crook
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Elizabeth was originally depicted as a shepherdess with a crook and a lamb.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
It was late, and the store was out of disposable bags, so I tucked some of the loot into my dance bag and cradled the rest in the crook of my arm.
From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2026
Hemlock is a small town located in the crook of the Michigan mitten, between the thumb and the fingers.
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2025
“Catastrophe” felt more like the first decade of my marriage, which was very confusing, trying by hook or crook to shed bad habits that I had.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2025
Daisy Mae joined me in the crook of my arm.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
“I mean, they need to be able to do that. But they just, you know, they need to pay more attention to the crooks than people trying to make an honest living.”
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026
It’s bad enough that Lisa has to deal with Dan’s insecurity — now she’s got to tangle with some dopey crooks?
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026
Environment Secretary Emma Reynolds said the waste dumping was "orchestrated by a group of shameless crooks".
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
After returning to France, she moved past society gossip and vapid crooks like Weidmann to write notable profiles of Philippe Pétain and Charles de Gaulle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 19, 2026
Then they went hunting for crooks and fools.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
In 2019, the IRS told Murrin she owed unpaid tax, penalties and interest for income-tax returns the crooked accountant filed from 1993 to 1999.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
"They're crooked," he continued, "just like you're crooked."
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026
I often stood crooked or perched on things to avoid sticking out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
My cheeks are crooked because I had something called a pilonidal cyst in my early 20s.
From Slate ● Feb. 22, 2026
Madame Ionesco crooked a finger at Lord Fredrick.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
Short as trees go, it has a hunkered-down look, its branches starting low to the ground and crooking and knotting as they rise.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2021
Bransfield summoned him out of classes, sometimes by knocking on the classroom door and beckoning him by crooking his finger, he told The Post.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 29, 2019
He was having an almost violently good time, it appeared, kissing women on the cheek, crooking his arm around his friends’ necks.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 24, 2019
So police officers, crooking a single finger, have ordered scores of drivers to the curb for breaking the law and issued them a fine for $130.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2012
She ran to the perambulator and rocked it gently, crooking her thin, twisted, old fingers at John and Barbara until they stopped crying and began to laugh.
From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers
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"The Tragedy of Hamlet," Vocabulary from Act 3
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