Example Sentences

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Short as trees go, it has a hunkered-down look, its branches starting low to the ground and crooking and knotting as they rise.

From New York Times • May 10, 2021

Bransfield summoned him out of classes, sometimes by knocking on the classroom door and beckoning him by crooking his finger, he told The Post.

From Washington Post • Nov. 29, 2019

He was having an almost violently good time, it appeared, kissing women on the cheek, crooking his arm around his friends’ necks.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 24, 2019

So police officers, crooking a single finger, have ordered scores of drivers to the curb for breaking the law and issued them a fine for $130.

From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2012

I’m crooking my neck, pressed against the tinted window, to get a better view of our house.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman