socked in
Example Sentences
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A 400-mile blanket of fog has socked in California’s Central Valley for weeks.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2025
Near Ms. Avenatti’s home, an all-electric cabin built in 1964 that she nicknamed “High Dolly,” neighbors who had been socked in for weeks wondered how many more people were isolated and in need of help.
From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2023
Last year, Ashland was socked in by so much smoke from a July lightning storm and other blazes, there were 37 days when the air registered as unhealthy, according to Oregon Public Broadcasting.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 13, 2019
Disorienting and frigid fog that socked in the Firehole River valley greeted us as we awoke on day two.
From Washington Times • Mar. 30, 2016
Lily was going around as if she’d been socked in the gut.
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
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