hooked

Example Sentences

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Some administration officials worry China’s advantage in such models will get other countries hooked on the technology.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

Financial products have been increasingly adding gamelike features that create competition or instant gratification to keep users hooked — and the latest example is a prepaid debit card with a “buy-now-pay-maybe” feature.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

And once he started interpreting for filmmakers, he was hooked.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

Desperate to save them, records show, doctors inserted tubes into their airways and hooked them up to IVs.

From Salon • May 7, 2026

It had taken me a long time to get it hooked around the edge of my food dish.

From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney