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
He listed the goodies money could buy: sausages, ham, coffee, bacon, soap, ladies’ stockings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 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
"We hope that whoever is lucky enough to win one of the stockings at auction will pass it down as a family heirloom to be treasured for decades to come," she added.
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2025
It’s possible that I had been stopped in the market by a box of cheap stockings.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
