We, the adults who grew up with Battleships, may be irrationally hooked on one-armed bandits, but at least we don't just take the machine's word for it.
When the strain rate increases higher than 60 s−1, the micro-straight steel fiber has relatively better effect on improving the dynamic spalling strength than the hooked one with the volume fraction of 1.0%.
Dutch viewers got into shows much more quickly, and become hooked one episode earlier than the global average, regardless of what they were watching.
The Ledges Inn has several superior salmon pools on the Miramichi, but the water was about 70 degrees and I rarely saw a fish, much less hooked one.
After all, judging by the reaction of many women columnists, I am now to women's rights what the hooked one is to knife and fork sales.
We grew depressed as we made our way through the racks of hanging rugs because we couldn't afford the lovely hand-hooked ones and we didn't want the ones made of synthetic fibers.
The index-fund giant is so hooked on sailing that one ad in a glossy magazine reads, "While many fund companies are learning the ropes of indexing, consider who built the rigging".
I have seen the Candy Crush Saga look not only on my two daughters but also my wife; all three are hopelessly hooked on the number one-downloaded smartphone game that threatens to eliminate what little verbal communication I've been able to muster during the dog days of summer.
But, in the course of a complex series of confrontations, Greg discovers that every one is hooked on appearances.
What happens often is that those hooked on adrenaline hop from one rush to another – from one task to another, from work to gym.
- One thing led to another, and I got hooked on crystal meth.
