How do you use Hoodwink in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like juggle or betray, plus the exact meaning.
Hoodwink meaning
- To cover the eyes with, or as if with, a hood; to blindfold.
- To deceive using a disguise; to bewile, dupe, mislead.
- To hide or obscure.
Synonyms of Hoodwink
Using Hoodwink
- The main meaning on this page is: To cover the eyes with, or as if with, a hood; to blindfold. | To deceive using a disguise; to bewile, dupe, mislead. | To hide or obscure.
- Useful related words include: juggle, betray, deceive, play false.
- In the example corpus, hoodwink often appears in combinations such as: to hoodwink, hoodwink the.
Context around Hoodwink
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 6 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hoodwink
- In this selection, "hoodwink" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, online, british and vehicle stand out and add context to how "hoodwink" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include attempt to hoodwink british investors and government to hoodwink them claiming. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hoodwink" sits close to words such as aami, abada and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hoodwink
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This is just a public relation stunt to hoodwink the outside world. (12 words)
Remember that Brexit bus message that seemed to hoodwink quite a few people? (13 words)
The movement was late, but shouldn’t hoodwink a batsman of his class. (13 words)
Eventually, Moon Knight and Scarlet Scarab learn the terrifying truth: the Jackal is using the hearts of the innocent children to escape justice; he is taking the hearts and using them to hoodwink the Scales of Justice. (37 words)
Responding to MadhegowdaтАЩs claim, Reddy on Wednesday said though there is little scope of fraud as the registration process is online, the government will take action against those trying to hoodwink vehicle owners. (33 words)
This is the only positive way to sway ugly rumour mongering among Akainde and his brainwashed cadres who see corruption in everything as a way to hoodwink their gullible followers. (30 words)
Remember that Brexit bus message that seemed to hoodwink quite a few people? (13 words)
Example sentences (13)
Eventually, Moon Knight and Scarlet Scarab learn the terrifying truth: the Jackal is using the hearts of the innocent children to escape justice; he is taking the hearts and using them to hoodwink the Scales of Justice.
Remember that Brexit bus message that seemed to hoodwink quite a few people?
They also went on to reveal that phishing emails were the most frequent scam to hoodwink online users.
Critics argue that the meeting serves as a mere façade, an attempt to hoodwink British investors and divert attention from the internal challenges faced by Zimbabwe.
Responding to MadhegowdaтАЩs claim, Reddy on Wednesday said though there is little scope of fraud as the registration process is online, the government will take action against those trying to hoodwink vehicle owners.
If some team tries to hoodwink Spielman into giving up Adam Thielen, he should hang up the phone.
The movement was late, but shouldn’t hoodwink a batsman of his class.
This is the only positive way to sway ugly rumour mongering among Akainde and his brainwashed cadres who see corruption in everything as a way to hoodwink their gullible followers.
Well she could hoodwink all and sundry with her polished behaviour and style statement.
This is just a public relation stunt to hoodwink the outside world.
Trying to hoodwink people that because someone has been losing elections so often then in 2021 he will win is like making fire from water.
The administration demonstrates zero accountability to the people in the face of damning and direct evidence that someone was trying to hoodwink the people.
The squatters alleging an attempt by the government to hoodwink them claiming to have paid requisite fees to have them legally own the land.
Common combinations with hoodwink
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to hoodwink 11×
- hoodwink the 3×