How to Use ho-hum in a Sentence

ho-hum

adjective
  • Rather, the season was a ho-hum 6-5.
    — Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • At ho-hum games, large swaths of seats in the upper bowl are empty.
    — John Seabrook, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Some of the uses might surprise you, while some uses might be ho-hum.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
  • The creator trying to stand out in a sea of ho-hum, same-old content.
    — Renae Gregoire, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Detroit got out to a ho-hum start, without a shot on goal in the first eight minutes.
    — Max Bultman, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2025
  • Spice up your ho-hum meatloaf recipe with pepper jelly mixed with ketchup for the sauce on top.
    — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Designers can help turn a ho-hum palette into a full-fledged work of art.
    — Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The Standard hotel line is anything but a ho-hum place to hang your hat.
    — Kristin L. Wolfe, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Take a dresser from ho-hum to wow with one of these easy DIY projects.
    — Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 July 2023
  • With smoky hues like chocolate mauve and ash brown in the lead, the best brunette shades of today aren't ho-hum by any means.
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2023
  • The resulting cake is moist, tender, and about a million miles away from a ho-hum box mix.
    — Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2025
  • After your orchid plant's flowers have fallen off, you're left with a ho-hum clump of leaves.
    — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Mainly the problem that is feeding a ho-hum human body day after day.
    — Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 12 Dec. 2024
  • If his numbers are merely ho-hum, will that be a turn-off for teams picking in the top 10?
    — Matt Barrows, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Plain white houses where every room is coated in the same ho-hum shade lacks interest.
    — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2025
  • Plain white houses where every room is coated in the same ho-hum shade lacks interest.
    — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Plain white houses where every room is coated in the same ho-hum shade lacks interest.
    — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Sunday was about as ho-hum as a dominant performance could be.
    — Tim Graham, The Athletic, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Step aside ho-hum sandwiches and Thermos soups—there are some new meal options in town.
    — Brittany Natale, Redbook, 28 July 2023
  • Stand mixers can turn ho-hum cookies that take hours to mix into quick bake-sale-worthy creations.
    — Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics, 21 June 2023
  • This vibrant dish with green beans and a medley of tomatoes is just the thing to brighten up any ho-hum piece of white fish.
    — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Williams is so good again, even better than last season, that there is sometimes a ho-hum feeling watching him.
    — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2023
  • See how a ho-hum beige home became a bright, colorful paradise with just new paint and furniture swaps.
    — Meghan Holloran, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 May 2025
  • The fiery Jezebel sauce can be the answer to taking a ho-hum buffet to memorable new heights.
    — Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 19 May 2026
  • The fiery Jezebel sauce can be the answer to taking a ho-hum buffet to memorable new heights.
    — Mary Alice Russell, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The fiery Jezebel sauce can be the answer to taking a ho-hum buffet to memorable new heights.
    — Krissy Tiglias, Southern Living, 22 Sep. 2024
  • The fiery Jezebel sauce can be the answer to taking a ho-hum buffet to memorable new heights.
    — Mary Alice Russell, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The bottom of the notebook is a ho-hum affair with two rows of vents along the back of the panel with a larger one in the hinge.
    — PCMAG, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Another ho-hum, 142-yards-from-scrimmage day.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Add to that the fact that buying physical goods has become a ho-hum exercise for so many people.
    — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2023

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