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For HOOK, below is one of 93 sentences:
For not by hook or by net could this vast leviathan be caught, when sailing a thousand fathoms beneath the sunlight.

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 Meanings and Examples of HOOK
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hook
 n.  a piece of metal, or other hard material, bent into curve or at angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything
Classic Sentence: (67 in 5 pages)
1  I shall work it out on my own hook.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
2  Once, she remembered, he had made her take the fish off the hook herself.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 1
3  He hung his grievances on her, as one hangs a coat on a hook, instinctively.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 3
4  He laid down the stocking, arose from his seat, and took a leathern pouch from a hook in the corner of the van.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 9 Love Leads a Shrewd Man into Strategy
5  The very next day Yeobright went to Humphrey's cottage, and borrowed of him leggings, gloves, a whetstone, and a hook, to use till he should be able to purchase some for himself.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: 2 He Is Set upon by Adversities but He Sings a Song
6  You can see now that it is fastened to a hook just above where the little opening for the ventilator is.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
7  A coat and waistcoat were lying on the floor, and from a hook behind the door, with his own braces round his neck, was hanging the managing director of the Franco-Midland Hardware Company.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IV. The Adventure of The Stockbroker's Clerk
8  He had tied his cord to the hook on which the heavy lamp used to hang, and he had jumped off from the top of the very box that he showed us yesterday.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IX. The Adventure of The Resident Patient
9  As he dangled from the hook it was exaggerated and intensified until he was scarce human in his appearance.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IX. The Adventure of The Resident Patient
10  Seeing the hook, however they naturally saved themselves the trouble.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IX. The Adventure of The Resident Patient
11  She grabbed hold of the door to shut it with a bang, but the hook which held it open was too heavy for her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
12  She caught up Melanie's hooded cape which was hanging on a hook in the hall.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
13  The one remaining hook, upon which the entire strain now depended, seemed every instant to be on the point of giving way; an event still more likely from the violent motions of the head.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 78. Cistern and Buckets.
14  For not by hook or by net could this vast leviathan be caught, when sailing a thousand fathoms beneath the sunlight.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 85. The Fountain.
15  'See that you don't forget to,' said Mrs. Harling sceptically, as she took up her crocheting again and sent the hook in and out with nimble fingers.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: IV
Example Sentence: (26 in 2 pages)
1  One of the most basic requirements for any form of angling is a sharp hook.
2  Philip hung his coat on a hook behind the door.
3  The hook which he had thrown did not catch on the rocks, and dropped back to the ground.
4  She took a deep breath and lifted the receiver off its hook.
5  He smote his match to the ground with a left hook.
6  Hang your towel on a hook.
7  Hang your hat on the hook.
8  Hang your coat up on the hook.
9  Hang your clothes on the hook.
10  He left the phone off the hook so that he wouldn't be disturbed.
11  The address hook Despite first appearances, Internet email addresses aren't so hard to recall.
12  When the clasp on Judy's bracelet broke, Fred repaired it, bending the hook back into shape.
13  Only two things inhibit him from taking a punch at Mike Tyson: Tyson's left hook, and Tyson's right jab.
14  If a title is the bait, then the subtitle is the hook and line that will draw the reader into your document.
15  It seemed like he was using any hook, no matter how flimsy, to justify the Wall Street bailout that the Washington and New York elite pushed through.