get hooked

Example Sentences

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“You can’t see everything. There’s so much.... You start meeting the people, you get hooked on the people.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

“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

It’s a Sheridan, “Landman” kind of TV world, and a lot of powerful people hope we’ll get hooked on how messily it unfolds.

From Salon • Nov. 16, 2025

He was starting to get hooked on the idea.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon