hoicks

present tense third-person singular of hoick

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hoicks
Verb
  • Suddenly, someone in the audience yanks her violently into the screaming mass of people.
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2025
  • In each Whatever After novel, a magic portal yanks the main character, Abby, out of her comfortable life and thrusts her into another reality.
    Sarah Mlynowski, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Paul goes to shake her hand but jerks it back, then gives her a left-handed handshake.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Despite that notable change, watching One Battle After Another is much like the experience of reading Pynchon, who lurches from high comedy to stomach-turning naturalism and punctuates plot-heavy sequences with little grace notes of character portraiture.
    Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 24 Sep. 2025
  • That film begins with charismatic bank robber Ryan Gosling in a thrilling motorcycle escape from the cops, and moves through several twists and turns, lurches forward in time, and holds Gosling at its heart as a man doing bad things for good reasons.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This sleek propane fire pit pulls double duty as a stylish table for evening chats, s’mores nights, or crisp morning coffees.
    Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Once the pup is close enough, the officer reaches out and pulls him from underneath the train.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Hoicks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hoicks. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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