How to Use hoof in a Sentence

hoof

1 of 2 noun
  • Some breeds even have their hooves painted.
    — Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • And the horse would tap out its answer with its hoof.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 4 Dec. 2025
  • Yeah, at trimming horse hooves, sir.
    — Alice Burton, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Yeah, at trimming horse hooves, sir.
    — Alice Burton, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The sound of hooves beating on the sandy ground comes first.
    — Literary Hub, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The impact of their hooves lifted the dust from the road.
    — Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Wild pigs had rooted the mud and left the hoof marks and shells behind.
    — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 11 Oct. 2019
  • The tips of their trunks have a pair of buds resembling deer hooves.
    — Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Even the spaces inside the spikes and hooves were sand-filled.
    — Paul C. Sereno, The Conversation, 24 Oct. 2025
  • And the hooves of the poor horses this woman rode would have been spared.
    — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
  • So that brings us to the author of our opening quote about a mule’s hoof.
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 18 Sep. 2020
  • His right hind leg healed, but then the disease went after both his front hooves.
    — Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 15 May 2026
  • The horse has been dealing with a hind hoof issue since the weekend.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Others had overgrown hooves that had started to twist or curve up and out.
    — Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 23 Dec. 2025
  • But the fairgrounds had wilted under the weight of so many feet and hooves.
    — Sophie Hartley, USA Today, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Whether on foot or on hooves, our officers are always ready.
    — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The hunter got into the stand with the thin hope of spying the creature on the hoof.
    — Doug Howlett, Outdoor Life, 8 Dec. 2020
  • As a result, the hooves of its forelimbs differed from those of its hindlimbs.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Females, on the other hoof, keep their antlers until spring.
    — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Dec. 2025
  • Actors fall off their horses, get trampled by hooves, crack a skull or break a bone.
    — Jennifer Percy, Harper's magazine, 20 Jan. 2020
  • Better to be part of the horde, to make the earth shake under the hooves of your horses.
    — Jacob Mikanowski, Harper's magazine, 21 July 2019
  • The shores are white sand dotted with shells, driftwood, and the hooves of wild horses.
    — Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 21 Feb. 2026
  • But there’s something about these hoof-trimming videos that keeps me coming back.
    — Emma Veidt, Outside, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The meat contains no bones, feathers, beaks or hooves and does not need to be slaughtered.
    — Linda Qiu, New York Times, 21 June 2023
  • In the chaos of the fire, the filly lost a shoe that led to a bruise on the inside of the right front hoof.
    — Bryce Miller, sandiegouniontribune.com, 30 Mar. 2018
  • The ground shaking under millions of hooves.
    — Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The bull stops short of stomping him with its front hooves and just stares the man down before plodding away.
    — Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Camp within earshot of Havasu Falls and hoof back to your car at sunup.
    — Robert Earle Howells, National Geographic, 12 June 2019
  • Forte was scratched the morning of the Derby because of a bruise on his hoof.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2023
  • But a hoof got caught in the fence; the panther had to abandon the animal and flee.
    — Richard Mertens, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2021

hoof

2 of 2 verb
  • The cast was hoofing on the stage.
  • Bring on the big man, hoof the ball long and let chaos ensue.
    — SI.com, 11 Sep. 2019
  • And now they’re all screwed and get to go hoof it through the nuclear wasteland that is Texas.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 22 May 2022
  • On parade day, between road closures and traffic, your best bet is to hoof it a little.
    — Adam Lukach, RedEye Chicago, 12 June 2018
  • When hunger strikes, hoof it over to Storms Pakhus, the largest street food market in Odense.
    — Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Aug. 2021
  • To get a substantial health bang from walking, experts say, plan to hoof it briskly for half an hour a day or more.
    — Gretchen Reynolds, Health.com, 11 June 2020
  • Diners who want free parking must hoof it from lots and structures across the street, or a block away behind Old Navy.
    — Nancy Luna, Orange County Register, 1 Jan. 2017
  • The other one was less congenial and ended up hoofing it to safety by following the beam to the bridge's end.
    — Aj Willingham, CNN, 6 Apr. 2018
  • But unlike in past years, there won’t be free shuttles available for the general public, so be prepared to drive and/or hoof it.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2021
  • According to the outlet, the rest of the herd had to hoof it down the mountain, making their way to Urnerboden.
    — Naledi Ushe, PEOPLE.com, 2 Sep. 2021
  • While cheaper than a black cab, an Uber ride across London is still a lot more than hoofing it aboard public transportation.
    — Wiktor Szary, WSJ, 22 Sep. 2017
  • After hoofing it along a scenic trail through the nature preserve, the daters arrive at the Tijuana River.
    — Michael Benninger, Pacific San Diego Magazine, 31 May 2017
  • The events involve hoofing up tall peaks, often for several thousand vertical feet, using mohair climbing skins to grip the snow.
    — Nick Heil, Outside, 15 Jan. 2016
  • The usefulness of it while hoofing away from predators (or toward food) may have driven natural selection, the researchers say.
    — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 31 May 2023
  • Second, and probably for that very reason, Paisley’s casting choices seem to have emphasized acting and singing chops over the ability to hoof on cue.
    — Hampton Stevens, kansascity.com, 15 May 2017
  • With support from midfielders, Villa were comfortable playing in tight areas, often electing to make the extra pass rather than hoof the ball upfield.
    — Mark Carey, The Athletic, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Teams hustle to overwhelm an opponent’s base before a rival group claims theirs; as the contestants hoof through dense foliage, a drone shot soars over to capture the frenetic scramble.
    — Siren Goes Off, Vulture, 16 June 2023
  • Mr Spooner was hoofed out in May, replaced by Liberal Democrat leadership.
    — The Economist, 17 Aug. 2019
  • Another intervention in a Scarpa building, which became a word-of-mouth success among the art-world types hoofing across the stones of Venice, is already over.
    — Jason Farago, New York Times, 14 May 2017
  • Leicester took advantage of this by hoofing a deep ball into the box, Smalling couldn't backtrack in time and allowed Maguire to ghost in at the back post to grab an equaliser with the last kick of the game.
    — SI.com, 23 Dec. 2017
  • The gala's big opening dance number consisted of Hasanovic hoofing it alone in a room surrounded by screens projecting classic scenes from German cinema past and present.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Apr. 2020
  • The ranch’s employees — including several workers who lived off the property and had to hoof it across the Santa Paula Creek to make their way to the ranch — battled the flames.
    — Sarah Fritsche, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Dec. 2017
  • Some fans shelled out $250 for parking at the American Dream mall and walked through a tunnel to MetLife, while others hoofed it to the stadium.
    — Elijah Westbrook, CBS News, 16 June 2026
  • Saturday, drivers on Highway 99 northwest of Fresno were slowing down and rubbing their eyes when an emu decided to hoof it along the shoulder of the busy roadway.
    — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 14 Sep. 2019
  • The most compelling explanation is that high-quality games involve teams who are good at retaining possession, and low-quality ones feature those who spend most of the time hoofing the ball in the air and tackling each other.
    — Fox News, 8 Aug. 2019
  • But the actor broke his foot, making the appointment nearly impossible due to the physical demands of hoofing it up and down the Palais steps and shuttling back and forth to screenings and jury commitments.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 5 May 2026
  • The views start opening up after 3 miles, but the highlight of the hike is hoofing it to the top of North Dome, scurrying a bit farther down the other side and drinking in views of Half Dome.
    — Washington Post, 25 Nov. 2019
  • Often, her daily after-school schedule consists of a couple of hours of training at the Peabody track with the rest of the team, then moving half a mile down the street for a few hours hoofing it at the studio Expressions in Dance.
    — Matt Case, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2018
  • The best opportunity fell to Barcelona forward Lionel Messi in the 72nd minute, who uncharacteristically hoofed the ball way over the crossbar.
    — SI.com, 24 June 2019
  • In the 21st minute, John Terry hoofed the ball down to a sprinting Cole, who turned to beat a Sunderland defender going in for a sliding tackle before beating the goalkeeper at the near post.
    — SI.com, 18 Aug. 2019

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