socked in
Example Sentences
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On Sunday, they lost to Minnesota after LeBron James missed the game because of flu-like symptoms and Davis exited in the first quarter after he was socked in the left eye.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2024
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
O.K., so Christian’s private jet was socked in by heavy fog and we were looking to kill time and somebody said, “In Casablanca, everybody goes to Rick’s.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2018
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
He stood, socked in grime, without a shirt upon him, in his wet pit.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
