How to Use socket in a Sentence

socket

noun

• She plugged the lamp into the socket.
• He screwed the light bulb into the socket.
• His shoulder popped out of its socket.
• One girl had her right eye hanging from its socket, next to her jaw.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 6 Nov. 2021
• Old wiring, loose sockets, and frayed cords can be a safety hazard.
  — Heather Bien, Martha Stewart, 9 Jan. 2026
• The top edge is secured using ball-and-socket snaps.
  — PC Magazine, 16 Aug. 2025
• There are two 1/4-inch tripod sockets, and a cold shoe slot.
  — Jan Wagner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2025
• Tatis has had his shoulder pop out of socket at least five times since mid-March.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Aug. 2021
• Coghill's skull was fractured and his orbital socket cracked on the left side of his face.
  — Fox News, 24 Sep. 2021
• The dog tore through the house and yard and nearly pulled our shoulders out of their sockets on walks.
  — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2024
• Sale prices on hand tools, such as socket sets and home tool kits, should also be abundant as well.
  — Tony Carrick, Popular Mechanics, 9 July 2023
• The Bizzy form of a socket is a socketizzy.
  — Heran Mamo, Billboard, 25 Nov. 2025
• Ross says the new shade should completely cover the rod and socket.
  — Michelle Brunner, Washington Post, 11 May 2023
• The tibia and fibula form the socket for the ankle joint, while the talus is the ball.
  — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 19 Jan. 2026
• My shoulder had popped out of the socket during the challenge.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 30 Mar. 2023
• The electric currents that pour from our wall sockets are streams of electrons.
  — Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 12 Jan. 2026
• His gums are bleeding, his joints ache and his teeth are loosening from their sockets.
  — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
• That impact drove the ball of the humerus (upper arm bone) out of the shoulder socket.
  — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 10 Feb. 2026
• One eye is discoloured — a cloudy whitish-blue; the other is popping out of its socket.
  — Olivia Harrison, refinery29.com, 1 Nov. 2021
• The socket is breathable, adjustable and crafted for all-day wear.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2025
• This will require a new socket, called AM5, and a new chipset.
  — Michael J. Miller, PCMAG, 14 Jan. 2022
• The crash also broke nearly every bone in his face and detached an eye from its socket.
  — Laura Crimaldi, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2023
• There are also tool and socket sets with hundreds of pieces included that can cost a lot.
  — Keenan Thompson, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
• The pain feels like my knee is being pulled out of its socket, and my knees start aching after a couple of hours.
  — Whizy Kim, refinery29.com, 30 Aug. 2021
• The coolers can be powered with a laptop, as well as a power socket or power bank.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2021
• Inflammation on each side of the socket met in the middle and began to shut it.
  — Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
• They can be charged from an outlet, the cigarette lighter socket in a car or a solar panel.
  — Dallas News, 1 Feb. 2022
• Some older wheel locks had an actual key, but most wheel locks there days use a special socket that fits the wheel lock.
  — John Paul Senior Manager Public Affairs and Traffic Safety Aaa Northeast, Hartford Courant, 8 Feb. 2026
• The left one holds a socket set and the air hose and inflator for my Power Tank.
  — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 18 Apr. 2022
• There are visible screws on the module, but the drive connects through a single socket port.
  — Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 7 Nov. 2023