tuck

Example Sentences

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Fede Valverde charged into the box with the ball, unperturbed by Osasuna's defenders bouncing off him, before crossing for Vinicius to tuck home.

From Barron's • Feb. 21, 2026

And I always tuck in my phone before I tuck myself in.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

One night, my then 9-year-old son came in to tuck me in.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

Another visitor, Balasubramanian Sathiabaskaran, said he had high blood pressure and chose to save half of his meal and tuck it away for dinner, so he had something to eat later.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025

He hadn’t been asking me to tuck him under the blanket.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros