How to Use hook into in a Sentence

hook into

verb
  • Insert eye hooks into the tops of corncobs.
    — Savanna Bous, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Install a lightweight screw with a hook into your ceiling.
    — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Ohm is an unlikely hero, but the nagging mystery gets its hooks into him, and the only way out is through.
    — Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 2 May 2026
  • Ohm is an unlikely hero, but the nagging mystery gets its hooks into him, and the only way out is through.
    — Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 1 May 2026
  • His signature move is turning a repetitive hook into a mantra.
    — Harry Thorfinn-George, Pitchfork, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Key reprogrammers can be hooked into plugs behind panels of modern cars — from the expensive and stylish to clunkers — and are used to aid owners who’ve lost their keys.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 27 Nov. 2025
  • Cattano suggests screwing mug hooks into the bottom of kitchen cabinets to utilize that space between the cupboards and the countertops.
    — Bridget Reed Morawski, Architectural Digest, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Most of the park’s lakes offer a tranquil paddling experience, as well as an opportunity to hook into a whopper rainbow.
    — Robert Annis, Outside, 22 Nov. 2025
  • In lines, we are taught to dance in pairs, and any lack of familiarity between our fellow passengers dissipates entirely as our arms hook into one anothers'.
    — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Advertisement To open each safe deposit box in the vault, the thieves invented a device that hooks into the keyhole and then uses leverage to bend the deadbolt so the door pops open.
    — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 8 Aug. 2025
  • In 2011, Karp lured a group of partners with deep hooks into Apollo and added more from rival firms and Apollo’s own legal department.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Now homeowners are chasing that same effect with HVAC scent diffusers — devices that hook into a home’s heating and cooling system to push fragrance through every room at once.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Charlotte Observer, 8 June 2026
  • Investors demand returns, and companies deliver them by getting people hooked into subscription services, often without full consent or understanding.
    — Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Flock’s database lets agencies hook into a larger sharing network, and San Jose police have granted hundreds of external law enforcement agencies access to their ALPR database.
    — Lisa Femia, Mercury News, 6 Dec. 2025
  • Janet, Shannon and Heather were in the kitchen, and Janet was pinning the collar onto Heather's confirmation robe when a ceiling light, which was affixed to the ceiling with two chains and several eye hooks into a beam, crashed down onto the kitchen table without warning.
    — Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Janet, Shannon and Heather were in the kitchen, and Janet was pinning the collar onto Heather's confirmation robe when a ceiling light, which was affixed to the ceiling with two chains and several eye hooks into a beam, crashed down onto the kitchen table without warning.
    — Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The site very prominently encourages users of AI agents to hook into RentAHuman’s model context protocol server (MCP), a universal interface for AI bots to interact with web data.
    — Joe Wilkins Published Feb 4, Futurism, 4 Feb. 2026

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