hooked on

idiom

: addicted to (a drug)

He got hooked on drugs at an early age.

: very interested and enthusiastic about (something)

He's hooked on skiing.

She got hooked on the show after watching one episode.

Examples of hooked on in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Shoppers are actually hooked on this sculpting garment. —

Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 9 Oct. 2024 The prosecution portrays Ryan as a controlling older man who got his glamorous young girlfriend hooked on drugs. —

Nikki Battiste, CBS News, 5 Oct. 2024 As a nerd who grew up hooked on things like Pokémon and YouTube memes, something about the music felt personal. —

Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 3 Oct. 2024 Part of the reason you might get hooked on melatonin has to do with the ritual of it—popping the supplement each night shortly before hopping into bed trains your brain to connect the two. —

Erica Sloan, SELF, 23 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hooked on

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