How to Use hedge in a Sentence

hedge

1 of 2 noun

• The glow sank quickly off the field; the earth and the hedges smoked dusk.
  — Cara Blue Adams, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2023
• There was a hedge each side of us, and a crowd of us walking.
  — Dan Barry, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2022
• At the front of the house is a small patio concealed by a tall hedge.
  — Sandra Barrera, Orange County Register, 8 Feb. 2024
• Exercise comes in for many of the same hedges and caveats.
  — Markham Heid, TIME, 9 Feb. 2024
• Add mulch, pull weeds, and trim hedges around the yard for a clean and effortless look. 5.
  — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 May 2023
• In fact, the Polyanthas include some of the best roses for hedges, such as 'La Marne'.
  — Benjamin Whitacre, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Mar. 2023
• Camellias can be grown as a hedge or pruned into shrub form or a small tree.
  — Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 7 June 2023
• For gold, the ratio was 1.1, so a bit lower, and therefore a decent hedge.
  — Hersh Shefrin, Forbes, 17 July 2023
• Makita explains that the teal guard on the hedge trimmer’s shear blade is missing.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 6 Aug. 2022
• The deer turned and in one fluid movement leapt over the box hedge and disappeared into the swirling snow.
  — Kate Dicamillo, Harper’s Magazine , 9 Nov. 2022
• There used to be a full hedge maze, Francie tells me, maybe still is, hidden somewhere.
  — Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper’s Magazine , 17 Aug. 2022
• One of the most versatile tools for tending to your plant life, hedge shears are built to shape, cut, and trim your backyard.
  — Tom Price, Popular Mechanics, 15 Feb. 2023
• For high level shaping and trimming, the Black+Decker 40-Volt electric hedge trimmer is more than up to the task.
  — Tom Price, Popular Mechanics, 15 Feb. 2023
• But once the Fed wimps out and blinks [stops raising interest rates or pivots to rate cuts], gold is a hedge.
  — Will Daniel, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2022
• She was informed that her hedge was encroaching on the sidewalk and that trees needed to be trimmed.
  — Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
• Now a hedge against that risk is taking shape in — of all places — the northern outskirts of the most populous city in Arizona.
  — Kellen Browning, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2022
• The bonds are considered a low-risk hedge against inflation.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2022
• Prep for, or finish shopping in the courtyard ahead, where trees and hedges offer a serene escape.
  — Isiah Magsino, Town & Country, 6 May 2023
• In these and other projects, Woltz’s input goes beyond flowers, hedges, and drainage.
  — Mark Rozzo, Town & Country, 2 Apr. 2023
• The network plans to produce as many as four series connected to the high-stakes hedge-fund drama.
  — Showtime Bets, Vulture, 6 Feb. 2023
• On Monday, the scene still bore scars of the crash as the hedge in front of the house had collapsed and the lawn was littered with a furry white pillow, a navy couch, pieces of wall and bricks.
  — Nicole Kagan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2022
• In the right climate—Zones 10 and 11—ixora will easily become a hedge.
  — Marissa Wu, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2024
• New growth emerges pink and white for a colorful hedge with a casual and relaxed feel.
  — Mary Elizabeth Andriotis, House Beautiful, 2 Mar. 2023
• So what makes a middling rental into something that a hedge funder would want to drop a few million on?
  — Curbed, 2 Oct. 2023
• Outside the home is a three-car garage with side-sliding doors and landscaping filled with leafy hedges and mature trees.
  — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 3 Feb. 2024
• The landlocked structure sits out of sight behind gates, a long driveway and a tall hedge for privacy.
  — James McClain, Robb Report, 6 Dec. 2023
• Overall, 68% of hedge funds have recorded net redemptions year to date.
  — Jacob Wolinsky, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
• The first: a series of long dress trains and tailored tuxedos weaving between the walkways of the hedges and gardenia.
  — Isiah Magsino, Town & Country, 6 June 2023
• At most private equity firms and hedge funds, the share of profits paid to managers is about 20 percent.
  — New York Times, 5 Aug. 2022
• Plant winter jasmine as a ground cover on slopes, to disguise walls and fences, or to create a hedge border.
  — Katelyn Chef, Southern Living, 9 Feb. 2024

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hedge

2 of 2 verb

• She hedged when she was asked to support the campaign.
• The garden is hedged by flowering shrubs.
• He hedged his earlier comments about the need for new management.
• But just to be on the safe side, don’t hedge your bets when voting.
  — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2022
• To hedge your bets, include terms from one to five years.
  — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 31 Jan. 2024
• There’s also a way to hedge a bit with a place or show bet.
  — Xl Media, cleveland, 11 June 2022
• It’s guys that hedge ball screens, guys that run the floor, guys that read the scouts, guys that don’t take bad shots.
  — Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com, 28 Feb. 2022
• Bennett wouldn’t hedge a guess as to which seed the Gaels will receive.
  — Steve Kroner, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Mar. 2022
• The idea is to hedge your bets, since some of those areas will come out ahead, but not all of them will.
  — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 1 Feb. 2023
• He’s been kind of hedging his bets a little bit for quite some time.
  — Emma Barnett, NBC News, 14 Dec. 2023
• Banks and hedge funds keep track of when those restrictions lift.
  — Gillian Tan, Bloomberg.com, 27 Mar. 2022
• This is the exact problem that YouTube seems to be trying to hedge its bets against.
  — Megan McCluskey, Time, 20 Sep. 2022
• Franklin was still sort of hedging his bet and was unsure about siding with the KGB.
  — Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 20 Apr. 2023
• To hedge its bets, the group split in two and fled in different directions.
  — Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2022
• For those who don’t want to sell, there are strategies to use to hedge against a future decline.
  — WSJ, 21 May 2022
• Time to hedge a bit by putting Virginia in the Sweet 16 but having the Crimson Tide advance.
  — Noah Trister, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Mar. 2023
• Hence, the track records of assets that hedge inflation will look worse as a result.
  — Laurence Kotlikoff, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2022
• Bettors can hedge their bets by picking favorites in other games and use this game as a chance to pad the bankroll.
  — Chris Ilenstine, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2023
• To avoid the worst-case outcome of the prisoner’s dilemma, though, the company has hedged its bets.
  — Bypeter Vanham, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2023
• The banks and other dealers that sold the options hedge their risk by trading oil futures.
  — Bob Henderson, WSJ, 16 Mar. 2023
• That is due to Wall Street banks on the other side of options trades seeking to hedge their positions.
  — WSJ, 15 Sep. 2022
• Did 2022 turn out to be a poor year for both investment returns and the managers/service providers of PE, VC, and hedge funds?
  — Byjessica Mathews, Fortune, 1 Feb. 2023
• In the Middle East, too, countries are hedging their bets about Trump’s return to power.
  — Mark Landler, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Apr. 2023
• In the past, Fox’s defender would be able to hedge off him, knowing Fox wasn’t a lethal 3-point threat like he’s become this year, and gum up the action.
  — Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 1 Feb. 2024
• Rather than opting for a clean break from the forlorn talks, the administration has come up with a clever way to hedge its bets.
  — The Editors, National Review, 2 Nov. 2022
• They can be used to hedge a portfolio or speculate that prices will drop.
  — Eric Wallerstein, WSJ, 24 Oct. 2022
• Still, Covestro doesn’t hedge its energy costs, and looks to pass on increases in the form of higher prices.
  — Mark Maurer, WSJ, 14 Mar. 2022
• Only a company as large as Toyota can still afford to hedge its bets on the future of cars.
  — Stephen Wilmot, wsj.com, 10 May 2023
• One reason is that traders often use options to hedge their market bets.
  — Marley Jay, NBC News, 9 Dec. 2023
• Lastly, It could be used to hedge out of your pregame position and either come away even or cut your losses.
  — Doug Ziefel, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024