playing hooky
Example Sentences
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And because it is common for a few employees to walk in together, with only one swiping a badge to open the door, HR departments were reluctant to accuse anyone of playing hooky.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025
But how does taking a “mental health day,” which Americans traditionally have construed as a “winkwink, nudge-nudge” excuse for playing hooky, improve mental health?
From Washington Post • Oct. 2, 2022
Like you read about film directors that spend their life playing hooky and watching movies.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2020
If you’re asking, you’ve clearly been playing hooky when it comes to Netflix’s new original-movie empire aimed at teens, a genre in which Centineo is the big man on campus.
From Slate • Nov. 15, 2019
Chief Heiserman made it a point to speak to the truant officer, who assured him that Cal not only had no record for playing hooky but actually was a very good student.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
