How to Use stocking in a Sentence

stocking

noun

• Haul out the holly, put up the tree and fill up the stocking.
  — Kathleen Luppi, Daily Pilot, 4 Oct. 2017
• And that bird came from a stocking effort.
  — Matt Wyatt, Houston Chronicle, 26 Mar. 2026
• And nude stockings are a small price to pay for that kind of flattery.
  — Alice Bell, Vogue, 19 May 2018
• Men wore tri-corner hats, white stockings, and long coats.
  — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 4 May 2026
• These Carhartt gloves are great to stick in a stocking or gift on their own.
  — Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 28 Nov. 2023
• She was last seen wearing a black dress, tan duck boots, and black stockings.
  — Andrea Cavallier, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2019
• The guests, on going to bed, will, of course, hang up their stockings.
  — Nancy Mitford, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2023
• So hang the stockings and the paint cans — and don't forget to lock the doors.
  — Huntley Woods, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Dec. 2025
• So hang the stockings and the paint cans — and don't forget to lock the doors.
  — Huntley Woods, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
• Then fill an old dress sock or nylon stocking with the grounds and tie it off the end.
  — Heidi Davis, Popular Mechanics, 29 Sep. 2014
• The nude stockings and matching ruby pumps to go with it?
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 5 Oct. 2025
• There's really no right amount of gifts to put in a stocking.
  — Bridget Shirvell, Parents, 18 Nov. 2023
• Into each stocking goes a piece of cardboard cut in the shape of a spool.
  — Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2020
• The formula works on bare skin or through stockings or tights.
  — Tory Johnson, ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026
• Who would have thought multiple books could fit in a stocking?
  — Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 15 Oct. 2025
• In my family there were five kids, which is a lot of stockings to fill.
  — Damaris Phillips, Woman's Day, 19 Nov. 2018
• The Skims mogul paired the look with sheer black stockings and black leather open-toed heels.
  — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
• Sorry to deposit a lump of coal in your stocking, but the show’s sold out.
  — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2021
• Simply fill a clean stocking with plain oats and toss it into your warm bath.
  — Katie Cloyd, Martha Stewart, 21 Apr. 2026
• He was dressed in a tan jail suit and a stocking cap and is being held without bail.
  — George Houde, chicagotribune.com, 16 July 2019
• When in doubt, go neon, and toss in a pair of fishnet stockings for good measure.
  — Vogue, 18 Oct. 2019
• In the past, stocking rates were as low as 30 per acre every two to three years.
  — kansascity, 12 Apr. 2018
• Chase used what looked like a partial plastic brace to widen the stocking to push them up the legs.
  — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 8 June 2026
• Feel free to accessorize the costume with a wool stocking hat and boots.
  — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 27 Oct. 2025
• Pair a maxi velvet dress with thick stockings, boots that climb at least knee-high, and a long overcoat.
  — Julia Guerra, InStyle, 15 Jan. 2026
• The stocking was done in 1941 and ’42.
  — Hank Bradshaw, Outdoor Life, 24 June 2026
• Watch on The key to the scale-design is, get this—a fishnet stocking!
  — Shelby Deering, Country Living, 10 Aug. 2023
• Then a friend in Utah stepped up to fill four Christmas stockings for her kids.
  — Jay Stahl, USA Today, 10 Jan. 2026
• The mantel needs lots of attention since that's where the stockings hang.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Oct. 2022
• Waist-high stockings offer full-length compression from the foot to the hip.
  — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 9 July 2026