hood

Example Sentences

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"But we make black music first and foremost, and all our records is 'hood first'."

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2025

“I’m not even in the ghetto. I’m not in the ‘hood.

From Washington Times • Dec. 27, 2023

But it’s in his youngest son that he has found his greatest achievement, this icon of the ’hood making his biggest moves at home.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2023

"They Cloned Tyrone," directed and co-written by Juel Taylor, is a futuristic 'hood mystery based around a white and white-adjacent corporate agenda to control the Black community through fried chicken, drugs and perms.

From Salon • Jul. 30, 2023

We did a lot of investigating around the ’hood, trying to find out about Eric, Derrick, Johnny, and Tyrone.

From "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" by LeAlan Jones