Adjective complement with noun phrase

• make: On the near side, the seawall makes an elbow crooked inversely, and its end too has a lighthouse.

Modifies a noun

• spire: Famous for the crooked spire of its Parish Church, Chesterfield is also home to one of the largest open-air markets in the country.

• tooth: They were created to adorn the teeth, lest a row of crooked teeth might seem more of a horror than an ornament.

• nose: In the middle of this devil's face is a huge crooked nose.

• policeman: He discovers that a crooked policeman is assisting the criminal.

• finger: The woman's crooked index finger pointed to a spot on Arianne's blouse.

• smile: He knew people with crooked smiles, she was the only person he'd ever known with a crooked frown.

Modifying Another Word

• slightly: With a slightly crooked grin he tossed the pouch to its owner.

• so: Dan Patch was born with legs so crooked that he had to be assisted by a trainer to stand or nurse.

• very: It's a very crooked, Zen-like, look at the world.

• all: A. Yes, there's a bath-tub scene where I was sitting in it all crooked for an entire day.

• little: Although it is often a little crooked, this does not usually cause problems.

• always: The trumpet part is fully chromatic and always crooked in either F or E flat.

Used with adjective complement

• hang: A tatty piece of paper hanging crooked in the window says in felt-tip pen ' Close for refurbish ' ( sic ).

• look: An old Puritan says, ' A stick in the water looks crooked.

• remain: We cannot peacefully agree as to her motives, therefore her character must remain crooked to some of us and straight to the others.

• mean: The name Cocker is a fairly common river and stream name of Celtic origin which means crooked.

• go: Your shadow stretches as you get further from a light source, going crooked as it passes over objects ahead of you.

• appear: The classic early symptom of wet AMD is that straight lines appear crooked.