How to Use hopper in a Sentence

hopper

noun
Definition of hoppernext
  • The company has several new product ideas in the hopper.
  • Drake: The hip-hopper has received three video of the year noms.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 23 Aug. 2019
  • Rasmussen, 87, fired a one-hopper from on top of the mound . . .
    — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2019
  • The crab were fed into a hopper to be butchered, cooked, brined and frozen.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 10 Apr. 2022
  • To use a rotary grater, insert the food into the hopper and close the lid.
    — Belle Duchene, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Jan. 2023
  • An electric auger feeds the pieces from the side hopper into the fire pot.
    — Kathy Stephenson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 June 2021
  • The good news is that during off-peak times, the price of a park hopper pass is as low as $159.
    — Laura Hanrahan, Woman's Day, 12 Feb. 2020
  • Alex Ray made a nice running stop and throw on Slavens' hopper past the mound.
    — Arkansas Online, 13 Mar. 2021
  • Rather than housing and burning the charcoal all in the bottom of the grill, the 560 stores it in a hopper on the end.
    — Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 27 May 2020
  • Neither the carafe nor the hopper should be placed in the dishwasher.
    — Terri Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Baez hit a one-hopper back to the mound that Hughes muffed as Bote dived across the plate with the tying run.
    — Phil Rogers, chicagotribune.com, 7 July 2018
  • By then the machine has dropped the ball and pulled in another from a hopper.
    — Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 25 Apr. 2024
  • Mitch Moreland followed by drilling a one-hopper to the right side.
    — Steve Kroner, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Aug. 2021
  • DJ LeMahieu followed with a one-hopper back to the mound and Houck this time made a careful throw to first.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 16 July 2022
  • The Anaheim Ducks, one of 10 teams with two balls in the hopper (and a 4.2% chance of winning the drawing) got the second pick.
    — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 11 Apr. 2020
  • Look for a hopper that’s airtight and with a UV-blocking tint.
    — Good Housekeeping, 31 July 2023
  • The small, fluffy hoppers graze on native grasses, fruits, and roots.
    — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 13 Jan. 2020
  • Now, Ohio does not have any legislative tax cuts in the hopper.
    — Dave Yost, National Review, 24 Mar. 2021
  • Escobar lined a one-hopper that appeared to hit the seam between the turf and dirt in front of the first base bag.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Sep. 2019
  • On the next pitch, Miguel Cabrera hit a one-hopper off the right-field wall for a double, tying the game at three.
    — Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 12 May 2022
  • Fed by gravity, the charcoal burns at the bottom of the hopper.
    — Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 27 May 2020
  • The mixture is dumped into a hopper and whisked away on a wheeled dolly.
    — Lee Powell, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Schwarber then hit a hard one-hopper to first base that Trey Mancini was able to make a play on.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2022
  • The ball was recorded at 108 mph off Haniger’s bat, but Candelario snagged the one-hopper and made a strong throw to first base for the out.
    — Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 19 May 2021
  • Hamilton, who had entered at the start of the inning, fielded the one-hopper and threw to the plate, and Grandal tagged Calhoun for the third out.
    — Lamond Pope, chicagotribune.com, 25 Apr. 2021
  • The main contractor for the project, the Dutra Group, has been running the large hopper dredge, named the Stuyvesant, 24 hours a day since the end of August.
    — Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Sep. 2021
  • All pellet grills have a hopper that feeds wood pellets into the grill to be burned.
    — Camryn Rabideau, Peoplemag, 5 Jan. 2023
  • The Braves snapped a 1-1 tie in the sixth when Dansby Swanson slashed a one-hopper that bounced off the chest of third baseman Edman.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Oct. 2019
  • After Nettles homered in the seventh, Kevin McReynolds bounced a one-hopper back to the mound.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2019
  • Of the vessels that broke loose, 23 were loaded open hopper barges and three were empty, according to the company.
    — Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024

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