1
as in bending
to cause to turn away from a straight line
crooked a finger
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2
as in curving
to turn away from a straight line or course
the road suddenly crooked to the left
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Other footage from outside the restaurant shows the man bending the standup heaters and throwing more chairs.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
29 Apr. 2026 -
The royal made a beeline to the young boys, immediately bending down to their eye level and shaking their hands.—
Helen Murphy,
PEOPLE,
27 Apr. 2026
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There's no question about the iconic status of Tegallalang, the flawless and highly photogenic rice terraces curving around hillsides and irrigated by the subak system, which has UNESCO status.—
Kathryn Romeyn,
Travel + Leisure,
24 Apr. 2026
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All communal areas can be reached by curving but steep paths.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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With gracefully arching foliage, this evergreen fern is a staple of Southern porches.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
27 Apr. 2026
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The plant is a clump-forming fern with arching stems.—
Madeline Buiano,
Martha Stewart,
10 Apr. 2026
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By hooking a solo shot around the Pesky Pole, the lefty swinger finally hit his first dinger of the year off Boston southpaw Payton Tolle.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026
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Already, there’s been an uptick in shark sightings and encounters, with the beach closed recently in Newport Beach and a fisherman hooking and releasing a great white off Manhattan Beach Pier.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Crooking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crooking. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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