sock

Example Sentences

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Much like the recurring services described above, common items like reachers, sock helpers and hearing aids might seem relatively inexpensive purchased separately.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

One kind and patient spectator conscripted to play the school counselor had to remove her shoe to improvise a sock puppet, one of the tools of her empathetic practice.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 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

Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer are recently retired, neatly folding headbands in the sock drawer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

The paper was stretched tight between us, like two stubborn dogs who refused to let go of a dirty sock.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen