hooking

Example Sentences

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Jurors will return to court here on Thursday to continue deliberations in a civil trial accusing Meta and YouTube of harmfully hooking young internet users.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

The score came seven seconds after Finland’s Susanna Tapani was sent off for hooking.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2026

His next two were inner-half fastballs to Vladimir Guerrero Jr., with the Blue Jays star taking the first for a strike before hooking the second inside the left-field foul pole.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2025

Later came Jack and Ozzy’s father and son fishing trip, highlighted by dad hooking a bird.

From Salon • Jul. 24, 2025

Sherman and O’Dell had run phone wires all morning, hooking them up to old truck batteries donated by Emily Sue’s father from his scrap yard.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam