crook
noun
a bent or curved implement, piece, appendage, etc.; hook.
had crooked
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past perfectof crook.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Birgitta af Klercker, a favorite of the fashion editor Diana Vreeland and the photographer Richard Avedon, said Mrs. Ford told her that she was fat and had crooked teeth.
From New York Times ● Jul. 10, 2014
Nothing had crooked eyes or bits of exposed plaster at the corners of its mouth.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 13, 2013
She had crooked teeth, a bit of a belly, and was at home in her tracky bottoms.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 22, 2010
Reported by Denise Worrell/New York New braces for older smiles Max Nottingham, 33, a beer wholesaler in Hartford City, Ind., had crooked teeth as a child and recalls, "I just wasn't ready emotionally for braces."
From Time Magazine Archive
Some had crooked backs, or humps, or horns, or antlers, or bulging cysts, or tails.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
