hobo

Example Sentences

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As an adult, I’ve tried to will myself back into enthrallment with this plucky heroine who repels a scary hobo, bravely goes without food and saves a poor Italian immigrant when others are against her.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

Yes, it wasn't a boy; it was a little girl, but I couldn't tell because she was dressed like a hobo.

From Salon • Oct. 31, 2023

The trilogy includes “The Areas of My Expertise,” a book that contains, among other things, a list of 700 hobo names.

From Washington Post • Apr. 11, 2023

“We see a cactus, then a dog, then a hobo, then a disintegrated monument, then a rainstorm,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2023

We’d run, terrified, along the hobo paths, over the trestle, and through the streets.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston