How to Use hide-and-seek in a Sentence

hide-and-seek

noun
  • Woodstock makes a great hide-and-seek toy, too.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Here’s where the kids played hide-and-seek after school.
    — Culture Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Finding her brave can still be a game of hide-and-seek, Lloyd said.
    — Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Bed bugs are resilient little jerks who play the world's worst game of hide-and-seek.
    — John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 12 June 2024
  • Bed bugs are resilient little jerks who play the world's worst game of hide-and-seek.
    — John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Aug. 2023
  • See my detailed analysis of this hide-and-seek gambit at the link here.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Maybe the girl had crawled under a neighbor's trailer while playing hide-and-seek.
    — Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The quest to find Luna 9 is more than a game of celestial hide-and-seek.
    — Ilya Ferapontov, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Some experts even think the game of maritime hide-and-seek could end by 2050.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 16 Dec. 2024
  • In these games the focus can instead be on parkour, role-playing, escape rooms and hide-and-seek.
    — Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
  • His moral alignment matters when control of the world hinges on the outcome of the latest lethal game of hide-and-seek.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Humphrey, his four siblings, and their fifteen cousins roamed the neighborhood and played hide-and-seek and other games.
    — Nick Romeo, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2023
  • This celestial hide-and-seek will last for about an hour, depending on your location.
    — John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Ruben teaches Julian how to mimic a zebra’s bark and plays hide-and-seek with him at a bush breakfast.
    — Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Apple AirTags weren’t designed for an elaborate game of hide-and-seek.
    — Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Apple AirTags weren’t designed for an elaborate game of hide-and-seek.
    — Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Apple AirTags weren’t designed for an elaborate game of hide-and-seek.
    — Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Sarah Boone told authorities her boyfriend got trapped in a suitcase and died during a game of hide-and-seek.
    — Andrew Torgan, CNN, 27 Oct. 2024
  • The instructors played hide-and-seek during their first walk-through together, I was told.
    — Catherine Porter Dmitry Kostyukov, New York Times, 16 May 2024
  • With their colossal bodies and ponderous feet, elephants have never struck me as masters of hide-and-seek.
    — Chris Schalkx, Travel + Leisure, 16 Mar. 2025
  • These also provide chances to appear and disappear while still on stage, as though playing hide-and-seek in a woodland.
    — Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2025
  • He was also seen hanging out in Oscar’s trash can and playing hide-and-seek with Elmo.
    — Kara Warner, Peoplemag, 10 July 2023
  • While the owner has vowed never to hide from her dog again, hide-and-seek can still be a fun game for both owners and their canine companions.
    — Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Kids can also get creative by turning the lower section into a secluded fort or a lair for hide-and-seek.
    — Heather Balogh Rochfort, Parents, 18 May 2024
  • The duo begin a frantic game of hide-and-seek, with the rabbit running from one side of the tree to the other as the fawn bounds after it.
    — Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The helicopter brought the couple to a winery where Jenn and Jonathan played hide-and-seek and took a dip in the hot tub.
    — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 6 Aug. 2024
  • During the last five weeks, people have been shot for opening the wrong car door, knocking on the wrong house door and playing hide-and-seek in the wrong yard.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2023
  • Parents can help their baby develop visual memory by playing hide-and-seek games with their face or with toys.
    — Isabella Balandran, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Finding them in concentrations high enough to mine efficiently is a global game of hide-and-seek.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 11 June 2026
  • The agency also needs somewhere to store its own people, at least on occasion, and trying to track that can feel like a game of hide-and-seek.
    — Brendan O'Connor, Curbed, 24 Feb. 2026

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