How to Use hooked in a Sentence

hooked

adjective

• Her friends talked her into playing golf, and now she's hooked.
• The next year, was the one-point loss to Katy off a hooked field goal.
  — Adam Coleman, Houston Chronicle, 2 Oct. 2019
• At the end of the finger is a hooked nail that snags the grub and drags it out.
  — Wired, 21 Oct. 2019
• The film is a complete edge-of-the-seat thriller that will keep you hooked.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Apr. 2022
• In the first video, Scott walks toward a group of young men pulling a hooked shark to shore.
  — Lawrence Specker | [e-mail], al, 4 June 2023
• Don’t cast from a brushy or tree-lined spot and try to lead a hooked fish through the cover.
  — Bill May, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 1 May 2021
• The male was deeply-colored and had a slightly-hooked jaw.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2018
• The first episode is gonna get people hooked — there's a lot that happens.
  — Ellen Collis, Seventeen, 14 Nov. 2011
• The hooked gator then dove for the bottom, peeling drag and pulling the boat in circles as the hunters hung on for the ride.
  — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2024
• Each will keep you hooked and guessing until the very end.
  — Sheena Scott, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2021
• If a fish is deeply hooked, cut the line instead of trying to remove the hook.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2022
• Woods gets a huge break when his hooked approach hits a tree and bounces back toward the edge of the green.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2020
• Newsome may have grown up a Cavs fan, but that’s what’s kept him hooked.
  — Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 17 Feb. 2022
• One suggested the jaw of the Chinook should be more hooked.
  — Sarah Blustain, ProPublica, 9 June 2022
• The Sonics were in the middle of their surge to the 1996 Finals, and Cho became hooked on hoops.
  — Jake Fischer, SI.com, 29 June 2017
• For one thing, TikTok has figured out the best way to keep us hooked.
  — John Brandon, Forbes, 1 Aug. 2022
• The apps all shift and change constantly to suit our own taste, which keeps us hooked.
  — John Brandon, Forbes, 22 May 2022
• The shot that defined his victory was a hooked sand wedge from deep in the woods.
  — Star Tribune, 12 Nov. 2020
• So each show has that twisty-turny DNA that will keep you hooked week after week.
  — Christopher Ros, Glamour, 18 Aug. 2021
• This happens every time I get hooked on this train of thought.
  — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 16 Mar. 2021
• But investors should be wary of getting too hooked on this yarn.
  — Jacky Wong, WSJ, 17 Oct. 2017
• An explosion of brown and white feathers, a hooked beak, and fierce claws emerged.
  — Bydina Fine Maron, science.org, 10 July 2024
• Despite the lack of gameplay, Harold Halibut kept me hooked.
  — PCMAG, 14 June 2024
• In addition, the hooked tips prevent the food from falling off or sticking to the grates.
  — Noma Nazish, Forbes, 17 June 2022
• But the patient couldn’t stay hooked up to the lung machine forever.
  — oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2019
• The type of prickles varies: large or small, hooked or straight, fine like fur or razor-sharp and vicious.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Sep. 2022
• All of which is just long enough to keep people hooked without boring them.
  — Lisa Eadicicco, Time, 8 Mar. 2018
• All eight episodes drop at once, so prepare to get hooked and clear your schedule for a solid binge.
  — Ew Staff, EW.com, 25 Aug. 2021
• The sound of one phone not ringing: Cell phones were turned off and remained hooked to belts or stowed in knapsacks for most of the weekend.
  — Judy Bryan, WIRED, 27 Sep. 1999
• This area, where the muscles from the back of the neck attach to the base of the skull, is smooth and rounded in females but hooked and protruding in males.
  — Anna Kuchment, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2011

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024