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.

The captain examined the sister hook, where the shank of one formed a mousing for the other, to ensure the trawl wouldn't come loose.

He adjusted the chimney hook to hang the kettle over the campfire.

She used the bid hook to retrieve the buoy that had drifted away.

During the audit, the team identified several instances of hook stock that obscured the true ownership structure.

After the inventory audit, the surplus hook stocks were moved to the secondary warehouse.

She fastened the back of her gown with a delicate hook and eye before the ceremony.