hooked

Example Sentences

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Even though it can feel scary to see someone hooked up to tubes, it’s also a sign of how much help they’re receiving.

From Literature

I was thirteen and didn’t know a foul ball from a fastball, but the Tigers were in town and the moment I heard they had a Jewish slugger called Hank Greenberg, I was hooked.

From Literature

“I think that people got hooked on the film, which hooked them on the soundtrack, which led to the discovery of other music.”

From Los Angeles Times

The remaining defendants, Instagram‘s parent company Meta and Google’s YouTube still face claims that their products are “defective” and designed to keep children hooked to products its makers know are harmful.

From Los Angeles Times

He pointed to someone in a glassed-in room taking samples out of a petri dish with a pipette and putting it under a large, heavy-duty microscope hooked up to a computer monitor.

From Literature