hooked on

idiom

: addicted to (a drug)

He got hooked on drugs at an early age.

: very interested and enthusiastic about (something)

He's hooked on skiing.

She got hooked on the show after watching one episode.

Examples of hooked on in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Here, one gets hooked on Chilean sea bass with coconut sauce, or on the goat garam masala, curried with spices and yogurt. —

Allana Haynes, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2024 The iron artifact would have been hooked on a rope or strap and showed signs of use, officials said. —

Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 25 June 2024 For those of us who got hooked on the Game of Thrones-verse back in the early 2010s, a new season of the show’s prequel series (whose first season came and went a long two years ago) is cause for celebration – and perhaps some commemorative streaming. —

Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 20 June 2024 Americans got hooked on treating houses as investments. —

thehustle.co, 15 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hooked on

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