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crocked

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verb

past tense of crock, dialect

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of crocked
Adjective
An arriving officer arrested the Parma Heights resident, who was crocked, for disorderly conduct. John Benson, cleveland, 10 Nov. 2021 Although the treaty promised an annuity, payments were often late or siphoned off to crocked traders. Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 8 Aug. 2019 Spain coach Julen Lopetegui has given a positive update on crocked defender Dani Carvajal, refusing to rule the Real Madrid right-back out of his World Cup plans. SI.com, 29 May 2018 However, the crocked 28-year-old’s contract is set to run out at the end of the 2018-19 campaign, with the Germany international not opposed to plying his trade elsewhere. SI.com, 19 Oct. 2017 Walker has five assists already this season, impressing massively in a right wing back role for Guardiola, whilst Delph has added another string to his bow whilst playing at left back as deputy for the crocked Benjamin Mendy. SI.com, 2 Nov. 2017 Fast forward six years and this precocious gem that the English media had so emphatically hyped up now finds himself crocked, stagnated and plying his trade sporadically in youth and cup fixtures. SI.com, 21 Oct. 2017 By the end of some drinking-club evenings most of the participants were so crocked that Rudy might as well have been pouring grape Gatorade. Patrick Cooke, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2017 James is set to take Danny Drinkwater's place who is unlikely to be fit due to a thigh strain, while King will replace the crocked summer signing Vicente Iborra. SI.com, 10 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crocked
Adjective
  • Officers had responded to the building where Bachmann was teaching after a student complained to a staff member that their professor was drunk.
    Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Feb. 2025
  • Instead, the defense argued that Chen fell down while drunk and inflicted her own fatal injuries.
    Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • There were deadly shootings, brawling, street parties late into the night, blaring music and drunken behavior.
    The Miami Herald, arkansasonline.com, 18 Feb. 2025
  • This time, Kelsey and Matt were renewing their vows, with Molly Shannon as a drunken mother of the bride and Martin Short as Kelsey's dad.
    Lindsay Kimble, People.com, 17 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • On offer at the moment are imperial rolls ($9), chicken wings ($12), garlic noodles ($11) and a fried banana ($5).
    John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Hutch’s Pie and Sandwich Shop, a 90-year-old bakery which grew into a regional fried pie company, will close Feb. 15, the Hutchens family posted on Facebook.
    Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Hairstylist Holli Smith used iPhone chargers to hold a model’s hair at the dark, dystopian, and wet Balenciaga fall 2020 show.
    Morgan Fargo, Vogue, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The continued wet weather has prompted concerns from officials and residents living in the Eaton fire zone in Altadena and the Palisades fire burn scar in Malibu and Pacific Palisades.
    Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Police arrested 37-year-old Casey Hatley Ruppe and charged her with driving while impaired.
    Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 1 Feb. 2025
  • Timberlake — who shares sons Silas, 9, and Phineas, 4, with the Emmy nominee — pleaded guilty in September to the lesser charge of driving while impaired.
    Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Nonetheless, fusion research is rarely a wasted effort, Whyte says.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Dec. 2024
  • There is no wasted movement, and virtually everything seems to have a purpose.
    Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Grayson is blind, the result of a rare genetic disorder that stunts the development of the iris and the crystalline lens covering the eye.
    Los Angeles Times, Boston Herald, 8 Feb. 2025
  • Rather a full-throated, almost blind faith in and validation of her emotions at a global level.
    Megan Feringa, The Athletic, 3 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Their plastered smiles and scripted pleasantries represented a great loss of emotional freedom and a new level of managerial control.
    TIME, TIME, 24 Oct. 2023
  • And the room, van Gogh’s bedroom in Arles, with its rough-hewn bed frame and the restful violet color of the plastered walls.
    David Lyman, The Enquirer, 10 Mar. 2022

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“Crocked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crocked. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

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