hopscotch

Example Sentences

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He passed a firetruck, the red lights playing hopscotch on the pavement.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2025

“My beautiful, patient, understanding wife and my agent are very much against it and wish that I would just buy some sidewalk chalk and go hopscotch in the driveway,” he said.

From Seattle Times • May 15, 2024

The afternoon before the big day, my friends and I were playing hopscotch in the street when a white truck pulled up full of National Party T-shirts, balls and flags.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2024

Watching “Peanuts,” even as a kid, was like playing a game of cerebral hopscotch.

From Salon • Oct. 30, 2023

There are some girls drawing squares for hopscotch on the sidewalk.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron