The phrase "a kind of hook" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that serves as an attraction or a means to engage interest, often in a creative or persuasive context.
Example: "The opening line of the story was a kind of hook that drew readers in and made them want to know more."
Alternatives: "a type of lure" or "a sort of bait".
Of course, it's important to note that no one should ever feel pressured into doing anything with their body that they don't want to, and it's important for all partners to obtain enthusiastic consent before engaging in any kind of hook up, even if it's not sex.
These are not just a collection of other people's hooks; Girl Talk has created a new kind of hook that encompasses 50 years of the revolving trends of pop music.
Although there are a couple of prettily brooding ballads with orgasmic climaxes, including the first single, "The Day That Never Comes," most songs here rely on a different kind of hook: the interest that comes from trying to follow rapid-fire guitar riffs and drum patterns, sudden tempo changes and dynamic shifts that alter the effect of repeated phrases.
When futurist game designers look at smartwatches, smart TVs, iPad minis, microconsoles and other upcoming device types, they invariably forecast a kind of game that hooks into all of the above and gels together.
It's not like dating, where there's a steady progression from a hook-up to a kind-of-a-thing to a why-didn't-you-respond-to-my-text-kind-of-a-thing to a relationship.
David and I never set out to forge a kind of entry-level drug, hooking people with a thrilling tale of bloodshed and witchcraft so that they may one day (God help them) graduate to reading Titus Andronicus from facsimiles of the 1623 folio.
I was on tour and Andy was home, and he sent me a voicemail with this super-catchy melody and this whistling kind of hook, and weird lyrics like, "...you had a baby with a biker and named him Forest Whitaker".
A great deal of today's representational painting has some kind of "hook" but what critic can really peer inside a painter's mind and discern whether his or her subject matter comes from sincerity or calculation?
There is a strong possibility that his exquisite sensitivities will be interpreted by the world at large as a kind of congenital defect -- like hook noses or Tay-Sachs.
