hooked

Example Sentences

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But that one-year crypto surge—and the meme-stock mania that happened around the same time—got a generation of troops hooked on investing.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

She joins a search party, and she’s hooked on this thrill of helping find the body of this missing girl, and then decides to start pursuing leads.

From Salon

A week later, the pain was gone, she said, and she was hooked on the shoes’ comfort.

From The Wall Street Journal

But the pumps require electricity and residents want them hooked to the grid.

From Los Angeles Times