How to Use hula in a Sentence

hula

noun

• The boys go on a boat while the girls dance in a hula show.
  — Charlotte Walsh, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2025
• The hula hoop got its start in the United States in the late 1950s.
  — Kirby Adams, USA TODAY, 24 June 2017
• Then Zhuang took over to train us in the language of the hula hoop.
  — Zella Hanson | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 30 June 2022
• How many times could the hula-hooper spin the lighter hoop in a minute?
  — Science Buddies, Scientific American, 11 July 2013
• When the sender rolls a hula hoop across flat ground, the thrower tries to strike the hoop with a ball.
  — National Geographic, 23 July 2020
• Donna and Steve picked up the hula hoops and swirled their hips.
  — Kate Silver, chicagotribune.com, 11 Sep. 2019
• This giant phone can chew gum and hula hoop at the same time.
  — Geoffrey A. Fowler, WSJ, 10 Sep. 2017
• Born and raised in Hawaii, Ari grew up dancing hula and hip hop.
  — Taylor O’Connor, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2025
• The opening was small, about as wide as a kid’s-size hula hoop, which meant the throws had to be perfect.
  — Jonas Shaffer, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2022
• Aloha Islanders take to the stage with drums, hula dancers and Samoan fire knife dancers.
  — Jennifer Boehm, sun-sentinel.com, 10 Dec. 2019
• Kaho‘ano comes from a hula lineage, and so leis have a special place in her heart.
  — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 1 May 2023
• The thinner, the better for the wooden planks so that nothing too heavy drags the hula hoops down.
  — Christianna Silva, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Aug. 2023
• Her matching mint-green calf-length dress flared out, thanks to a hula hoop hidden in the hem.
  — Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 July 2022
• With courage, strength and the history of Hawai’i in every step of the hula dance, Ho’onani becomes the one the children all look up to.
  — NBC News, 27 May 2021
• Others spin hula hoops, or leap through the air with a large teeter-totter.
  — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland.com, 7 May 2018
• Youngsters and the young at heart get the giggles shimmying through this hole that's about the size of a hula hoop.
  — Flip Putthoff, Arkansas Online, 21 Dec. 2021
• In the past, he’s also attached leis and hula skirts to some of the city’s public sculptures.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2025
• She was greeted by her daughter, who ran out in a hula skirt and hugged her.
  — Skyler Caruso, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
• In ancient Hawai'i, men were the first to dance hula, and the best dancers were even chosen to become warriors.
  — Kathleen Benoza, CNN, 30 Aug. 2022
• Shake eggs, bang on drums, twirl hula hoops or play with the world's biggest bubbles.
  — Courant Community, 12 June 2017
• Learn Hawaiian phrases and to dance hula, strum the ukulele or make a fresh flower lei.
  — Ben Davidson, Mercury News, 28 Apr. 2025
• Try to toss a hula hoop over the trunk of the 19-inch tall inflatable elephant, because why not?
  — Katie Bourque, Good Housekeeping, 6 July 2022
• In a portrait by 10-year-old Alin, two girls sit on their heels, a hula hoop framing their faces.
  — CNN, 27 Sep. 2021
• In the end, the hula dancers curbed their blood pressure to a greater degree — by about 3 points more, on average.
  — Amy Norton, chicagotribune.com, 16 Sep. 2019
• You were not allowed to dance hula or practice the culture.
  — Elyse Inamine, New York Times, 19 June 2023
• With a few chunks of chicken, our 7-year-old son instantly taught him to roll over and jump through a hula hoop.
  — Michelle Madden, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2023
• Momo has a hula hoop in tow while Mina swivels a bowling ball in her palms.
  — Caitlin Kelley, Billboard, 14 Sep. 2017
• Take two hula hoops and transform them with copper spray paint.
  — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Oct. 2023
• After a spa treatment or a dip in the ocean, guests can learn how to string fragrant plumeria leis or master the art of hula in open-air pavilions.
  — John Wogan, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2025
• July 10 will feature a Luau Adventure with hula dancing and singing with Moana along with a craft time for kids to make leis.
  — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2025