How to Use hock in a Sentence

hock

1 of 2 noun
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  • Pick the meat from the hock and add it back to the peas.
    — USA TODAY, 29 Dec. 2022
  • My dad was known for his chili and his ham hock and beans.
    — James Hales Remembering Rogers, Arkansas Online, 29 June 2023
  • Let ham hock cool and separate the meat from the bone and skin.
    — Meredith Deeds Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 23 Sep. 2020
  • Remove ham hocks, shred the meat, and add it back into the pot.
    — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Using tongs, transfer the ham hock and ribs to a large plate.
    — Christopher Kimball, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Spread 2 bread slices with the pea mixture and top with the shredded ham hock.
    — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Use white beans in this ham hock and white bean stew from Bon Appetit.
    — Jennifer McClellan, USA TODAY, 2 June 2022
  • Turn off the heat and remove the ham hock, onion, carrot, celery and bay leaves.
    — USA TODAY, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Make sure to remove the ham hock's tiny bone bits before serving.
    — Zoe Denenberg, Southern Living, 24 Sep. 2023
  • Ham hocks add tons of flavor to these slow-cooker collard greens.
    — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Remove hocks; drain peas, and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 11 June 2023
  • The meat-free meal was a lesson in showing that there’s more to bean cookery than throwing a ham hock in the pot and calling it a day.
    — Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2023
  • With chunky pieces of potato and chopped ham hock, this soup is a filling entrée option.
    — Karen Schroeder-Rankin, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2023
  • With only 15 minutes of prep time, this recipe lets the collard greens cook with ham hocks low and slow in your trusty slow cooker.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2023
  • The field was reduced to eight when Express Train was scratched in the morning with swelling in his right hock, similar to an ankle.
    — Beth Harris, ajc, 6 Nov. 2021
  • Vegetables were cooked into creamy casseroles or simmered in broth with a ham hock.
    — Washington Post, 23 Apr. 2022
  • To test the curing process, the caladores puncture, in rapid succession, four specific spots—the hock, next to the hip bone and twice around a joint of the hip and femur.
    — Richard Morgan, WSJ, 20 Dec. 2021
  • Add turmeric, if using, and stock and, if using, smoked turkey (see note above if using a ham hock).
    — Kim Sunée, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Dec. 2020
  • Sure, Sang-hyeon, who runs a hand laundry, and cohort Dong-soo, who works at said church, could use the dough; times are tight and, on the front burner, Sang-hyeon is in hock to the local mob.
    — Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Now through April 25, guests can dine on ham hock and foie gras terrine, rib eye with mushrooms and tarragon, chicory salad, and more.
    — Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 23 Apr. 2021
  • The Classic field was reduced to eight when Express Train was scratched in the morning with swelling in his right hock, similar to an ankle.
    — Beth Harris, baltimoresun.com, 7 Nov. 2021
  • With the drama squashed, everyone can go party on the boat and ride the Jet Skis and stare at Joe Gorga’s hairless ham hock of a torso with drool running down their jowls.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 31 Mar. 2021
  • In a large stockpot over high heat, combine the water, neck bones, ham hock (if using), bouillon powder, serranos and bay leaves and bring to a boil.
    — Abigail Abesamis Demarest, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
  • Transfer ham hock to cutting board, let cool slightly, then shred into bite-size pieces, discarding skin, bones and excess fat.
    — al, 31 Dec. 2021
  • Tender but toothsome beans fill you up, while a hint of ham -- typically from a leftover bone or hock -- creates a rich, savory flavor.
    — Casey Barber, CNN, 27 Feb. 2021
  • Some of the most popular ones are the Bún Bò Hue, a vermicelli noodle soup with beef shank, lemongrass, Vietnamese mint and pork hock, and a lemongrass beef stew with rice noodles and carrots.
    — Dahlia Ghabour, The Courier-Journal, 18 Jan. 2022
  • Today, of the original products, only the herring remains in the Bay View product line, along with three types of pickled eggs, and pickled sausages, pork hocks, bologna and turkey gizzards.
    — Cathy Jakicic, Journal Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The traditional meals feed four to six people. Choose one protein: Four schnitzels (pork or veal), four schweinshaxe (roasted ham hock) or one whole roasted chicken (split).
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 1 Sep. 2020
  • Overly hard ones cause microfractures in the many bones below the hock, which sometimes heal and sometimes, as with Mongolian Groom, burst into injuries that a horse can’t survive.
    — William Finnegan, The New Yorker, 15 May 2021
  • Croquetas on the dinner menu are packed with smoky ham hock, and the Sunday brunch menu features such revelations as a waffle loaded with duck confit.
    — The Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appétit, 8 Sep. 2022
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hock

2 of 2 verb
  • And yet, still the conspiracy theorists hock their wares.
    — John McCain, Popular Mechanics, 9 Sep. 2020
  • Either way, this leaves the competition wide open, and hopefully means that some of the girls who have been fading into the background will get to hock their wares come next episode.
    — Shaad D'souza, Vulture, 8 May 2021
  • Across New York City, brazen pot dealers hock everything from pre-rolls to gummies on folding tables in parks, off gaudy trucks on major streets, and in storefronts painted purple, green, and gray.
    — Michael Stahl, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2022
  • Wheat and chaff combined into a slurry that publishers desperately tried to hock as the internet shrank ad revenues.
    — John Semley, The New Republic, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Understandably, for many, a panic takes hold — along with a willingness to hock your great-grandma’s heirloom jewelry to pay for any product that will grow your hair back and restore hair thickness.
    — Stephanie Dolgoff, Good Housekeeping, 2 Aug. 2022
  • One particular scene shows a coughing mask wearer remove his mask to hock up some phlegm -- basically negating the point of wearing the mask in the first place -- as nearby pedestrians eye him in fear and disgust.
    — Jeremy Hsu, Discover Magazine, 30 June 2015
  • Now, all rational thinking would suggest that Styles did not intentionally hock a loogie into the lap of his castmate at a prestigious event.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Owners can afford to upgrade their facilities, pay for dinners and make sure players feel their families are being cared for, all without having to hock their yacht or private plane.
    — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Trump has a long history of using social media to promote his political objectives, mock his adversaries, hock his products, and seek attention from voters and the media.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2022
  • And, most perplexingly, did Styles hock a loogie on co-star Chris Pine’s lap at the screening, as social media sleuths contended, or was Spitgate merely a collective hallucination driven by insatiable appetite for idiotic controversy?
    — Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2022
  • And yet, still the conspiracy theorists hock their wares.
    — John McCain, Popular Mechanics, 9 Sep. 2020
  • Either way, this leaves the competition wide open, and hopefully means that some of the girls who have been fading into the background will get to hock their wares come next episode.
    — Shaad D'souza, Vulture, 8 May 2021
  • Across New York City, brazen pot dealers hock everything from pre-rolls to gummies on folding tables in parks, off gaudy trucks on major streets, and in storefronts painted purple, green, and gray.
    — Michael Stahl, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2022
  • Wheat and chaff combined into a slurry that publishers desperately tried to hock as the internet shrank ad revenues.
    — John Semley, The New Republic, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Understandably, for many, a panic takes hold — along with a willingness to hock your great-grandma’s heirloom jewelry to pay for any product that will grow your hair back and restore hair thickness.
    — Stephanie Dolgoff, Good Housekeeping, 2 Aug. 2022
  • One particular scene shows a coughing mask wearer remove his mask to hock up some phlegm -- basically negating the point of wearing the mask in the first place -- as nearby pedestrians eye him in fear and disgust.
    — Jeremy Hsu, Discover Magazine, 30 June 2015
  • Now, all rational thinking would suggest that Styles did not intentionally hock a loogie into the lap of his castmate at a prestigious event.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Owners can afford to upgrade their facilities, pay for dinners and make sure players feel their families are being cared for, all without having to hock their yacht or private plane.
    — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Trump has a long history of using social media to promote his political objectives, mock his adversaries, hock his products, and seek attention from voters and the media.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2022
  • And, most perplexingly, did Styles hock a loogie on co-star Chris Pine’s lap at the screening, as social media sleuths contended, or was Spitgate merely a collective hallucination driven by insatiable appetite for idiotic controversy?
    — Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2022
  • And yet, still the conspiracy theorists hock their wares.
    — John McCain, Popular Mechanics, 9 Sep. 2020
  • Either way, this leaves the competition wide open, and hopefully means that some of the girls who have been fading into the background will get to hock their wares come next episode.
    — Shaad D'souza, Vulture, 8 May 2021
  • Across New York City, brazen pot dealers hock everything from pre-rolls to gummies on folding tables in parks, off gaudy trucks on major streets, and in storefronts painted purple, green, and gray.
    — Michael Stahl, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2022
  • Wheat and chaff combined into a slurry that publishers desperately tried to hock as the internet shrank ad revenues.
    — John Semley, The New Republic, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Understandably, for many, a panic takes hold — along with a willingness to hock your great-grandma’s heirloom jewelry to pay for any product that will grow your hair back and restore hair thickness.
    — Stephanie Dolgoff, Good Housekeeping, 2 Aug. 2022
  • One particular scene shows a coughing mask wearer remove his mask to hock up some phlegm -- basically negating the point of wearing the mask in the first place -- as nearby pedestrians eye him in fear and disgust.
    — Jeremy Hsu, Discover Magazine, 30 June 2015
  • Now, all rational thinking would suggest that Styles did not intentionally hock a loogie into the lap of his castmate at a prestigious event.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Owners can afford to upgrade their facilities, pay for dinners and make sure players feel their families are being cared for, all without having to hock their yacht or private plane.
    — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Trump has a long history of using social media to promote his political objectives, mock his adversaries, hock his products, and seek attention from voters and the media.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2022
  • And, most perplexingly, did Styles hock a loogie on co-star Chris Pine’s lap at the screening, as social media sleuths contended, or was Spitgate merely a collective hallucination driven by insatiable appetite for idiotic controversy?
    — Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2022

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