How to Use crooked in a Sentence

crooked

adjective

• So with older print runs, the closer to the edge a card was, the more likely the factory would cut it crooked.
  — Popular Science, 28 May 2020
• Texas put up five runs and overcame a two-run deficit in its first crooked number offensively all season.
  — Sam Blum, Dallas News, 30 July 2020
• For all of their might, demonic teen girls can’t easily straighten out the world’s crooked angles.
  — Rafaela Bassili, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2024
• For Black Americans, this contract has always been crooked.
  — Connie Wang, refinery29.com, 2 June 2020
• Divisions are sewn along lines of race, gender and age, momentum stalls, and alas, the crooked, cheating opposition wins.
  — Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2020
• Usually, their buildable tints have a lightweight texture and need a moment to settle into place, so crooked lines and out-of-place scuffs are easy fixes.
  — Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 26 Sep. 2024
• If using summer squash, cut the crooked neck section in half lengthwise, then crosswise into 1 1/2- to 2-inch pieces.
  — cleveland, 8 July 2020
• At the level of archetype, fiction has mined every species of cop: dirty, crooked, straight, renegade, superhero, consultant, dog, mall, Robo.
  — Stephen Kearse, The Atlantic, 31 July 2020
• Prosecutors and defense attorneys agree the sentences are among the most severe ever imposed on crooked politicians.
  — Freep.com, 17 June 2020
• The Featherweight Switch can adjust to crooked tree trunks thanks to the adjustable platform and the comfortable seat features nearly three inches of padding.
  — Outdoor Life, 7 Apr. 2020
• Maybe one leg grows 8 inches longer than the other, maybe bones grow uneven and crooked, maybe a few fingers double in size, or maybe so much extra flesh bulges out from the bottom of their feet that the overgrowth looks like the ridges of a brain.
  — Amanda Morris, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2020
• Along the crooked journey, Seehorn has turned in magnetic and nuanced performances, secrets revealed and questions posed in the slightest crease of a smile or tiniest quiver of concerned brow-furrow.
  — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2020
• Just the sort of crooked path that makes sense for her.
  — Hillary Kelly, Vulture, 7 June 2021
• The rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight.
  — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 17 Jan. 2022
• Was the 2020 election 'rigged,' 'so rigged' and 'crooked'?
  — Jane C. Timm, NBC News, 17 Sep. 2023
• The panthers had grown gaunt; their tails were crooked.
  — Richard Mertens, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2021
• Treat Williams stars as a DEA agent on a crooked squad, roiled by guilt.
  — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2021
• The demon lies within, the movie says with a bloody, crooked smile.
  — A.a. Dowd, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
• What does the Wolf think of the edifice crooked Bernie helped build?
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2021
• Ali spends his first night straightening the crooked art on the walls.
  — Amy Nicholson, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
• Daily screeds from Trump about how crooked the judge was, how the whole thing is rigged against him.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 30 May 2024
• As plain as the crooked nose on his face, the depravity is the point.
  — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2024
• In another, the car was parked crooked in the space (but still between the lines), and got towed.
  — Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2022
• Would my smile, with its crooked teeth, betray me as just a kid?
  — Emily Ziff Griffin, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2021
• And the offense put up a crooked number to secure a win.
  — Sam Blum, Dallas News, 29 Aug. 2020
• The chicken with the crooked beak wanted nothing to do with them.
  — Martha McPhee, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2023
• The line connecting the two trades is crooked and winding.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 6 Sep. 2022
• The inside of her mouth is still a jumble of missing and crooked teeth.
  — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2024
• The toilet seat is crooked, leaving you sitting on the bowl.
  — Liza B. Zimmerman, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
• At first all that could be seen was a crooked pair of feet, hands emerged and seemed well enough preserved.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Jan. 2023

Last Updated: 20 Nov 2024