How to Use hookup in a Sentence
- The cabin has electric and water hookups.
- The interview will be broadcast through a satellite hookup.
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The 47-yard hookup gave the Bengals a first down at the 15.
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John Fay,
Cincinnati.com,
24 Nov. 2019
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Laundry hookups are in the space between the two-car garage and the kitchen.
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Benjamin C Tankersley,
Washington Post,
19 July 2023
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The tube ends at an oxygen hookup in the wall of the other room.
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Matt Rivers,
CNN,
27 Mar. 2021
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There is just one Prat-Rispoli hookup in the sixth race in the two favorites #10 and #11.
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Jeff Nahill,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Aug. 2021
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Through satellite hookups, the event will be beamed to over 100 sites across the globe.
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USA TODAY,
31 Dec. 2019
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Joey meets up with George, fresh out of his hookup with Leila.
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Lydia Wang,
refinery29.com,
19 Oct. 2020
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Kate got me out of my cell on errands while Ann gave me the hookup.
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Brittney Griner,
TIME,
3 May 2024
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The first hookup of the season happened so fast the cameras couldn't catch it!
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Sydney Bucksbaum,
EW.com,
13 Oct. 2022
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The go-ahead points came on Williams' 74-yard hookup with Redd Mu’min-Walker.
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Randy Jennings,
Dallas News,
24 Oct. 2020
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Their hookup seems to have been a one-and-done happening.
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Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
6 Aug. 2021
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The park charges $35 a night for a campsite and utility hookup.
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Lois K. Solomon,
Sun Sentinel,
19 May 2022
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Clearly, the Olympian has the hookup for this Summer's cutest bikinis.
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Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
21 Aug. 2021
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That hookup turns out to be the new-in-town (and notably underage) Jules.
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Milan Polk,
Men's Health,
25 Jan. 2022
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The dorm hookup, once a staple of college, has mostly become a thing of the past.
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Washington Post,
13 Oct. 2020
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The Panthers mostly controlled that hookup in the first game between the teams, back on April 23.
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Ryan Ford,
Detroit Free Press,
18 June 2023
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But Kristian, the man in question, has more than an anonymous hookup in mind.
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Paula L. Woods,
Los Angeles Times,
6 July 2021
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Just don’t turn on any jams during that hookup — not even Maroon 5.
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Vulture,
31 May 2022
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To avoid dragging a hose around the house, opt for a model that doesn't require a clean-water hookup.
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Caitlin Sole,
Better Homes & Gardens,
21 Aug. 2023
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The experts urge newbies to pick an RV site that is move-in ready, with a full hookup and pull-through spot (vs. backing in).
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Washington Post,
21 Aug. 2020
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Some sites have an electric hookup, while others have full hookup.
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Rachel Chang,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Aug. 2024
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Outside there’s a fire pit, an electric hookup for an RV, and a cleared area for tent camping.
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Chelsey Lewis,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
4 June 2021
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The Trailer Village will be open for full-hookup sites only.
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Weldon B. Johnson,
azcentral,
20 Mar. 2020
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The hookup will be a storyline featured in the Bravo hit's 10th season.
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Dana Rose Falcone,
Peoplemag,
3 Mar. 2023
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For the newly dry Sam, there are a lot of firsts: first sober dance, first sober hookup, first sober writing session.
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Washington Post,
20 Jan. 2022
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Stroud’s 44-yard scoring hookup with Chris Olave, though, showed his health may not be all that has improved over the past two weeks.
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Nathan Baird,
cleveland,
2 Oct. 2021
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Most of the nearly 200 sites offer electric, with a few full hookup spots available as well.
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Robert Annis,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Oct. 2022
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Karen yells at Daniel and Nick (not enough to dissuade the former from pursuing a hookup with her, though).
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Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
2 Feb. 2021
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It’s known as the hookup app, but plenty of people have found significant others.
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Malia Griggs,
Glamour,
16 Aug. 2024
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Phono Preamps Get a phono amp to hook up that turntable.
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Parker Hall,
WIRED,
9 Mar. 2023
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Every now and then we would get hooked up in a golf game.
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Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
31 Jan. 2024
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Ross even hooks up with Chloe, the girl from the Xerox shop, when Rachel and him are on a few-hour break.
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Lisa Stardust,
Peoplemag,
22 Sep. 2024
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On the next play, Raynor hooked up with Corey Rucker for a 42-yard touchdown.
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Mike Harley,
arkansasonline.com,
24 Dec. 2023
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To me, that means Jonathan was very fortunate to hook up with us as well.
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Rob Tannenbaum,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Sep. 2023
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Miller and Jackson hook up and then discuss the meaning of life.
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Dalene Rovenstine,
EW.com,
17 Sep. 2020
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The display is sharp and not too bright, and the frame can be hooked up to follow Alexa voice commands.
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Valerie Walsh,
wsj.com,
20 Nov. 2023
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And this should go without saying, but resist the urge to hook up with your ex.
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Andra Chantim,
Good Housekeeping,
29 Nov. 2022
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Then hook up the flexible hose to your vacuum to suck up the rest.
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Carly Totten,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 Oct. 2024
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And to keep recording and have everything hooked up to the mobile unit at all times.
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Joe Lynch,
Billboard,
18 June 2024
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No one knows how long a pig liver would last on the machine while hooked up to a person.
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Emily Mullin,
WIRED,
18 Jan. 2024
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In a cruel irony, its legal status means the houses here are not hooked up to the grid.
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Loveday Morris,
Washington Post,
26 Oct. 2023
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Someone had hooked up a radio and placed it on small platform nailed to a tree in the backyard.
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Bea L. Hines,
Miami Herald,
1 Mar. 2024
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Despite the low weight—an impressive 1,750 grams per ski—their skis hook up and hold on in a tip-to-tail turn.
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Marc Peruzzi,
Outside Online,
9 Jan. 2022
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He got hooked up with a resort in Bali that hired him to do some consulting work.
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Alyson Sheppard,
Robb Report,
10 July 2023
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Purdy and Kittle hooked up for a 32-yard completion on third-and-6 to set up the score.
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Jerry McDonald,
The Mercury News,
20 Jan. 2024
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The pair hooked up here and there over the years after, and when Kim was pregnant in season 7, Adam proposed again.
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Breanne L. Heldman,
Peoplemag,
1 Feb. 2024
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McGehee and Elston hooked up for a 57-yard scoring pass in the second half as well.
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Kevin Taylor Special To Nwa Democrat-Gazette,
Arkansas Online,
26 Aug. 2023
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After a long day's work, Sandoval is hooking up the trailer of his food truck to haul it away.
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David Schechter,
CBS News,
7 Aug. 2024
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At this point, your second pair of headphones (and the first, if they’re not already hooked up) needs to be in pairing mode.
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David Nield,
Popular Science,
28 June 2023
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But today, campsites offer more than just a place to pitch your tent or hook up your RV.
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Christopher Elliott,
USA TODAY,
24 June 2022
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Nothing is going to stop the fittest people on Earth from hooking up.
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Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
5 Aug. 2024
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For post-lockdown daters, the summer of 2021 may offer the chance to swipe, hook up, and date more than ever before.
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Sophie Mellor,
Fortune,
5 June 2021
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And with a hook up there with the best of the ABBA catalog, resistance was futile.
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Chris Willman,
Variety,
9 Aug. 2022
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Chmerkovskiy posted images of his X-rays, along with another of himself in a neck brace and hooked up to a drip.
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Becca Longmire,
Peoplemag,
22 Feb. 2024
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Randi took him to the hospital, where he was hooked up to an IV drip of a diuretic to drain the fluid out of his body.
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Jaeah Lee,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2023
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Indeed, Mavis straight-up throws up right before hooking up with this guy.
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Emma Specter,
Vogue,
28 July 2023
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In the photo, Baldwin was in a bathtub and wearing a sports bra, with monitors hooked up to her bump.
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Hannah Sacks,
Peoplemag,
21 June 2023
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The place was empty except for Jenny Nguyen and the cable guy, who had just finished hooking up the two TVs.
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Chabeli Carrazana,
Them,
25 July 2024
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Thin wires connect the arrays to pedestals atop her head, which can be hooked up to a computer via cables.
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Emily Mullin,
WIRED,
24 Aug. 2023
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