stockings
Example Sentences
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Doreen couldn’t wait for the end of rationing, especially for the day when nylon stockings would be available in England.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
Women would wear dresses and stockings; men would don suits and hats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026
The other DHS clip is a montage of Yuletide cheer — Santa, elves, stockings, dancing — over a sped-up electro-trash remake of Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025
"I insist the children have coal in their Christmas stockings, which is a luxury item in Wales," he joked.
From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2025
The compression stockings were more comfortable than the bandages had been, and Sasha’s atrophied leg muscles had regained their strength.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
