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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
  • Occasionally a table will be brought out to suggest another bar, another time, for Elmer to get drunk in and pick a fight, or a safe will be wheeled on stage for the clueless Elmer to try to blow up.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 27 Apr. 2025
  • Ferguson was drunk at the time, according to prosecutors.
    Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • In the plane with me were the pilot and our drunken passenger.
    Charles Elliott, Outdoor Life, 1 May 2025
  • Her continued testimony is expected to play a crucial role in the trial over whether Read killed O’Keefe, her boyfriend, in January 2022 with her SUV during a drunken fit of rage, or whether she was framed for his murder by law enforcement officers.
    Michael Loria, USA Today, 1 May 2025
Adjective
  • The burritos are filled with home fries-ish bits of potato, cheddar cheese, three eggs cooked on the griddle, sausage or fried bacon.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
  • For brunch, there are the likes of Stillhouse Eggs Benedict with fried green tomatoes, Koko’s Biscuits & Gravy, and Chicken & Waffles.
    Susan B. Barnes, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Maintain a safe distance from water, wet items, and metal objects.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 1 May 2025
  • In 2023, the SWP allocations were 100 percent after an abnormally wet winter season benefitted reservoirs and helped remedy much of California's drought.
    Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Expanding Gross Reservoir is critical to add water storage capabilities on the north end of the utility’s water supply system and to create more of a safeguard in case the much larger south end of the system becomes impaired, according to Denver Water.
    Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 16 Apr. 2025
  • The skies were overcast at the time, but visibility over the river was not substantially impaired.
    Michael R. Sisak, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • That means fewer unexpected shutdowns and less wasted time, as well as lower repair costs.
    Cory McNeley, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Nonetheless, fusion research is rarely a wasted effort, Whyte says.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Doctors had braced Gianna's parents for the possibility that their daughter might be blind, mute or unable to swallow as the tumor pressed down on the vital nerves of her brain stem.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Without real-time insight into production, companies are flying blind.
    SJ Studio, Sourcing Journal, 25 Apr. 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 9 May. 2025.

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