hood
noun
a soft or flexible covering for the head and neck, either separate or attached to a cloak, coat, or the like.
hooding
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present participleof hood.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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“I never thought I would get plastic surgery,” said Caruso, who opted in after noticing that her eyeliner no longer showed up on her eyes due to hooding.
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
The army general who ran UK military operations during the Iraq war has said he did not know about a 1972 ruling banning the hooding of detainees.
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
