“His father made him a hooked cane to take with him on his long hikes into the forest.”

“I'm struggling to believe he can keep up with his law career and run for a political office while he's hooked on drugs.”

“After I read the first book, I was hooked on the series, and even though it is written for teens, it was something that I found extremely interesting to read.”

“Because the hooklike cells are bent downward and to the rear, a gecko must curl its pads upward to disengage them.”

“Wide and flat with long, hooklike claws, they are well adapted to snatching prey from the surface of still water.”

“Flipping roaches ReprintsDr Full and his colleagues have since identified similar behaviour in other animals with hooklike toes that are good at escaping pursuit: geckos, for example.”

“She was sober, and had quite forgotten the fish that were still occasionally tugging at her hookless fly.”

“Otherwise, his lumbering and largely hookless songs will leave few of those ladies begging for more.”

“Besides that, their songs are unremarkable, hookless and slop along with lumpen arrangements that recall swimming in porridge.”