hooked 1 of 2

hooked

2 of 2

verb

past tense of hook
1
2
3
4
5

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of hooked
Adjective
The signs were ominous on the opening hole as Dunlap began his round with a hooked drive into the gallery on his way to a bogey. Matias Grez, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2025 The hooked wool design features a playful bunny jumping amidst greenery and bloom. Nora Colomer, FOXNews.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Verb
Drake beat a fan in a game of rock-paper-scissors earlier this month during a show and still hooked him up with $20,000 in defeat. Michael Saponara, Billboard, 25 Feb. 2025 In the video captured by guest Lisa Fernandez Miller, the groom could be seen on another man’s shoulders with his feet hooked under the bride’s arms. Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 21 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hooked
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hooked
Adjective
  • With funding dependent on how many pupils attend, the school’s finances were pressured.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 25 June 2025
  • Spouses and dependent children of service members enrolled in SGLI.
    Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
Adjective
  • That was also reflected in the government’s consumer price index for May, which reported both new and used car prices dipped when adjusted for seasonal factors.
    Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 16 June 2025
  • The growth in median car payments is outpacing both new and used car prices, according to separate data from Bank of America.
    Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 16 June 2025
Verb
  • As a Mexican and Jewish American woman from West Rogers Park, I am deeply connected to and proud of my roots.
    Jennifer Guzman, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2025
  • President Joe Biden and others have said there is no evidence that the explosion was connected to the attack in New Orleans by an Army veteran that killed 14 people.
    Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The attacker then grabbed around $10 out of the victim’s pockets before fleeing on foot.
    Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2025
  • The man allegedly grabbed the woman from behind and held a knife to her side before assaulting her on the sidewalk, police said, ABC News reports.
    KC Baker, People.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Not the murder, not the arrival of the addicted sister, but the removal of the boy that has been at the core of so much sorrow and betrayal between the sisters.
    Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 20 June 2025
  • Listen to this article OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma ‘s $7 billion-plus plan to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of opioids will go before a judge Friday, potentially setting up votes on whether to accept it for local governments, people who became addicted to the drug and other groups.
    Geoff Mulvihill, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2025
Adjective
  • Fellow senators have grown accustomed to the Utah Republican’s pugnacious online persona, mostly brushing it off in the name of collegiality.
    Joey Cappelletti, Twin Cities, 21 June 2025
  • Everton fans have grown accustomed to scanning the fixture list for those final fixtures, looking for a winnable game in case the battle for survival goes to the wire.
    Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 18 June 2025
Verb
  • The ball curled through the proverbial eye of a needle, between Diogo Jota and Darwin Nunez, and behind Alexis Mac Allister, who was forced to spin on his heels.
    Laurie Whitwell, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
  • The old woman, though, stares at the screen, the shadow of a smile curled into her lips and a frown barely creasing her forehead.
    Matthew Bremner, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The watches were swiped from Reeves’ Hollywood Hills home in December 2023, according to police.
    Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Where there once were homes and gardens was now a wide furrow of dirt, as if a giant had swiped his foot across it.
    Eduardo Medina, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Hooked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hooked. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

More from Merriam-Webster on hooked

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!