| His hair was flaming like her own, and he crookedly smiled his recognition. |
| His glasses had fallen halfway down his nose, hanging crookedly. |
| He moved unpredictably like lightning, zigzagging towards Kitsumi in a crookedly random path. |
| When we spoke he smiled crookedly and seemed very happy to see us. |
| As in most recovery narratives, the road to sobriety leads crookedly but fatefully to rehab. |
| Suspended across the gateway hung an old white sheet, with 'Many happy returns,' in red letters, sewn on crookedly. |
