How to Use forked in a Sentence

forked

adjective

• Use a weeder with a forked end or a trowel to help get the roots out.
  — Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 26 May 2017
• On one of the forked tracks is a person that is tied down to the rails and cannot getaway.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2021
• Catching that pair with no tools except the forked stick and the hook posed a problem.
  — Dr. C. E. Kuschel, Outdoor Life, 9 Apr. 2026
• One end had been sharpened to a vicious point; the other was a forked hammer claw.
  — Josh Ireland, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
• An easier on the knees tool is a stand-up weeder with a forked claw that sinks in the soil to grab weeds.
  — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 30 Nov. 2025
• There is a plexus of vessels under the forked tongue where the detomidine is absorbed.
  — Karen Russell, The New Yorker, 4 June 2017
• This one stands out because of its forked tip, which creates soft, hairlike strokes instead of harsh, solid lines.
  — Catharine Malzahn, Glamour, 18 Mar. 2026
• Rising from the forked meat are fumes of suspiciously toxic purple.
  — Leah Ollman, latimes.com, 5 June 2018
• In 1961 Mellaart started to dig near the forked path at Çatalhöyük.
  — National Geographic, 26 Mar. 2019
• Its tongue flickered, sensing the currents of pandemonium, and then the forked tip touched my cheek.
  — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 15 Mar. 2026
• Late afternoons introduced me to tiny forked footprints that marked the scene of, perhaps, an avian skirmish.
  — Jessica Leigh Hester, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2023
• The forked lightning that spidered the sky, sending deer and rabbits skittering for cover.
  — Matthew Shaer, New York Times, 12 June 2017
• There’s a similar kind of forked path of decision-making that goes into all these procedures.
  — Laura Brown, Artforum, 25 Mar. 2026
• Zulfiqar is the name of the forked sword of Imam Ali, the son-in-law of Muhammad, who is revered by Shi’ites.
  — Jon Gambrell, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2018
• What would be really interesting is a forked device hitting the EU market.
  — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 17 Oct. 2018
• Now these developers will have to develop for another screen on a forked version of Android for an Amazon phone.
  — Roberto Baldwin, WIRED, 9 May 2013
• And the Commission also said that Google should not have barred its partners from building devices based on forked versions of Android.
  — Jacob Kastrenakes, The Verge, 18 Oct. 2018
• In the forked walkways of Tehran’s central bazaar, many shops offer convincing copies of Gucci belts and Cartier handbags.
  — Asa Fitch, WSJ, 23 Jan. 2017
• The video included images of a forked road, where the path of embracing God and Jesus led to a colorful place, while the other route led to darkness.
  — Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2022
• Standing next to me, Lukasz Dominikowski, armed with his asparagus cutter (a long, flat tool with a sharp, forked blade), has detected a ripple.
  — Christie Dietz, National Geographic, 14 May 2019
• The sketch concluded with the librarian licking Moynihan's face with a forked tongue and then unbuttoning her blouse — causing all of the boys' heads to explode.
  — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Nov. 2025
• The forked Ethereum Classic, which is sticking with the token's original proof-of-work model, has emerged as an alternative trying to fill just that role.
  — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 16 Sep. 2022
• Trappers would ignore the mother and follow the cubs, running the exhausted young creatures down, pinning them with forked sticks, binding them with shackles, and then shuttling them to markets for sale.
  — Literary Hub, 14 Nov. 2025
• The forked carbon plate is tuned for delivering an extra propulsive boost when covering distances and insta-reacting to unpredictable terrain changes.
  — New Atlas, 21 Sep. 2025
• If a manufacturer builds a forked device and violates this contract, Google can revoke their Google app license and kick them out of the Android ecosystem.
  — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 28 Oct. 2022
• Or, more perilously, watching for behaviors indicating that urination was imminent and catching droplets streaming down from the chimps overhead into a plastic bag stretched over a forked branch.
  — Ari Daniel, NPR, 9 Mar. 2026
• In 2007, as Atlantic mackerel moved away from European Union waters toward colder shoals near Iceland, the silvery fish with forked tails precipitated a trade war.
  — David Abel, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2018
• During the harvesting season, typically between February and June, workers wielded this knife, using the sharp edge of the forked blade to pierce approximately 6 inches (15 centimeters) below the soil to cut the root of the asparagus.
  — Sam Vong, The Conversation, 18 Dec. 2025