Get to know Hodgepodge better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like miscellany or mixture.
Hodgepodge in a sentence
Hodgepodge meaning
- A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things.
- A confused mass of ingredients shaken or mixed together in the same pot.
Synonyms of Hodgepodge
Using Hodgepodge
- The main meaning on this page is: A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things. | A confused mass of ingredients shaken or mixed together in the same pot.
- Useful related words include: odds and ends, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture.
- In the example corpus, hodgepodge often appears in combinations such as: hodgepodge of, the hodgepodge, to hodgepodge.
Context around Hodgepodge
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 11 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hodgepodge
- In this selection, "hodgepodge" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, silly, sparse, weird, meal and car stand out and add context to how "hodgepodge" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a a hodgepodge of policies and a random hodgepodge of sound. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hodgepodge" sits close to words such as abominable, abstracts and aceh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hodgepodge
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The fashion a hodgepodge. (4 words)
So it’ll be a hodgepodge of all kinds of things. (11 words)
That left a sparse hodgepodge of subspaces that they still had to deal with. (14 words)
While Democrats and a few Republicans resisted, Senate Bill 307 zoomed right through to the governor’s desk for a signature, ensuring we will soon add an abortion statue to the hodgepodge already sprawled across the Capitol grounds. (38 words)
To both sides of the divide, whatever the level of self-confidence, this much is said: the hodgepodge of peoples that make up this nation are heading towards a far more terrible place than when this all started. (38 words)
Adalja called it a “a hodgepodge of policies that don’t necessarily fit the task in many states” with, in the absence of a strong federal response, one state repeating the same mistakes another state made earlier. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
It's all an effort to make the local scene feel seen — not a random hodgepodge of sound that people might check out at a few shows a year, but an active and thriving symbiotic community.
Space Monster Wangmagwi, which opened before The Great Monster Yonggary and was accused of plagiarism by Yonggary’s production company, is a bit of a silly hodgepodge.
That left a sparse hodgepodge of subspaces that they still had to deal with.
While Democrats and a few Republicans resisted, Senate Bill 307 zoomed right through to the governor’s desk for a signature, ensuring we will soon add an abortion statue to the hodgepodge already sprawled across the Capitol grounds.
Many college athletics administrators and coaches have urged to pass a standards NIL and preempt the hodgepodge of state laws.
So it’ll be a hodgepodge of all kinds of things.
They questioned the propriety of one state (Colorado) by its actions possibly twisting the outcome of the election — lamenting how some states would agree but others would not, leading to a hodgepodge of voter options.
According to James Greenawalt, a 2018 YSU graduate, the band’s music can be described as a hodgepodge of indie rock, rock alternative, pop and funk.
Adalja called it a “a hodgepodge of policies that don’t necessarily fit the task in many states” with, in the absence of a strong federal response, one state repeating the same mistakes another state made earlier.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin responded by saying that the US move was based on “a hodgepodge of anti-Chinese lies”.
Roommates and friends may not be able to go home either, so come together to create a hodgepodge meal of different family recipes and traditions.
Slasher films, on the other hand, are a hodgepodge of cheesy lines, poor decisions and questionable deaths and gore that lose their taste after one sitting.
The fashion a hodgepodge.
The lack of consistent asymptomatic testing guidelines means that from state to state, county to county, a hodgepodge of strategies are being used with varying standards, testing methods and levels of access.
The reboot was (as you'd imagine) a hodgepodge of ideas that was mostly dismissed by critics and failed to even match its $175 million budget at the box office.
To both sides of the divide, whatever the level of self-confidence, this much is said: the hodgepodge of peoples that make up this nation are heading towards a far more terrible place than when this all started.
You've got a weird hodgepodge of social satire, home makeover spoofs, and a commentary on the impact of smart devices.
In Illinois, there is no statewide law regarding the removal of trees, leaving a hodgepodge of ordinances that vary from municipality to municipality.
Instead it was about a hodgepodge car made up of a Lincoln Zephyr engine, a shortened frame and a Ford Model A body.
On the Netflix show, Geralt’s accent sounds like a hodgepodge of accents, like it just kinda exists somewhere between British, American and Australian accents.
Common combinations with hodgepodge
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- hodgepodge of 30×
- the hodgepodge 5×
- to hodgepodge 2×
- it hodgepodge 2×
- weird hodgepodge 2×
- like hodgepodge 2×
- become hodgepodge 2×