How to Use hooked on in a Sentence
hooked on
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Once again, she was hooked on pageantry.
—Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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Soon, his brain was hooked on that dopamine rush.
—Rachel Hale, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
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He got hooked on gambling at age 11.
—Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 23 Mar. 2026
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Even when he got hooked on speed, the dangers didn’t seem real.
—Jeff Gage, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2024
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Many young anglers have become hooked on fishing at a bluegill pond.
—Jordan Rodriguez, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
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Their decisions were so bizarre and strange, and I was hooked on it.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 24 Nov. 2025
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At the moment, though, the big companies are still hooked on oil and gas.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2023
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That moment sealed the deal for me—I was hooked on the world of culinary!
—Noel Burgess, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
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And that just might work, if working means keeping enough users hooked on the platform.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
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Shoppers are also hooked on this eye treatment.
—Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 5 Jan. 2026
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Our sibling to the South has my friends hooked on Cheese Dreams.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 July 2026
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If you're hooked on brown leather, try these white Stacy Adams for a change of pace.
—Brad Lanphear, Men's Health, 11 July 2023
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And not educating people on screen time where they get hooked on dopamine spikes.
—WIRED, 8 Aug. 2023
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He got hooked on skateboarding and the video game Fortnite.
—Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 1 Feb. 2026
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Charlotte was hooked on Knueppel.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 22 Oct. 2025
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Since then, Crisman has been hooked on seeing the biggest game of the year in person.
—Elizabeth Flores, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2024
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Contreras and her husband took drugs, and she got hooked on methamphetamine.
—Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2023
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The iron artifact would have been hooked on a rope or strap and showed signs of use, officials said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 25 June 2024
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The reason why boils down to how the fish are typically hooked on a Texas rig.
—Derek Horner, Outdoor Life, 2 Apr. 2026
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No one with this bag hooked on the crook of their arm could also be bearing the crushing weight of debt on their shoulders.
—Catherine Mevs, The New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2023
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DiGregorio impressed, and just like that, was hooked on the sport.
—Greg Dudek, Boston Herald, 7 Feb. 2026
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Here, one gets hooked on Chilean sea bass with coconut sauce, or on the goat garam masala, curried with spices and yogurt.
—Allana Haynes, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2024
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But its rise was fueled by use among teenagers, some of whom became hooked on Juul’s high-nicotine pods.
—Michelle Chapman, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2023
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But its rise was fueled by use among teenagers, some of whom became hooked on Juul's high-nicotine pods.
—CBS News, 6 Mar. 2023
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Audiences that got hooked on the first two seasons for free will now have to pay for Prime to get a third season.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2023
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As a middle schooler, I got hooked on Cherry Coke.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
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Kaley said she first got hooked on YouTube and Instagram in grade school.
—Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
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After that, he was hooked on the emerging — and macabre — science of understanding death.
—Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 17 Apr. 2024
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But the startup's rise was fueled by use among teenagers, some of whom became hooked on Juul's high-nicotine pods.
—CBS News, 12 Apr. 2023
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Lucas Sommer, 38, says he’s been on a wild ride since he got hooked on trading options years ago.
—WSJ, 12 Sep. 2023
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