But Bynum's name hogged the marquee on a night the Pistons couldn't afford to lose. From Wordnik.com. [NBA.com: Fantasy News] Reference
The fuel consists of sawdust, "hogged" wood and slabs, and the percentage of each of these constituents may vary greatly. From Wordnik.com. [Steam, Its Generation and Use] Reference
His mane was "hogged" which fulled out the swell and crest of the neck, and his ears being cropped, the critter had a game look about him. From Wordnik.com. [The Attaché; or, Sam Slick in England — Complete] Reference
"Gone and hogged all the supper, did you!" he growled. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers] Reference
For a long time, the older generation has hogged power. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 27, 2005] Reference
I mean, up until now, he hasn't exactly hogged the spotlight. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 9, 2009] Reference
BROOKS: I don't think that he would have hogged the spotlight. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 15, 2001] Reference
The old folks hogged all the high protein, as was their right. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: Tropic of Night by Michael Gruber] Reference
Conference calls were difficult as Americans hogged the airtime. From Wordnik.com. [Lenovo Goes Global, but Not Without Strife] Reference
Bissell hogged the conversation -- nobody could squeeze a word in. From Wordnik.com. [American Tabloid]
Foreign banks have hogged the headlines recently as potential suitors. From Wordnik.com. [Foreigners may have to fight off] Reference
Chuck hogged the airwaves with a long rant on the Jew-Nigger Pantheon. From Wordnik.com. [American Tabloid]
Bono hogged the limelight and was hailed as the compassionate rock star. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
You hogged credit for arms deal and ticked off right wing simultaneously. From Wordnik.com. [Cabinet Edition] Reference
Outbreaks of swine flu hogged the news and hobbled the MSCI Mexico iShares. From Wordnik.com. [Stocks Continue Their Spring Roll] Reference
Calls -- a pay phone hogged three hours -- every LAPD/Sheriff's squad room tapped. From Wordnik.com. [White Jazz]
Then Bill Clinton took over and he and his brother hogged it all up in Mena, Arkansas!. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - Diary: Ronald Reagan: An Over-rated, Under-criticized President] Reference
He took occasional drugstore jobs and hogged the living-room couch most standard workdays. From Wordnik.com. [My Dark Places]
While Mr Clarke inevitably hogged all the attention, there was much more to this reshuffle. From Wordnik.com. [John Rentoul today puts Trevor Kavanagh and myself in the...] Reference
ELAM: So maybe she was able to get through school and all that because you hogged the remote. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 14, 2007] Reference
Prima emitted no noxious fumes, polluted no water tables, hogged no non replaceable resources. From Wordnik.com. [Delta Search]
In the technology-stock boom of the late 1990s, stock-market bankers and analysts hogged the limelight. From Wordnik.com. [The New Rushmore: Commodities] Reference
Sol hogged a pay phone and table at the rear -- spritzing with one eye on a row of half-gnawed wienies. From Wordnik.com. [Hollywood Nocturne]
When he was mayor, he never let his commissioners speak at a press conference, he hogged all the cameras. From Wordnik.com. [Finally! McCain Questions Rudy's National Security Credentials] Reference
This patent should be rushed into the public domain, instead of being hogged by a self-serving oil company. From Wordnik.com. [Selecting the Auto Companies to assist] Reference
He taught the English seat, the English rise, the English gait, and his horses were all docked and hogged in the. From Wordnik.com. [Peggy Stewart at School] Reference
He showed little care for his wife, he hogged credit and tended to correct people's pronunciation of foreign words. From Wordnik.com. [Call Him Andean Jones] Reference
Clegg had finally emerged from the shadow of his colleague Vince Cable, who until then had hogged all the limelight. From Wordnik.com. [Election 2010: How Nick Clegg changed the game overnight for the Lib Dems] Reference
Maybe he hogged their time and wanted them available to him but didn ` t want them to go out and engage in other activities. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 17, 2009] Reference
His son the auctioneer, who has to pay his spotters by the hour, waited impatiently as his father hogged the mic to socialize. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
Brazil hit two posts, had two goals nullified and, with Neymar, Ramires and Robinho creating a blur, Selecao hogged possession. From Wordnik.com. [Wrapping up Brazil's 2-0 win over the USA] Reference
It has been pushed off the front page because the headlines have been hogged by pesky things like the economy, Iran, and Miss USA. From Wordnik.com. [Lloyd Garver: Obama's Food Problem] Reference
For several days the Acrobat hogged the headlines in all the newspapers, until he was recaptured, quite by chance, at a race track. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret and the Man on the Bench]
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