get hooked

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

“You get hooked on Stewart,” Dea once said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Investors get hooked on short-term results and executives and boards spend more time focusing on the next earnings call than on the key strategic decisions that will drive success for the next decade.

From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025

"I did get hooked on apples for a while," he said.

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2025

It’ll either be a movie or TV, and there’s so much out there I try to avoid getting caught up in a TV show that has a million episodes because I’ll get hooked in.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2025

He was starting to get hooked on the idea.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon