How to Use hula in a Sentence

hula

noun
  • The cylinder would be at least as big as a hula hoop.
    — Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 24 Nov. 2025
  • This giant phone can chew gum and hula hoop at the same time.
    — Geoffrey A. Fowler, WSJ, 10 Sep. 2017
  • How many times could the hula-hooper spin the lighter hoop in a minute?
    — Science Buddies, Scientific American, 11 July 2013
  • Donna and Steve picked up the hula hoops and swirled their hips.
    — Kate Silver, chicagotribune.com, 11 Sep. 2019
  • Then Zhuang took over to train us in the language of the hula hoop.
    — Zella Hanson | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 30 June 2022
  • Take two hula hoops and transform them with copper spray paint.
    — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Oct. 2023
  • She was greeted by her daughter, who ran out in a hula skirt and hugged her.
    — Skyler Caruso, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Others spin hula hoops, or leap through the air with a large teeter-totter.
    — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland.com, 7 May 2018
  • When the sender rolls a hula hoop across flat ground, the thrower tries to strike the hoop with a ball.
    — National Geographic, 23 July 2020
  • Kaho‘ano comes from a hula lineage, and so leis have a special place in her heart.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 1 May 2023
  • Shake eggs, bang on drums, twirl hula hoops or play with the world's biggest bubbles.
    — Courant Community, 12 June 2017
  • Her matching mint-green calf-length dress flared out, thanks to a hula hoop hidden in the hem.
    — Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 July 2022
  • This event is so much more than a party that includes hula dancing.
    — Julia Warren, Travel + Leisure, 7 June 2023
  • Born and raised in Hawaii, Ari grew up dancing hula and hip hop.
    — Taylor O’Connor, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Soccer was rumored to be a passing fad, like the hula hoop.
    — Michael Schaub, Oc Register, 29 Dec. 2025
  • But that didn’t keep her from doing the hula at her birthday party.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2019
  • The opening was small, about as wide as a kid’s-size hula hoop, which meant the throws had to be perfect.
    — Jonas Shaffer, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2022
  • Momo has a hula hoop in tow while Mina swivels a bowling ball in her palms.
    — Caitlin Kelley, Billboard, 14 Sep. 2017
  • Chamberland suggests that the best way to go about it is with a hula hoe, rake or weed whacker.
    — Aidan Wohl, The Arizona Republic, 7 June 2023
  • The thinner, the better for the wooden planks so that nothing too heavy drags the hula hoops down.
    — Christianna Silva, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Learn Hawaiian phrases and to dance hula, strum the ukulele or make a fresh flower lei.
    — Ben Davidson, Mercury News, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Experts suggest that the best way to go about cutting it down is with a hula hoe, rake or weed whacker.
    — Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 17 Apr. 2024
  • Later, Lids took a keiki (kids) hula class, a highlight of our trip.
    — Annemarie Conte, Woman's Day, 1 Aug. 2018
  • The company sold more than 20 million hula hoops in six months.
    — Alec Scott, Smithsonian, 26 June 2018
  • Aloha Islanders take to the stage with drums, hula dancers and Samoan fire knife dancers.
    — Jennifer Boehm, sun-sentinel.com, 10 Dec. 2019
  • Youngsters and the young at heart get the giggles shimmying through this hole that's about the size of a hula hoop.
    — Flip Putthoff, Arkansas Online, 21 Dec. 2021
  • With a few chunks of chicken, our 7-year-old son instantly taught him to roll over and jump through a hula hoop.
    — Michelle Madden, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2023
  • Two women did push-ups in rhythm and an 8-year-old girl chased a pink hula hoop not far from her mother lifting weights.
    — Brett Simpson, SFChronicle.com, 7 July 2020
  • At the wedding reception, a few hula dancers performed then called Sofia to the stage.
    — Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
  • In addition to the music, there will a food truck, climbing wall, bouncy balls and hula-hoops.
    — Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 7 May 2026

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