Example Sentences

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Perhaps Mr. Levine was hogging the podium and keeping rivals at bay, but audiences and critics were excited by the artistic results.

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2021

Tiger Woods was on six under with four to play but McIlroy was hogging the limelight after a display which justified his position as pre-tournament second favourite, behind the world No1.

From The Guardian • Jul. 15, 2010

Architects contended that the Treasury was hogging the design of new public buildings.

From Time Magazine Archive

Director Ernst Lubitsch complained that West, who was her own screenwriter, was hogging the best lines in one of her films.

From Time Magazine Archive

Because I couldn’t believe he was hogging her in death, just like he had in life.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson