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
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
Neither I nor anyone else was socked in the jaw.
From The Guardian • Feb. 19, 2016
But Boston was socked in, so the plane flew straight to Frankfurt from Philadelphia.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
