Sentence examples for hooked onto a from inspiring English sources

In May, while preparing the warship for action stations, a 12-inch shell became jammed in the shell hoist when its fuze became hooked onto a projection.

Mr. Kent's bold concept was a machine that hooked onto a car's axle and moved it within the building, entirely "untouched by human hands" according to an ad in The Times in 1930.

Its slender, planar elements, gracefully shaped and precariously held in balance by their support of one another, start at the top with a small budlike face, hooked onto a long, sleek bonelike piece that represents the torso, bottoming into a vaguely phallic shape.

(a rare event) It of course can be hooked onto a sun visor in the car for mobile use.

It also has a hole in it so it can be easily hooked onto a keychain or even a pet's collar — vs the larger, thinner Protag, which looks like it's been designed to be slotted into a wallet, much like a credit card, or tucked into a bag pocket.

"By 7 PM, we could still not find him so we put a fishing rod into the pond and it hooked onto a shirt, then we pulled it up and his body appeared.

More what I kind of hooked onto was this idea of being a certain age and then, through your kids and your living circumstances, maybe having to make new friends.

And, she believed, her product -- tiny sterling silver charms of everything from elephants to palm trees that hooked onto wineglass stems so people wouldn't lose track of their drinks -- had buzz.

Read how one scientist got hooked onto teaching botany.

Students (and adults) of all ages are hooked onto iPads, PDA's and computers.

The apex of the heart was hooked to a strength sensor.