by hook or crook
Example Sentences
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“Catastrophe” felt more like the first decade of my marriage, which was very confusing, trying by hook or crook to shed bad habits that I had.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2025
In the process, “Yesterday” gently explores the mystery of musical inspiration, what constitutes fraud, the inevitability of certain artistic expressions and the ability of love to find its way by hook or crook.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2019
And he just kept going, winning primaries by hook or crook, all the way to the end.
From Salon • Oct. 19, 2016
If we are weak, they will want ours too, by hook or crook.
From New York Times • Jul. 3, 2012
He will see you talking to me, and by hook or crook you must introduce him to me.
From The Beautiful White Devil by Boothby, Guy Newell
