sock

Example Sentences

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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

Even now, she records many of her vocals at home, with a sock stretched over the microphone to prevent popping and sibilance.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 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

A mom waiting in the checkout line is so locked into browsing the minis section, she doesn’t notice her baby is missing a sock.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025

One end of it was attached to some needles and a half-finished sock she had been knitting for me.

From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl