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
St. John remembers playing hooky from school to go to the movies, and looking up to Sidney Poitier, whom he met years later by chance.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2022
When she and Isaiah started fighting, she rebelled by playing hooky.
From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2021
“I’m playing hooky to hang out with Isaac, but he’s sleeping, so I’m in the atrium doing geometry.”
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
