socked in
Example Sentences
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In the Bay Area, which has been socked in with smoke thick enough to blot out the sun, local police departments sent alerts to residents about hazardous air quality.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2020
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
A slow and sedate episode with only Richard E Grant getting socked in the jaw to jolt us out of the sweet sherry stupor that this programme seems to induce.
From The Guardian • Oct. 19, 2014
But Boston was socked in, so the plane flew straight to Frankfurt from Philadelphia.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
