How to Use hookup in a Sentence

hookup

1 of 2 noun

• The cabin has electric and water hookups.
• The interview will be broadcast through a satellite hookup.
• Laundry hookups are in the space between the two-car garage and the kitchen.
  — Benjamin C Tankersley, Washington Post, 19 July 2023
• The first hookup of the season happened so fast the cameras couldn't catch it!
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 13 Oct. 2022
• The park charges $35 a night for a campsite and utility hookup.
  — Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 19 May 2022
• The Panthers mostly controlled that hookup in the first game between the teams, back on April 23.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 18 June 2023
• Just don’t turn on any jams during that hookup — not even Maroon 5.
  — Vulture, 31 May 2022
• To avoid dragging a hose around the house, opt for a model that doesn't require a clean-water hookup.
  — Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Aug. 2023
• The hookup will be a storyline featured in the Bravo hit's 10th season.
  — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 3 Mar. 2023
• Most of the nearly 200 sites offer electric, with a few full hookup spots available as well.
  — Robert Annis, Chicago Tribune, 20 Oct. 2022
• There is also a hookup for a solar array on the roof (though panels have not yet been added).
  — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2023
• Younger home buyers are almost twice as likely to look for an EV hookup.
  — Hiawatha Bray, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2022
• In the campground on the northeast shore, work will continue this summer on a project to add full hookups to host sites.
  — Chadd Cripe, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
• My one note: Best not to have a random, stressful hookup the night before a big work meeting.
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 28 July 2023
• At times, late-night texts and calls poured in from men hunting for explicit photos or a hookup.
  — WIRED, 17 Oct. 2023
• Grand Canyon West offers RV parking for up to three nights for $22 per night; there are no hookups or dump stations.
  — Michael Salerno, USA TODAY, 16 July 2023
• However, her most notable hookup was revealed on the show by her very own boyfriend.
  — Diane J. Cho, Peoplemag, 6 Mar. 2023
• Anyone looking for a discreet hookup may want to steer clear of pop stars Sam Smith and Kim Petras, because the pair are ready to spill the tea.
  — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 22 Sep. 2022
• So Speaks did the unthinkable in an age of casual hangouts and hookups.
  — Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2023
• For their final week at Erin’s home, Noah is determined to get Howie to lean into the hookup culture that the area invites.
  — Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 2 June 2022
• In the West, hookup culture is normative among adolescents and young adults.
  — Louise Perry, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2022
• However, fans were quick to point out that neither Elliot nor Jules told Rue about their hookup.
  — Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 1 Mar. 2022
• Because the house was built in the early '40s, there are fewer modern amenities—there's no cable hookup, for one.
  — Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Aug. 2022
• Euphoria received four awards – best show, best performance in a show for star Zendaya, best fight and here for the hookup.
  — Paul Grein, Billboard, 5 June 2022
• The campground also offers parking for RVs with and without hookups.
  — Seward Hospitality, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Aug. 2023
• In 2019, Berkeley became the first US city to pass a code banning natural gas hookups in new buildings.
  — Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 3 May 2023
• Simkhai, a gay man and tech entrepreneur, helped launch the groundbreaking gay hookup and dating app in 2009.
  — Zachary Schermele, NBC News, 16 Nov. 2022
• The campground overlooks the lake, featuring 56 sites, 38 with electric and water hookups.
  — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 15 Aug. 2023
• Following their first hookup, Leviss went to girls night with Madix and Sandoval sent a bottle of champagne to their table.
  — Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 17 Jan. 2024
• The law, which effectively initiates a ban on gas hookups in new construction, is the first statewide law of its kind.
  — Thomas Catenacci, Fox News, 19 Feb. 2024

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hook up

2 of 2 verb

• Phono Preamps Get a phono amp to hook up that turntable.
  — Parker Hall, WIRED, 9 Mar. 2023
• Every now and then we would get hooked up in a golf game.
  — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• On the next play, Raynor hooked up with Corey Rucker for a 42-yard touchdown.
  — Mike Harley, arkansasonline.com, 24 Dec. 2023
• To me, that means Jonathan was very fortunate to hook up with us as well.
  — Rob Tannenbaum, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2023
• Miller and Jackson hook up and then discuss the meaning of life.
  — Dalene Rovenstine, EW.com, 17 Sep. 2020
• The display is sharp and not too bright, and the frame can be hooked up to follow Alexa voice commands.
  — Valerie Walsh, wsj.com, 20 Nov. 2023
• And this should go without saying, but resist the urge to hook up with your ex.
  — Andra Chantim, Good Housekeeping, 29 Nov. 2022
• No one knows how long a pig liver would last on the machine while hooked up to a person.
  — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 18 Jan. 2024
• In a cruel irony, its legal status means the houses here are not hooked up to the grid.
  — Loveday Morris, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2023
• Someone had hooked up a radio and placed it on small platform nailed to a tree in the backyard.
  — Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2024
• Despite the low weight—an impressive 1,750 grams per ski—their skis hook up and hold on in a tip-to-tail turn.
  — Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online, 9 Jan. 2022
• He got hooked up with a resort in Bali that hired him to do some consulting work.
  — Alyson Sheppard, Robb Report, 10 July 2023
• Purdy and Kittle hooked up for a 32-yard completion on third-and-6 to set up the score.
  — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2024
• The pair hooked up here and there over the years after, and when Kim was pregnant in season 7, Adam proposed again.
  — Breanne L. Heldman, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2024
• McGehee and Elston hooked up for a 57-yard scoring pass in the second half as well.
  — Kevin Taylor Special To Nwa Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 26 Aug. 2023
• At this point, your second pair of headphones (and the first, if they’re not already hooked up) needs to be in pairing mode.
  — David Nield, Popular Science, 28 June 2023
• But today, campsites offer more than just a place to pitch your tent or hook up your RV.
  — Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 24 June 2022
• For post-lockdown daters, the summer of 2021 may offer the chance to swipe, hook up, and date more than ever before.
  — Sophie Mellor, Fortune, 5 June 2021
• And with a hook up there with the best of the ABBA catalog, resistance was futile.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 9 Aug. 2022
• Chmerkovskiy posted images of his X-rays, along with another of himself in a neck brace and hooked up to a drip.
  — Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 22 Feb. 2024
• Randi took him to the hospital, where he was hooked up to an IV drip of a diuretic to drain the fluid out of his body.
  — Jaeah Lee, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2023
• Indeed, Mavis straight-up throws up right before hooking up with this guy.
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 28 July 2023
• In the photo, Baldwin was in a bathtub and wearing a sports bra, with monitors hooked up to her bump.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 21 June 2023
• Thin wires connect the arrays to pedestals atop her head, which can be hooked up to a computer via cables.
  — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 24 Aug. 2023
• So in order to survive, most of the models need to hook up with what the film calls a V.I.P. — a very interested person.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 13 July 2023
• Okay, so Lily and Brady are definitely going to hook up, right?
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 10 Aug. 2023
• The school is evacuated, and Leila is left with free time to hook up with poor Omar, who had no idea his dream girl ruined all of his hard work.
  — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 16 Oct. 2020
• These monitors are cheap devices that hook up to your Wi-Fi network and are easy to install.
  — Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 25 Aug. 2023
• When his terrorists invaded on Oct. 7, the plan was to race across the narrow waist of Israel and hook up with their comrades in the West Bank.
  — Eugene Kontorovich and Itamar Marcus, WSJ, 26 Nov. 2023
• This should mean a peak charge rate of up to 350 kW when hooked up to a sufficiently powerful charger.
  — Alistair Charlton, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024