Hooks

Example Sentences

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New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor and Baltimore Orioles infielder Jackson Holliday also underwent surgery to remove the fractured hooks of their hamates shortly after camps opened as well.

From The Wall Street Journal

Instead of bait, lines and hooks, they are allowed to use only lures—anything from a coffee mug to a Jell-O mold—and pitchfork-like spears.

From The Wall Street Journal

Before he had time to act, Father Finnegan found The Way to Rio Luna next to the box of fishing wire and hooks.

From Literature

One after the other, the girls trained with Ayub, shifting from right to left jabs, hooks and uppercuts at his command.

From Barron's

What hooks Katie in is seeing different people come and go: the women enjoying a work party, the couple singing along with the musician, the young lad trying to chat up a girl at the bar.

From BBC