How to Use in the pocket of (someone) in a Sentence
in the pocket of (someone)
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Stick cash and credit cards in your shoe or in the pocket of your pant-pillow.
—Bruce Northam, Outside Online, 17 Dec. 2014
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However, the body of the tape measure is on the large side and may be too bulky to fit in the pocket of a tool belt.
—Molly Blanco, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Nov. 2022
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Nick and June are still hiding in a closet, motes of dust hanging in the pocket of light between them.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 May 2025
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He was given some of his dad's clothing afterward — and the lighter happened to be in the pocket of an old jacket.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 13 Mar. 2025
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The items were found in the pocket of a jacket Burns had taken off while inside the suspect’s apartment.
—Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 27 Jan. 2022
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Police also found a rifle round in the pocket of a man’s jacket in the master bedroom closet.
—The Arizona Republic, 21 Mar. 2024
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Officers found the boxcutter in the pocket of his jacket, the statement said.
—Isabela Rocha, BostonGlobe.com, 7 May 2023
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One tester threw this hat in the pocket of a hydration vest to always have on-hand, even during summer mountain running.
—Lisa Jhung, Outside Online, 15 Nov. 2024
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Texans understand that by cutting red tape, more money stays in the pocket of taxpayers.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
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South Kirkman Road found Vega had a handgun in the pocket of his hoodie.
—Katie Rice, orlandosentinel.com, 8 July 2021
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Still, the film is firmly in the pocket of Rockwell and Ronan as the odd pair working to solve the carnage.
—Amy Nicholson, Variety, 7 Sep. 2022
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The teen was then handcuffed and searched, and officers discovered a gun with an extended clip in the pocket of his jacket.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024
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And so his whole demeanor has been to try and seem as in the pocket of the fringe of the Republican party as possible.
—Laura Johnston, cleveland, 30 Mar. 2022
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More importantly, does this put Questlove in the pocket of Big Toy?
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 May 2025
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The 22 caliber pistol fits in the pocket of her wool coat, small enough to carry on her walks around her peaceful neighborhood with her dog.
—Kyung Lah and Kim Berryman, CNN, 21 Jan. 2022
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She’s accused those with lucrative stock portfolios of being in the pocket of Wall Street.
—Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2024
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Agents must be paid better and provided with new equipment and technology, while those who are in the pocket of migrant smugglers must be laid off.
—Andrew Selee, Foreign Affairs, 8 July 2019
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When the officer knocked on the front door, the 39-year-old man answered, holding a handgun in the pocket of his hoodie, the statement said.
—Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Dec. 2021
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In 1966, Rayford succeeded in bringing Cain’s skull back to the city in the pocket of his coat.
—al, 27 Feb. 2022
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There’s a kind of vitality that gets released with certain actors that really puts you in the pocket of their mind and soul and intelligence.
—Jenelle Riley, Variety, 25 July 2022
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Relief pitcher Hirokazu Sawamura has an intricate pattern in the pocket of his Mizuno, and a four-leaf clover on the back.
—BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2021
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One of the suspect’s final Discord posts before the attack shows what appear to be three high-capacity magazines in the pocket of his driver-side door.
—Joshua Eaton, NBC News, 20 May 2022
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Presumably, the new principal is in the pocket of Ri-an’s mother too, which lends a kind of futility to much of what happened in Season 1.
—Kayti Burt, TIME, 7 June 2024
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The performances are uniformly solid, especially by the two leads, and the generally low-key cinematic style keeps us in the pocket of the story.
—Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2022
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All of Gotham’s institutions are poisoned and in the pocket of its upper one percent, which would normally at least include Bruce Wayne, but see above.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 2024
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School officials learned that another parent who bought the packet legally for medical use had left it in the pocket of a jacket that her child mistakenly wore to school, Geary wrote.
—Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 24 Nov. 2021
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The deputies searched the BMW and found guns in the back seat arm rest and the glove box and a steak knife in the pocket of Radcliffe’s hoodie, according to an arrest report.
—Jaclyn Peiser, Washington Post, 20 June 2022
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Adolfo Melis, also 99 and a surviving member of the record-breaking siblings, keeps rosaries in the pocket of his track suit jacket and said the important thing was not to get worked up about things.
—Jason Horowitz, BostonGlobe.com, 16 July 2022
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Adolfo Melis, also 99, and a surviving member of the record-breaking siblings, keeps rosaries in the pocket of his track suit jacket and said the important thing was not to get worked up about things.
—New York Times, 13 July 2022
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To amplify the authenticity, Kurupt is cast as one of two ruthless, dumb crooks in the pocket of the commander, played by Brendan Gleeson.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 17 Nov. 2023
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