Hobo example sentences
Related (10): vagabond, drifter, tramp, homeless, beggar, wanderer, itinerant, transient, panhandler, bum.
"Hobo" Example Sentences
Common Phrases
- The tired old hobo approached the house, hoping for a meal.
- The hobo cooked food over the fire in his rusty old pot.
- The children gathered around to hear stories from the weary hobo who had come to town.
- The hobo hopped onto a passing freight train, ready for his next adventure.
- The old man dressed like a hobo walked down the street with his tattered bag over his shoulder.
- The hobo rode the rails alongside cattle cars and boxcars on his journey west.
- The rundown house on the corner had become a shelter for local hobos.
- Hobos often congregated around the fire burning in an old oil drum.
- The homeless man who lived under the bridge looked and smelled like a hobo.
- The hobo rummaged through the trash bin, hoping to find something to eat.
- The man chose a hobo lifestyle, riding the rails and living off the land.
- In the Depression era, many unemployed men became hobos, traveling the country looking for work.
- Hobos would often panhandle in town squares for enough money to sustain themselves.
- Hobo jungles, makeshift camps, dotted the countryside for wandering hobos.
- The young woman's charity helped dress and feed many down-and-out hobos that passed through town.
- The hobo tapped on the window, asking for any spare change.
- The train was packed with hobos looking for work during the Great Depression.
- The hobo sat by the fire, roasting a potato on a stick.
- The police officer warned the suspicious looking hobo to move along.
- The campfire smoke rising up from the hobo encampment in the woods alerted residents that transients were in the area.
- The hard life of a hobo did not appeal to the young man.
- The hobo walked to town to search for odd jobs he could find for the day.
- The barking dog scared off the hobo who was trying to steal from the garden.
- An old guitar and harmonica were the only possessions the hobo carried with him.
- The hobo approached the farmer's wife, hoping she would give him some leftovers from dinner.
- The runaway teen wanted to live the carefree hobo lifestyle, but soon discovered it was very difficult and challenging.
- The worn bindle over the hobo's shoulder contained all his worldly possessions.
- A bindlestiff or tramp was another term for a hobo, someone who traveled from place to place.
- As a child, the hobo life of hopping trains and living free seemed romantic and adventurous.
- Hobo symbols and markings plastered the sides of boxcars and freight containers.
- The scarecrow in the field resembled a tattered hobo more than a farm guardian.
- Stories of hobos roaming the back roads and railways scared the young girl at night.
- The dishonest hobo took advantage of people's generosity wherever he went.
- The kit built by the boy scout was meant to help if one ever became a lost or injured hobo.
- The hobo slipped into a boxcar filled with livestock, hoping to catch a free ride to the next town.
- The kindly old hobo touched the young boy's heart and taught him a lesson about compassion.
- The hobo crossed state lines, searching for better prospects and warmer weather.
- Traveling hobos often gave each other nicknames to avoid using their real names.
- The country was filled with unemployed men who became hobos during the Great Depression.
- The young couple lived a hobo lifestyle for awhile, hopping freight trains and living freely.
- The hard life of a hobo made the young man appreciate what he had been given.
- The hobo's tattered clothes and unshaven face made people wary of him.
- Hobos would hop trains when they saw the conductors coming to check tickets.
- The hobos gathered around the fire to share stories of their travels and hard times.
- The sight of a lonely, cold hobo moved the child to gather warm clothes and food to give him.
- Hobos relied on the generosity of others to survive.
- The hobo followed the railroad tracks from town to town.
- The hobo encampment near the river had become a nuisance to local residents.
- The old hobo lived by his wits, begging and doing odd jobs to sustain himself.
- Life on the road agreed with the hobo who enjoyed freedom and solitude.
- Many hobos took to the rails during the Great Depression, seeking work and a fresh start.
- The hobo walked along the highway, looking for his next meal and place to sleep.
- The old hobo was tired of traveling and longed for a steady job and place to call home.
- The hobo stole a chicken from a farm to cook over his campfire for supper.
- Many stories and songs were written about the hobo lifestyle during the Depression era.
- The hobo stumbled into town, starving and exhausted from his travels.
- Stories of hobos and tramps living free on the road had romanticized the hard life for many men.
- The police officers tried to drive the hobo out of town, worried he would cause trouble.
- The hobo took off his hat, smiling as the kind lady handed him a sandwich and cup of coffee.
- The bindle-carrying hobo strode into town looking for a handout to sustain him through the night.