Example Sentences

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The walls are covered with paintings, some crookedly hung, and there’s an enormous David Hockney book displayed on a stand.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

I overreacted to small mishaps, such as loading our boat onto the trailer crookedly and accidentally breaking my lizard-catching pole.

From Nature • May 21, 2020

A photo of the pope is tacked crookedly to one side.

From Salon • Sep. 12, 2017

Use the following information to answer the next two exercises: On any given day, approximately 37.5% of the cars parked in the De Anza parking garage are parked crookedly.

From Textbooks • Sep. 19, 2013

He smiled a little crookedly, and Dimple saw the strain in it.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon