Example sentences for: hoe

How can you use “hoe” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Hoe cakes , originally baked on hoe, and hush puppies , allegedly so named because pieces of them were fed to dogs to keep them quite, are variations of what Southerners call corn bread and New Englanders call (spider) johnnycake: spider because it was baked in a spider , a black, cast-iron skillet.

  • Hatch acknowledges that he has a rough row to hoe.

  • I do not quite agree with the sense underlying a tough road to hoe and his head sank to his boots , but I assume they occasion no discomfort on the part of the speaker.

  • Hush puppies and hoe cakes were also terms sure to attact attention fifty years ago, but are now in common use.


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