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.
• But a lot changes with each hookup.
  — Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026
• Five Guys was the name of my last hookup.
  — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 20 May 2026
• The story of a hookup gone too far up.
  — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025
• That's not a girlfriend, that's a hookup.
  — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 9 Nov. 2025
• Joey meets up with George, fresh out of his hookup with Leila.
  — Lydia Wang, refinery29.com, 19 Oct. 2020
• The tube ends at an oxygen hookup in the wall of the other room.
  — Matt Rivers, CNN, 27 Mar. 2021
• Just keep in mind there are no electrical hookups.
  — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 21 Jan. 2026
• Pursue friendships rather than amorous hookups in the week to come.
  — Jeraldine Saunders, The Mercury News, 14 May 2017
• Steer clear of new hookups and don't fiddle around with your banking.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive.com, 7 July 2019
• Kate got me out of my cell on errands while Ann gave me the hookup.
  — Brittney Griner, TIME, 3 May 2024
• The episode ends with a retelling of their hookup through Alvarez’s lens.
  — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
• The episode ends with a retelling of their hookup through Alvarez’s lens.
  — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
• Laundry hookups are in the space between the two-car garage and the kitchen.
  — Benjamin C Tankersley, Washington Post, 19 July 2023
• There will be no septic hookups; a dump site will be available on the grounds.
  — Shiela Johnson, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 19 Aug. 2019
• There were roller dancers and satellite hookups, theme songs and a cheering crowd.
  — Frank Rose, WIRED, 1 Dec. 1996
• There are hookups for laundry machines.
  — Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 14 Sep. 2025
• On this urban beach, a hookup was as easy as a handshake or passing a joint.
  — Andrew Durbin, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2026
• That their hookups were awkward was tough feedback to get during the breakup.
  — Anna Peele, Vanity Fair, 14 May 2026
• The first hookup of the season happened so fast the cameras couldn't catch it!
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 13 Oct. 2022
• Through satellite hookups, the event will be beamed to over 100 sites across the globe.
  — USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2019
• Just don’t turn on any jams during that hookup — not even Maroon 5.
  — Vulture, 31 May 2022
• Power comes from a standard RV-style hookup.
  — New Atlas, 3 Jan. 2026
• The dorm hookup, once a staple of college, has mostly become a thing of the past.
  — Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2020
• Even just the highs and lows and fallout of a hookup is so difficult to deal with sometimes.
  — Eric Johnson, Recode, 19 Sep. 2018
• But Kristian, the man in question, has more than an anonymous hookup in mind.
  — Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2021
• The park charges $35 a night for a campsite and utility hookup.
  — Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 19 May 2022
• That hookup turns out to be the new-in-town (and notably underage) Jules.
  — Milan Polk, Men's Health, 25 Jan. 2022
• Kehlani and Ursha Baby go round-for-round and even rap-sing about a hookup gone bad.
  — Adelle Platon, VIBE.com, 27 Apr. 2026

hook up

2 of 2 verb

• The pair hooked up for a first down on the next snap, too.
  — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2025
• And then we were hooked up back to back [on set] right away.
  — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
• This is just what hooking up feels like.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
• Go hook up your favorite buzzer and push it.
  — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
• The two hooked up three times during the game.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 23 Nov. 2025
• At least by the time the episode ends, nobody has hooked up with anybody else.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
• In the books, Allie and Hunter don’t hook up.
  — Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 29 May 2026
• The phones aren’t hooked up for service, but the booths do serve a purpose.
  — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026
• Love and Kraft hooked up early and often.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2025
• Are these two going to hook up at least once before the season ends?
  — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
• During these visits, dogs are hooked up by a leash to a treadmill.
  — Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
• And this should go without saying, but resist the urge to hook up with your ex.
  — Andra Chantim, Good Housekeeping, 31 July 2019
• To me, that means Jonathan was very fortunate to hook up with us as well.
  — Rob Tannenbaum, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2023
• That's the perfection of knowing your hook up – if you that good.
  — Nichole Marks, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
• 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
• Then hook up the flexible hose to your vacuum to suck up the rest.
  — Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Oct. 2024
• Miller and Jackson hook up and then discuss the meaning of life.
  — Dalene Rovenstine, EW.com, 17 Sep. 2020
• The dead animal was then hooked up to a boat by state lifeguards and towed more than a mile out to sea.
  — Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
• And to keep recording and have everything hooked up to the mobile unit at all times.
  — Joe Lynch, Billboard, 18 June 2024
• Harris and Adams have hooked up on lob slams numerous times the past four years.
  — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 9 Mar. 2025
• 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
• And yet Guy still takes Kevis home to his apartment and hooks up with her!
  — Lily Osler, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2025
• He got hooked up with a resort in Bali that hired him to do some consulting work.
  — Alyson Sheppard, Robb Report, 10 July 2023
• The only scene that was quite hard to shoot was when Mila and I hooked up.
  — Keaton Bell, Vogue, 15 Aug. 2025
• Andrews was hooked up to a dialysis machine three days a week for up to six hours at a time.
  — Nadia Kounang, CNN Money, 16 Jan. 2026
• Sure, lots of people have laser printers hooked up to their computers.
  — Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 21 Feb. 2026
• 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
• Large fermentation tanks, yet to be hooked up, sat behind a glass wall.
  — Kansas City Star, 15 May 2026
• No wonder these two don’t hook up until the 1770s.
  — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
• In the images, Hadid could be seen hooked up to IV bags.
  — Amy McCarthy, PEOPLE, 15 Nov. 2025