Example Sentences

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Crooking his elbow, he launches the basketball suddenly yet daintily on a lofty arc from off his shoulder.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ay, crouch thee low adown Crooking thy limbs, upon the stone.

From The Seven Plays in English Verse by Sophocles

Crooking his left arm at the elbow, Victor laid three of the nicely molded snowballs in the hollow, which served as a quiver serves for arrows.

From Deerfoot in The Mountains by Davis, John Steeple

Crooking her finger beckoningly at the old man, she crept on tiptoe to the bedroom door.

From The Wind Before the Dawn by Munger, Dell H.

Crooking her arm under the gee-bar, she fumbled in her pocket.

From Back to God's Country and Other Stories by Curwood, James Oliver