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hooding

  • present participle of hood.

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The upper tends to address hooding and volume loss of the eyelid, while the lower focuses on puffiness and dark circles or hollowing under the eye, says Dr. Flora Levin, a Connecticut-based oculoplastic surgeon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026

Zhang, an award-winning author of “How Much of These Hills Is Gold” and “Land of Milk and Honey,” was scheduled to speak at the May 8 education school doctoral hooding ceremony.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2024

She attended a Baptist pastor’s hooding ceremony, a public event for a Japanese sister city, and a luau held by a local nonprofit’s C.E.O.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 12, 2019

I decided to order the cessation of all hooding as it had become particularly emotive in light of the death of Baha Mousa.

From BBC • May 18, 2010

At her glance the overseer blinked quickly, then composed himself, his lids hooding his little dark eyes, his rosebud mouth tightening to a slit.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson