 23 Feb. 2022
• That’s not to be taken for granted in the pizza world, where the trinity of bread, sauce and cheese tend to hog all the attention.
  — al, 11 May 2021
• LeMelo, after all, had been allowed by last year’s coach to hog the ball and score 92 points in a single game.
  — Tod Leonard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 3 Oct. 2017
• At just 43 years of age, Lopez should be confident of hogging more industry prizes in the years ahead.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 5 Mar. 2018
• With dogs, however, the highest status pup hogged the whole thing.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 12 June 2017
• Gyms can be hot and packed with legions of people prepping for swimsuit season and hogging all the choice weights and racks.
  — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 26 May 2023
• In epic tales of the immune system, B cells and their antibodies tend to hog the limelight.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2021
• The bathrooms were packed with girls hogging mirrors, the floors were already wet, and again there was no toilet paper.
  — Valentina Valentini, Longreads, 6 Apr. 2018
• The meters are designed to make sure motorists don’t hog the parking spaces all day.
  — Lynn Horsley, kansascity, 1 Sep. 2017
• Since the desert is so inhospitable and dry, grasses need to hog as much water as possible to live.
  — Erin Blakemore, Smithsonian, 18 Jan. 2017
• That’s not a dog, that’s someone who hogs the pretzels at a dive bar.
  — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2026
• Initially, Maye didn’t want to ruffle feathers by hogging the ball.
  — Chad Graff, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
• Progress will no longer be a result of hogging the spotlight, but from contributing to something much greater than yourself.
  — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
• Likewise, if a wave crest is midship, the hull can bend upwards, draping over the crest, which is referred to as hogging.
  — Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 29 Dec. 2025
• Suddenly, your phone, watch, and earbuds all recharge without hogging every outlet in the room.
  — Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 3 Dec. 2025