hook
Example Sentences
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We spent five years turning every conversation into a podcast, and now we’re slicing all media into 30-second hooks optimized for spectacle and attention.
That same day, Escobar left the Tyson plant for the last time after 18 years, she said, cheered by teary colleagues who banged meat hooks on metal tables in appreciation.
The dirty laundry triggered an avalanche of press coverage when the album arrived in November, but the songs have lingered as everyone remembers just how well Allen can craft an intoxicating pop hook.
From BBC
This so-called reparations loan met fierce resistance from Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever, who feared Brussels could be left on the hook for billions of euros if anything went wrong.
Instead, EU taxpayers are on the hook for costs of the loan.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.