hooked
Example Sentences
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"Just as we were heading home we spotted a group of birds, so we went to try and have a look around there and that's when we hooked into one," said Gardner.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
“What you’re going to hear in this trial is how Meta hooked children on its platforms,” Megan O’Neill, a deputy attorney general for the California Department of Justice, said during opening arguments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Eventually, the companies hit on the solution: Get the customers hooked.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
One of them apparently hooked the fish, but the shark spat out the bait, according to Kohanchi’s account of events in the video.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
She was careful to keep the hole itself blocked so he wouldn’t notice it as she hooked his billy goats into their traces.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
