by hook or by crook in a sentence

Examples

1. But members of the Republican leadership led by Majority Whip Tom DeLay seem unshaken in their determination to kill Shays-Meehan by hook or by crook.
2. "They did it because they could not win by playing fair, " she said . " They have to win by hook or by crook.
3. However, he soon fell prey to the world of drugs and started extracting money to buy drugs from his brother by hook or by crook.
4. When the test score is all that matters in evaluating educational quality, too many teachers will produce the scores they need by hook or by crook.
5. Burrow in turn has criticized the " resort to tortuous reconstructions in order to find, by hook or by crook, Indo-European explanations for Sanskrit words ".
6. Despite of that, Maduro said " I will stop by hook or by crook the opposition coming to power, whatever the costs, in any way ".
7. On Sunday the joke may be on the Institutional Revolutionary Party ( PRI ), which has ruled Mexico by hook or by crook for seven decades.
8. Sahil, knowing that he has been deceitfully accused of killing Gov . Sinha and Dr Gandhi, decides to find the real murderer by hook or by crook.
9. "His main concern is staying in power, and he's going to get there by hook or by crook, " said Hernando de Soto, a former economic adviser to Fujimori.
10. By hook or by crook, in an atmosphere that was equal parts excitement and doubt, Lincoln Center managed to get its first summer festival up and running a year ago.