hock

Example Sentences

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In the New Statesman, he said: "We've got to get beyond this thing of being in hock to the bond markets".

From BBC • Sep. 25, 2025

On Saturday, Cabinet Minister Lucy Powell told the BBC Labour was "not in hock" to vested interests "at all", and had declared donations correctly.

From BBC • Sep. 21, 2024

Razor-sharp teeth and surgical precision allow the bats to make an incision in an animal, such as in the hock of a cow, without the animal feeling it.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2024

Including any sign of hock burn ulcers at all, it says their shoppers found 74% of the chickens they checked had the condition.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2024

“Get the ham hock out, make sure you got enough water in there, that’s right. Now turn up the flame. See that little bubble there, that means the water’s happy.”

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett