hopscotch

Example Sentences

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“In the hopscotch of fate, you never know what’s going to survive,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 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

On a patch of dirt, between rows of tents, Alma plays hopscotch with her uncle Sami's children, leaping from square to square.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2024

But this summer, marine biologist Fernando Lima hopped among the algae-covered rocks like a child playing hopscotch.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 1, 2023

I’m not light like Danielle, but I am strong, and I get two squares farther up on the hopscotch.

From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar