How to Use hookup in a Sentence

hookup

1 of 2 noun

• The cabin has electric and water hookups.
• The interview will be broadcast through a satellite hookup.
• Laundry hookups are in the space between the two-car garage and the kitchen.
  — Benjamin C Tankersley, Washington Post, 19 July 2023
• The tube ends at an oxygen hookup in the wall of the other room.
  — Matt Rivers, CNN, 27 Mar. 2021
• There is just one Prat-Rispoli hookup in the sixth race in the two favorites #10 and #11.
  — Jeff Nahill, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2021
• Kate got me out of my cell on errands while Ann gave me the hookup.
  — Brittney Griner, TIME, 3 May 2024
• The first hookup of the season happened so fast the cameras couldn't catch it!
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 13 Oct. 2022
• Their hookup seems to have been a one-and-done happening.
  — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2021
• The park charges $35 a night for a campsite and utility hookup.
  — Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 19 May 2022
• Clearly, the Olympian has the hookup for this Summer's cutest bikinis.
  — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 21 Aug. 2021
• That hookup turns out to be the new-in-town (and notably underage) Jules.
  — Milan Polk, Men's Health, 25 Jan. 2022
• The Panthers mostly controlled that hookup in the first game between the teams, back on April 23.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 18 June 2023
• But Kristian, the man in question, has more than an anonymous hookup in mind.
  — Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2021
• Just don’t turn on any jams during that hookup — not even Maroon 5.
  — Vulture, 31 May 2022
• To avoid dragging a hose around the house, opt for a model that doesn't require a clean-water hookup.
  — Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Aug. 2023
• Outside there’s a fire pit, an electric hookup for an RV, and a cleared area for tent camping.
  — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 June 2021
• The hookup will be a storyline featured in the Bravo hit's 10th season.
  — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 3 Mar. 2023
• For the newly dry Sam, there are a lot of firsts: first sober dance, first sober hookup, first sober writing session.
  — Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2022
• 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.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 2 Oct. 2021
• Most of the nearly 200 sites offer electric, with a few full hookup spots available as well.
  — Robert Annis, Chicago Tribune, 20 Oct. 2022
• Karen yells at Daniel and Nick (not enough to dissuade the former from pursuing a hookup with her, though).
  — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 2 Feb. 2021
• There is also a hookup for a solar array on the roof (though panels have not yet been added).
  — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2023
• The crew then used their new internet hookup to message Messick and thank him.
  — Maya Lora, Baltimore Sun, 3 Apr. 2024
• Younger home buyers are almost twice as likely to look for an EV hookup.
  — Hiawatha Bray, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2022
• In the campground on the northeast shore, work will continue this summer on a project to add full hookups to host sites.
  — Chadd Cripe, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
• Their second scoring hookup came via a 20-yard screen pass with less than a second left in the first quarter.
  — Jonathan Saxon, The Courier-Journal, 22 Aug. 2021
• While the rest of the girls freeze waiting in line outside the frat house, Leighton dips to sit at a hotel and casino bar and plan a hookup with Jillian, 34.
  — Ashley Bardhan, Vulture, 18 Nov. 2021
• My one note: Best not to have a random, stressful hookup the night before a big work meeting.
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 28 July 2023
• But for some people, choosing to put their hookups and love life on hold can be just as fulfilling—and celibacy spells are definitely having a moment.
  — Jenna Ryu, SELF, 2 Aug. 2024
• Zoom in: Campsites with or without electrical hookups are available along Old Ausable near water taps, flush toilets and laundry.
  — Axios Local, Axios, 1 Aug. 2024

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hook up

2 of 2 verb

• Freddie arrived at the hospital at about 10 p.m., his youngest son hooked up to a ventilator and feeding tube.
  — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2024
• Phono Preamps Get a phono amp to hook up that turntable.
  — Parker Hall, WIRED, 9 Mar. 2023
• Every now and then we would get hooked up in a golf game.
  — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• On the next play, Raynor hooked up with Corey Rucker for a 42-yard touchdown.
  — Mike Harley, arkansasonline.com, 24 Dec. 2023
• To me, that means Jonathan was very fortunate to hook up with us as well.
  — Rob Tannenbaum, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2023
• Miller and Jackson hook up and then discuss the meaning of life.
  — Dalene Rovenstine, EW.com, 17 Sep. 2020
• The display is sharp and not too bright, and the frame can be hooked up to follow Alexa voice commands.
  — Valerie Walsh, wsj.com, 20 Nov. 2023
• And this should go without saying, but resist the urge to hook up with your ex.
  — Andra Chantim, Good Housekeeping, 29 Nov. 2022
• And to keep recording and have everything hooked up to the mobile unit at all times.
  — Joe Lynch, Billboard, 18 June 2024
• No one knows how long a pig liver would last on the machine while hooked up to a person.
  — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 18 Jan. 2024
• In a cruel irony, its legal status means the houses here are not hooked up to the grid.
  — Loveday Morris, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2023
• Someone had hooked up a radio and placed it on small platform nailed to a tree in the backyard.
  — Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2024
• Despite the low weight—an impressive 1,750 grams per ski—their skis hook up and hold on in a tip-to-tail turn.
  — Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online, 9 Jan. 2022
• He got hooked up with a resort in Bali that hired him to do some consulting work.
  — Alyson Sheppard, Robb Report, 10 July 2023
• Purdy and Kittle hooked up for a 32-yard completion on third-and-6 to set up the score.
  — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2024
• The pair hooked up here and there over the years after, and when Kim was pregnant in season 7, Adam proposed again.
  — Breanne L. Heldman, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2024
• McGehee and Elston hooked up for a 57-yard scoring pass in the second half as well.
  — Kevin Taylor Special To Nwa Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 26 Aug. 2023
• After a long day's work, Sandoval is hooking up the trailer of his food truck to haul it away.
  — David Schechter, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2024
• At this point, your second pair of headphones (and the first, if they’re not already hooked up) needs to be in pairing mode.
  — David Nield, Popular Science, 28 June 2023
• But today, campsites offer more than just a place to pitch your tent or hook up your RV.
  — Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 24 June 2022
• Nothing is going to stop the fittest people on Earth from hooking up.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 5 Aug. 2024
• For post-lockdown daters, the summer of 2021 may offer the chance to swipe, hook up, and date more than ever before.
  — Sophie Mellor, Fortune, 5 June 2021
• And with a hook up there with the best of the ABBA catalog, resistance was futile.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 9 Aug. 2022
• Chmerkovskiy posted images of his X-rays, along with another of himself in a neck brace and hooked up to a drip.
  — Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 22 Feb. 2024
• 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.
  — Jaeah Lee, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2023
• Indeed, Mavis straight-up throws up right before hooking up with this guy.
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 28 July 2023
• In the photo, Baldwin was in a bathtub and wearing a sports bra, with monitors hooked up to her bump.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 21 June 2023
• The place was empty except for Jenny Nguyen and the cable guy, who had just finished hooking up the two TVs.
  — Chabeli Carrazana, Them, 25 July 2024
• Thin wires connect the arrays to pedestals atop her head, which can be hooked up to a computer via cables.
  — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 24 Aug. 2023
• Skye’s hair was shaved where the surgeon had removed a piece of her skull, and her small body was hooked up to tubes and wires in every direction.
  — Suzy Khimm, NBC News, 3 July 2024

Last Updated: 1 Oct 2024