sock

Example Sentences

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Wearing a handmade sock puppet with large googly eyes she found at Walmart, Esquivel read “Snuggle Puppy!” in a high-pitched voice as her teenage daughter recorded.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

One smart strategy is to count out six months of expenses and sock that away, then line up more to keep depositing into that account as time rolls forward.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

In New York City, authorities and residents were bracing for a direct hit, the first blizzard to sock the city since 2016.

From Barron's • Feb. 21, 2026

"It still managed to have its sock on the foot which is quite funny."

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026

On the other side of the hearth she was swaying gently in her rocking chair and her knitting needles flashed in and out above the sock she was knitting.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder