crook
Example Sentences
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He successfully lobbied for laws in the U.S., the U.K. and European Union that provide financial sanctions against crooked foreign officials and human rights violators.
From Barron's
“First timer, eh?” he asks, offering me the crook of his elbow.
From Literature
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I stay low to the ground, sneak along the back of Mrs. Jones’s yard until I reach the rear of Dad’s and climb the three crooked cement steps to the door.
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But up there where my neck craned to see, above the crazy roofs and crooked chimneys, was a square of pale pearl sky.
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He picked up the chalk, pointed at the blackboard, and wrote a large, crooked A. Turning in her big chair, Little Britches gave him all her attention.
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