How to Use crooked in a Sentence

crooked

adjective
  • Her lips were forced back by a cram of crooked fangs.
    — Stephen King, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
  • Both are as crooked as snakes in a hurry.
    — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
  • And ‘Meet the Press’ is crooked.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026
  • His crooked nose honked like a kazoo.
    — Will MacKin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
  • The rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight.
    — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 17 Jan. 2022
  • My son has blue eyes, curly blond hair, slightly crooked teeth.
    — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 11 Dec. 2017
  • Would my smile, with its crooked teeth, betray me as just a kid?
    — Emily Ziff Griffin, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Poulaines hurt the wearer’s feet and could make their toe bones crooked.
    — Michael Watson, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2025
  • There are crooked cops, and feds, and gangbangers, and an orc mafia.
    — Jordan Hoffman, HWD, 20 Dec. 2017
  • Ali spends his first night straightening the crooked art on the walls.
    — Amy Nicholson, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Pushing was hard because one of the stroller’s wheels was now crooked.
    — Stephen King, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
  • The demon lies within, the movie says with a bloody, crooked smile.
    — A.a. Dowd, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
  • Still just missing that big hit to put some of these crooked numbers up there.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Her nose appeared crooked, and her lip was split with a tooth hanging loose.
    — Erika Andersen, Good Housekeeping, 26 June 2018
  • One eye is smaller than the other, my nose is crooked, my lips are weird.
    — Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 6 Jan. 2025
  • One eye is smaller than the other, my nose is crooked, my lips are weird.
    — Emily Maddick, Glamour, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Look for anything loose, crooked, damaged, or scratched.
    — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Stand back and check for any shingles that look lifted, crooked, or curled.
    — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The willow out front, where the children used to play, was thick and crooked with age.
    — Lizzie Johnson, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
  • At first all that could be seen was a crooked pair of feet, hands emerged and seemed well enough preserved.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The new sign is flimsy-looking and crooked, as if it had been hit with a strong wind.
    — The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
  • The chicken with the crooked beak wanted nothing to do with them.
    — Martha McPhee, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The inside of her mouth is still a jumble of missing and crooked teeth.
    — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Just the crooked cops in this story would be fodder for a miniseries.
    — Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2022
  • As plain as the crooked nose on his face, the depravity is the point.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2024
  • From there, Cicket’s life is a crooked line.
    — Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
  • Come for the cast, stay for the hatred of Neeson's crooked con.
    — Eric Farwell, Entertainment Weekly, 12 June 2026
  • Better to be poor and walk in integrity than rich and crooked in one’s ways.
    — Fabiola Santiago, miamiherald, 19 Dec. 2017
  • Look in the mirror — ensure that the glasses do not look crooked on your face.
    — Abby Dupes, Seventeen, 7 Dec. 2022
  • But most of these crooked staties just keep slurping at the trough, forever.
    — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 13 Aug. 2025

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