hooking
Example Sentences
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Jurors will return to court here on Thursday to continue deliberations in a civil trial accusing Meta and YouTube of harmfully hooking young internet users.
From Barron's ● Mar. 19, 2026
The score came seven seconds after Finland’s Susanna Tapani was sent off for hooking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2026
His next two were inner-half fastballs to Vladimir Guerrero Jr., with the Blue Jays star taking the first for a strike before hooking the second inside the left-field foul pole.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2025
In his ambition, Anderson advocates for movement and magnanimity over sitting and spewing, hooking his audience until the journey’s thrilling end, suggesting that the story’s conclusion might just be a brand new start.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2025
Occasional flurries for purpose of hooking a few more country suckers who haven’t got in to the telegraph office yet.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
