from pillar to post
Example Sentences
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"If you imagine being a small child and being put from pillar to post with different people and then you arrive virtually into a stranger's house, you are going to be very scared," she adds.
From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025
That’s Seth Rogen as Mario’s traditional adversary Donkey Kong, bellowing as he belts Mario from pillar to post.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 4, 2023
These encampments pop up all over the city, and no wonder, since the residents are chased from pillar to post without any other options.
From Washington Post • Feb. 5, 2023
Investigating her mysterious grandparents as well, Keane finds complexity in their lives as a military couple, moved at sporadic intervals from pillar to post.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2022
The result is, that I am compelled to dodge from pillar to post, suffering the gravest inconveniences, to which my modesty exposes me.
From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second by Gozzi, Count Carlo
