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How to use hoof in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Hoof means the tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering. Example: “Deer spring with their hind legs, using their front hooves to steady themselves.”

Examples of hoof by meaning

verbTo kick, especially to kick a football a long way downfield with little accuracy.

  • At one point the ball fell to Andy Robertson and instead of taking his time and clearing, he hoofed it away as if his life depended on it.2026 June 14, Tom English, “Why Haiti v Scotland was antidote to the ills of world football”, in BBC Sport

More sentences with hoof

  • Deer spring with their hind legs, using their front hooves to steady themselves.From the entry spring
  • Smith hoofs a long ball up to Jones.From the entry long
  • Even a moment’s hesitation could be punished by a swift but painful death beneath the bicorns’ hooves.2022, Hisaya Amagishi, translated by Nikolas Stirling, Dahlia in Bloom: Crafting a Fresh Start with Magical Tools, volume 3, J-Novel Club…. From the entry bicorn
  • Why they didn’t both break their necks or get hamburgered by cloven hooves was a mystery.2020, Lynn Stansbury, Crossing the Divide, Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse. From the entry hamburger
  • Unless I have a honey on the line, in which case, hoof it, capiche?2019, Mike Oppenhuizen, “Y.G.A.G.G.” (17:13 from the start), in Wendey Stanzler, director, Atypical, season 3, episode 4, spoken by Zahid…. From the entry honey
  • They heard the sound of hooves – big beasts, galloping fast.2017, Doug Wilson, The Time Road: Part 2: the Changeling Warriors, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN. From the entry dullaghan
  • I strove to hear the bread-woman’s song or the clopping hooves, but I heard nothing.2017, Robin Hobb [pen name; Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden], Assassin’s Fate (book III of the The Fitz and the Fool Trilogy), Del Rey, →ISBN. From the entry breadmonger
  • The hooves are tipped with collagenous eponychia, which prevents damage to the amnion and beyond.2012, Paul McGreevy, Equine Behavior: A Guide for Veterinarians and Equine Scientists, 2nd edition, page 163. From the entry eponychium
  • Besey removed her back hoofs from a box where she'd been ram-packing papers in.2012, Keevy McAlavy, The Stench of Space, →ISBN, page 332. From the entry ram-pack
  • Unguligrades (L. ungula, hoof) have reduced the number of digits present in their limbs.2010, Seth M. Kisia, “Skeletal System”, in Vertebrates: Structures and Functions (Biological Systems in Vertebrates), Boca Raton, Fla.…. From the entry unguligrade
  • But there are traces, hoof marks of mombies are encrusted in the dried mud.2008, Lesley Stern, The Smoking Book, →ISBN, page 8. From the entry mombie
  • It stopped on tiny hooves, blind to the three of them, then bounded forward, toward the deadfall.2006, James Clemens, Shadowfall. From the entry deerling
  • He heard a light wagonet approach, the nimble trot of hooves on the dusty street.2002, Josepth Roth, translated by Michael Hofmann, The Radetsky March, Folio Society, published 2015, page 158. From the entry wagonet
  • Remember that these graceful “Bambis” are wild animals with sharp hooves and antlers.1992, Pamela Hegarty, “Yosemite National Park”, in Paula Consolo, editor, Fodor’s National Parks of the West, New York, N.Y.: Fodor’s…. From the entry Bambi
  • Most of the steamers are being "sold on the hoof" to the larger scrap dealers.1986, Don Ball, The Pennsylvania Railroad, 1940s-1950s, page 139. From the entry on the hoof
  • Do you know what pain treads the unlifting darkness with cleft hooves, with webbed feet?1979, Poetry Australia, numbers 70-72, page 67. From the entry unlifting
  • His Veteran's insurance came to ten thousand simoleons, rather more than he could bring on the hoof.1962, Thomas Berger, Reinhart in Love. From the entry simoleon
  • Jones's and had painted on it a hoof and a horn in white.1945, George Orwell, chapter 3, in Animal Farm. From the entry flagstaff
  • I have a horse that had a runround on its hoof, about four months ag .1914, Comfort, page 19. From the entry runround
  • Dull revolver shots—hoarse yells—pound of hoofs—shrill neighs of horses—commingling of echoes—and again silence!1912 January, Zane Grey, “The Fall of Balancing Rock”, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers…. From the entry commingling
  • That a zebra’s hoof is just a large toenail?2018 December 6, “This creature-filled anthology is a great Christmas present for kids”, in The Independent, London: Independent News &…. From the entry large toenail
  • Yet this big, scrawny drink of water out in the field by himself seemed to be hoofing it along absolutely fine.2015, Jenny T. Colgan, Resistance Is Futile, →ISBN. From the entry scrawny drink of water
  • The hooves were boiled to make glue.2013, Dean King, The Feud: The Hatfields and McCoys: The True Story, Little, Brown, →ISBN. From the entry lights
  • Chuck Norris's donkeypunches actually leave hoof marks.2011 March 10, GoFastGoatse, “Chuck norris's birthday today! Kick some ass. - Page 2 - High”, in Highperformancecrew.com. From the entry donkeypunches
  • The unguligrade foot makes contact with the ground at the tips of the most distal digits and hooves have replaced claws.2010, Seth M. Kisia, “Skeletal System”, in Vertebrates: Structures and Functions (Biological Systems in Vertebrates), Boca Raton, Fla.…. From the entry unguligrade
  • For months, the left hind leg put Barbaro’s recovery in serious jeopardy because of laminitis, the often-fatal hoof disease.2007 January 28, The Associated Press, “Sports Briefing”, in New York Times. From the entry laminitis
  • The words barely left the lips when there came a loud cry and a trample of hoof beats.2005, Charles R. Saint, The A.A.H.. From the entry wrap one's head around
  • Our regional commissioner, his assistant commissioner and our district director, along with their wives, were hoofing it to the rotunda.2004, Sergei Hoteko, On The Fringe Of History, page 135. From the entry badge
  • The cattle are less disciplined, more pell-mell, heavy-footed, their hooves stamping the ground to mud in several places.2003, Audrey Joan Whitson, Teaching Places, page 50. From the entry pell-mell
  • The Hempshocks' sheep were notoriously the finest for miles around: shaggy-coated and intelligent (for sheep), with curling horns and sharp hooves.1999, Neil Gaiman, Stardust, Perennial, published 2001, page 30. From the entry notoriously
  • Early Plutonian visits to Earth survived in folk memory as the devil, since Plutonians are gigantic, with horns, hooves, and tail.1998, Everett F[ranklin] Bleiler, Richard Bleiler, “[Story Descriptions.] 1423. THE EARTHMAN’S BURDEN. Astounding Stories, June 1931, Ill.…. From the entry Plutonian
  • I remember the blundery hooves, whips, and tails.1996, Jeffery Camp, “[Still and Fast Life] Race Horses”, in Paint: A Manual of Pictorial Thought and Practical Advice, New York, N.Y.: DK…. From the entry blundery
  • Behind the stable doors, where competitors frenziedly shine tack and polish hooves, Donna McNulty busies herself with her horse, Abecedarian.1990 August 27, Cynthia B. Hanson, “HORSE PLAY”, in The Christian Science Monitor, archived from the original on 14 Jan 2025. From the entry abecedarian
  • The hooves' cloppings came to them down the path.a. 1989, Samuel R. Delany, Return to Nevèrÿon. From the entry clopping
  • Hugh, himself a graceful skater, even with his gammie hoof, would be on the pond hot foot from his round.1985, M. Dick, “The Street”, in Erch in Urchinage: Being Stories and Notes about the Town of Inverness from 1918 to 1939, Edinburgh: Albyn…. From the entry gammie
  • Less than 25% ever leaves the farm where it was grown - until it leaves on the hoof.1956, John Weston Walch, Complete Handbook on Farm Policy, volume 2, page 212. From the entry on the hoof
  • "How now, you scullions and cullions: bring hither a pair of cow's hooves to out face this contumelious caitiff."1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 44. From the entry hither
  • Then were the horse hoofs broken by the means of the prancings, the prancings of their mighty ones.1917, Bible (Jewish Publication Society of America Version), Judges 5:22. From the entry prancing
  • He heard the creak of saddlery and the thud of a horse’s hoofs on the hard turf behind him.1911, Archibald Marshall, chapter 10, in The Eldest Son, New York: Dodd, Mead, published 1919. From the entry saddlery

Meaning of hoof

  1. noun The tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering.
  2. noun The human foot.
  3. noun An ungula.

Full definition of hoof

Questions about hoof in a sentence

How do you use hoof in a sentence?
Hoof is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Deer spring with their hind legs, using their front hooves to steady themselves.”
What is a short sentence with hoof?
“Chuck Norris's donkeypunches actually leave hoof marks.”
What does hoof mean?
Hoof means the tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering.

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