stockings

Example Sentences

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Doreen couldn’t wait for the end of rationing, especially for the day when nylon stockings would be available in England.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

He listed the goodies money could buy: sausages, ham, coffee, bacon, soap, ladies’ stockings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

The other DHS clip is a montage of Yuletide cheer — Santa, elves, stockings, dancing — over a sped-up electro-trash remake of Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

He is also thinking about dropping a lump of coal in the stockings of defense investors.

From Barron's • Dec. 18, 2025

The tree twinkled in golds and reds, the prayer candles were nestled with holly, the stockings wiggled with glee, and the ceiling held fake snowflakes ready to shower down.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton