hooked
Example Sentences
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An 8-foot hammerhead was briefly hooked by two fishermen on the Malibu pier that year, prompting lifeguards to warn kayakers, surfers and paddlers in the water.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
By the time she played her first tournament in London, she was hooked, and it wouldn’t take long for the chess world to notice that there was an unusually precocious girl on the scene.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
A child lay beneath a blue sheet, hooked to a respirator, with a team of doctors and nurses clustered around the bed.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Djeidi Gassama started on the left at Tannadice but was hooked at half-time, and Rangers finished with Mohamed Diomande and Aasgaard playing narrow.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
A friend at the Journal hooked them up with the enforcement division of the SEC, but the enforcement division of the SEC had no interest either.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
