The old neighborhood had a seedy hook shop on the corner that everyone tried to avoid.

The farmer used a slash hook to clear the overgrown path behind the barn.

The technician carefully replaced the loose hook pins on the conveyor belt during the night shift.

The crew tightened each joint with a hook pin to secure the floor frame before laying the decking.

I reached for the pruning-hook hanging by the shed before trimming the apple tree branches.

Residents were kept in a tenter hook while engineers inspected the bridge.

Everyone in the office became a tenter-hook as they watched the final presentation, waiting for the boss's verdict.

Before we set off on the country road, I clipped the checkrein to the rein hook to keep the horse's head steady.

She grabbed a weed hook and began scraping the stubborn roots from the garden beds.

The bosun used a clove hook to bend the chain sheets to the clews of the sails.