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hook

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verb

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as in to curve
to turn away from a straight line or course hang the bird feeder on a branch that hooks upward

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Recent Examples of hook
Noun
Fez Platforms: iOS, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation, Xbox Phil Fish’s seminal platformer still has one of the most satisfying hooks in video games: A 2D cat with the power to give his world depth. Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 6 May 2025 In a major upset, Garcia, dropped in the second round by a Romero left hook, lost a unanimous decision to ruin plans for the rematch with Haney this fall in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Tony Paige, New York Daily News, 4 May 2025
Verb
But a few years working for a company that develops eye care devices hooked her. Jenni Carlson, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025 Just watch it and try not to be hooked enough to watch it all. Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hook
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hook
Noun
  • President Donald Trump has failed to make Ed Martin the permanent U.S. prosecutor for the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., in what is a blow to his administration's goals.
    Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
  • The endorsement is also a blow to former Ohio State University football coach and Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel, who was considering entering the gubernatorial race, as well as Attorney General Dave Yost, who is running to succeed DeWine.
    Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 9 May 2025
Verb
  • The more Trump bends to the dovish faction of MAGA, the more likely his foreign policy is to end in failure.
    The Editors, National Review, 2 May 2025
  • The near-unanimous shareholder votes show two things — large and small investors alike do not want companies’ boards of directors and management to bend to activist shareholders, and investors believe maintaining DEI programs is good for business.
    Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
Verb
  • Heiss felt toward the relationship between them a kind of atavistic idealism, which connected the experience to relationships between the Greek erastes and eromenos.
    Lillian Fishman, New Yorker, 4 May 2025
  • This delivery and presence is wholly original but feels connected to this history and craft of standup.
    Rosa Escandon, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025
Verb
  • Mac routinely stole scenes in the comedies of the '90s, such as Friday (1995) and The Player's Club (1998).
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 3 May 2025
  • Hodge was walked intentionally, then stole second, and Harvard-Westlake made the decision to put Lopez on first to load the bases.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2025
Verb
  • Keep scrolling for more comfortable and packable flats to grab this season from Amazon, Nordstrom, Zappos, and more—starting at $25.
    Aly Walansky, Travel + Leisure, 1 May 2025
  • Marsh male warbler simultaneously serenades its partner while grabbing a quick snack.
    Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
Verb
  • The glass lobby curves around this view and outside is a huge pool deck with bar and lost of open-air seating.
    Larry Olmsted, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Highlights in the Land of Enchantment include curving through Apache Canyon, sidling along the red sandstone cliffs near Gallup, and marveling at the barren lava fields of El Malpais National Monument and National Conservation Area.
    Ellen Carpenter, AFAR Media, 24 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The slap of firm government is the only way to right admissions, hiring, antisemitism, and staff bloat.
    Brian T. Allen, National Review, 26 Apr. 2025
  • The other won two games to advance from play-in purgatory to eke into the playoffs proper and earn the right to experience the hard slap that is a 2-0 hole.
    Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The kitchen has arched steels windows and a Lacanche range.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 21 Apr. 2025
  • In the bottom of the first inning on Opening Day 2023, Aaron Judge clobbered a high, arching narrative over the center-field wall, and that was it.
    Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025

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“Hook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hook. Accessed 13 May. 2025.

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