by hook or crook
Example Sentences
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It’s also good enough for the federal government, which has been trying by hook or crook to increase supplies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2020
In the process, “Yesterday” gently explores the mystery of musical inspiration, what constitutes fraud, the inevitability of certain artistic expressions and the ability of love to find its way by hook or crook.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2019
And he just kept going, winning primaries by hook or crook, all the way to the end.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2016
The 1960s Patriots were nomads without a home stadium, more like a traveling circus that often won games by hook or crook.
From New York Times ● May 7, 2015
The last was the frame of mind to recall by hook or crook.
From Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
