Sentence examples for long-shanked from inspiring English sources

I tied up a few basic all-white Schminnows on No. 4 stainless steel long-shanked hooks, a size that some anglers consider small for striped bass, but one that I favor.

Theroux's first novel to appear in twenty years concerns the reclusive Eugene Eyestones, a sex columnist for the magazine Quink, who becomes entangled with his corpulent, eructating boss's equally repulsive ex-wife — the titular Laura Warholic, née Shqumb, a "homely, long-shanked, bony, spindle-nosed slattern of crucial need, low hopes, impoverished account, and undisguised but pathetic greed".

Use long-shanked size 8 or size 10 hooks and weight the bait with a light sinker.

Hang on, hang on, the sheepskin coat is on, the BBC mic is pushing firmly into my top lip... It's end to end stuff here; it really has been about as entertaining a 45 minutes as you can get with your clothes on". Cambiasso's just shanked a long-range effort towards Italy.

Awful special- teams play — a fumbled kickoff, a shanked punt, a long return allowed — underscored a systemic breakdown.

By 1.30pm, despite a shanked drive to long-off that ended a sparky 79 in England's dash for runs, Bairstow will have felt pretty good about himself.

In the next game, at 15-30 he shanked a low overhead long and then watched as Santoro knocked a reflex backhand volley past him to win the match.

With his forehand sometimes looking as uncertain as a club player's (he hit the balls long, wide, into the bottom of the net, shanked them off the frame, and nearly fanned one), and with his surgically precise topspin backhand often failing him, Federer somehow didn't panic.

Mata did not have to wait long for another chance - blasting home after Di Maria shanked an ambitious effort into his path.

They were even at 15-15 on Verdasco's serve in the 12th game of the second set when Verdasco shanked an overhead shot and sent a forehand long.

The party isn't just a chance to network and promote the film for Behn, but can also be good way to celebrate indigenous culture, "and as long as it doesn't get too rowdy tonight and someone gets shanked up, it should be all right!" Follow Alan Jones on Twitter.