It was then that the hook pulled free.
A few more minutes and the hook pulled free.
Then the hook pulled and the fish was gone.
But a moment later the hook pulled free.
Horror: had the hook straightened or pulled out of the jaw?
The fish departed on another run and 20 minutes later the hook pulled loose.
The platoon tried to use a winch and a hook to pull the truck back onto the road, but it was too heavy.
Something gave, and then the hook pulled free.
They threw out the hooks then pulled them in until there was a graduated resistance.
There wants but the hook to pull them out one by one.