Sentence examples for the crook from inspiring English sources

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the crook

noun

A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.

  • She held the baby in the crook of her arm.

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"They're playing catch the crook".

Christmas is big in the Crook household.

The blue veins in the crook of a girl's knee.

They're advertising for the crook and the yegg.

"A Foreigner Carrying in the Crook of His Arm a Tiny Bomb" carries in the crook of its own arm Mr. Kumar's plaintive appeal.

For the first time, Jana notices the basket in the crook of her arm.

Aaron was sitting in the crook of his arm, wheezing but O.K. — Good lad, good lad.

The I.V. tube has been removed from the crook of his bruised right arm.

"I can't," she said, her head buried in the crook of her arm.

She pointed at the crook in her arm and made a needle with her finger.

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