hooked
Example Sentences
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"So when we get into the chamber, the inmate's already hooked up."
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
It would have been more had Cameron Dicker not hooked a 45-yard attempt early in the second quarter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
On its website, it advertises an antidrone package that detects and classifies incoming drones through artificial intelligence and engages them if hooked up to the right air-defense system.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
That same month, a Los Angeles jury found Meta and Google's YouTube negligent in the case of a 20-year-old woman who said she became hooked on social media as a child, awarding her $6 million.
From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026
I hooked my thumbs into my backpack straps, just to have something to do with my hands.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
