Hooks

[ hooks ]

noun

1. Benjamin Lawson, 1925–2010, U.S. lawyer, clergyman, and civil rights advocate: executive director of the NAACP 1977–93.

Example Sentences

"We have turnovers, liners, hooks, boomerangs, knuckles. And they all do different things," Koch said in an interview with the NFL in 2016.

From BBC

A constant lob threat, Mara could flourish in the pick and roll and has developed a variety of moves around the basket including jump hooks and drop steps.

From Los Angeles Times

“Great Gold Bird” instantly had its hooks in me, its writing echoing phrases I have said myself when in the throes of grief.

From Los Angeles Times

But it zeroes in on a particularly devious way in which grief can pierce its hooks in us.

From Los Angeles Times

Original material began to emerge — songs that were melodic and oblique in equal measure, with arpeggiated guitar hooks and Stipe’s lyrics drifting in and out of focus.

From Los Angeles Times