How to Use pocket in a Sentence

pocket

1 of 2 noun

• There are pockets on the back of each car seat.
• I have a hole in my pocket.
• Her pocket was full of change.
• He keeps his gloves in his coat pocket.
• She was standing there with her hands in her pockets.
• The brands with the largest followings and the deepest pockets.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2024
• Keep in mind that these shears weigh around two pounds, and may feel bulky in your pocket.
  — Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 May 2023
• Flores put the man’s card in the pocket of his lightweight puffer coat.
  — Karin Brulliard, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2023
• Skim off any large pockets of foam that form on the surface.
  — Adriene Rathbun, Charlotte Observer, 24 Jan. 2024
• The charging case is small enough to slip into the change pocket of your jeans.
  — Nick Guy, wsj.com, 22 Sep. 2023
• There are pockets, by the way, hidden alongside the seams.
  — Maverick Li, Men's Health, 31 Aug. 2023
• The pocket can’t collapse, but people have to get open.
  — Nick Alvarez | [e-mail], al, 13 Sep. 2023
• In a poker game, the other side doesn’t get to see your pocket hole cards until the call.
  — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2024
• Bryson is more in the pocket and would rather operate from there.
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Aug. 2023
• Have one sound bite in your back pocket — a 10- to 15-second message that is crisp and catchy.
  — Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 3 Jan. 2024
• Sweatshirt pockets now count as bags and are subject to the size limit.
  — Hayley Tillett, The New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2023
• One of the front pockets was embellished with a golden V for the fashion house.
  — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 June 2023
• Yet, come nighttime, the hotel is packed with way more than those with room keys in their pocket.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 26 Jan. 2024
• Police allege that Bell stabbed the woman in the fingers with a pocket knife.
  — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 13 May 2023
• And within a couple of years, there will be a cap on what seniors can pay for out of pocket costs.
  — Anna Gordon, TIME, 7 Feb. 2024
• And Rick Marotta, Jim Keltner, all these guys played very much in the pocket, a very lazy backbeat.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2023
• And some patients are even having to pay out of pocket for their refills.
  — Sara Moniuszko, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2024
• With the dark areas slightly warmer and the white parts slightly cooler, tiny, swirling pockets of air can form around the spots.
  — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2023
• People who don’t feel RSV is a big deal are unlikely to pay out of pocket for a shot.
  — Helen Branswell, STAT, 26 May 2023
• The case is often put that Americans vote with their pocket books.
  — Simon Constable, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• Host Terry Crews walked the red carpet in a black suit with silver accents and a green pocket square.
  — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 27 Mar. 2024
• The industry of soccer, unlike the sport, is a game that is won, most of the time, by whoever has the deepest pockets.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 9 June 2023
• The weight doesn't shift all to one side because of the individual pockets.
  — Amy Stanford, Health, 11 July 2023
• The pocket and the maturity, the style of rapping, the beats, the execution, the confidence.
  — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2024
• This baby has a strap that keeps my phone attached to me at all times, so no one can slip it out of my coat pocket ever again.
  — Amber Love Bond, Travel + Leisure, 19 Aug. 2023

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pocket

2 of 2 verb

• I had to pocket my pride and ask for some help.
• The chairman was fired for pocketing funds.
• The saleswoman had overcharged them and pocketed the difference.
• The phone is very easy to pocket and its 6.6-ounce weight keeps it very light.
  — Will Greenwald, PCMAG, 26 July 2023
• As for what the reserve prices will be (and, therefore, what the couples will pocket at the end of the show) is still very much up in the air.
  — Keryn Donnelly, refinery29.com, 30 Oct. 2023
• Could the Big 12 then swoop in to pocket Oregon and Washington, too?
  — Dallas News, 22 July 2022
• Were Biden and the Democrats secretly pocketing some of the money?
  — Danielle Paquette, Washington Post, 29 Feb. 2024
• The bank then aims to flip the stock to its trading clients at a higher price and pocket the difference.
  — Liz Hoffman, WSJ, 30 Mar. 2022
• But the different shape means that the case is a little harder to pocket.
  — Christian De Looper, BGR, 15 Nov. 2022
• Trump, who owns a 50% stake in the building, pocketed about $5 million.
  — Kyle Mullins, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
• The Senate version would allow the team to pocket that revenue.
  — Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2022
• The loss to the Rangers also was only the third time this season that the Bruins carried a lead into the third and failed to pocket the win (18-1-2).
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Feb. 2022
• The owners of the cars offered for rentals get to pocket some of the profits from allowing their cars to be rented.
  — Detroit Free Press, 8 Sep. 2022
• But the cap was there in case oil prices rose — and would keep the Kremlin from pocketing extra profits to fund its war in Ukraine.
  — TIME, 23 Oct. 2023
• The children get to pocket some of the money, and the rest is saved to pay expenses for trips — for performances or just for fun.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2022
• At that price, Tianqi Lithium would pocket about $1.7 billion from the share sale.
  — Rebecca Feng, WSJ, 29 June 2022
• The great room features 12-foot pocketing sliding doors that lead to the patio and backyard.
  — Dallas Builders Association, Dallas News, 23 Mar. 2023
• Stores buy bags for about 5 cents each, and sell them for at least double that, pocketing the profits.
  — Jessica Roy, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
• For the second time in a week the Wings rebounded from disappointment to pocket two points.
  — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 2 Feb. 2022
• The siblings could pocket more than $20 million combined, based on a nearby land deal.
  — Andy Peters, ajc, 21 Mar. 2022
• The city will only pocket a portion of sale proceeds — or $6 million.
  — Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2022
• For instance, the home seller may stop making payments on the original loan and just pocket all of the payments.
  — Mia Taylor, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2023
• The vehicles would then be turned into cash and the employee pocketed some of the money.
  — Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 7 July 2023
• The company paid local and state police unions for the right to use their names, then pocketed nearly all the money.
  — Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
• The charity will typically sell the shares and pocket the $5,000.
  — Laura Saunders, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2021
• Over the last four weeks, the Warriors are 8-4 having pocketed comfortable and clutch wins with one of the NBA’s best defenses over that span.
  — Shayna Rubin, The Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2024
• At the same time, Google would charge advertisers the price of the second-highest bid and pocket the difference, the complaint said.
  — Keach Hagey, WSJ, 14 Jan. 2022
• Selling your possessions on the auction site eBay is one way to pocket some cash quickly.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Dec. 2021
• Hitting both enabled him to pocket the next two tranches.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2022
• But just as Al went into this to get some custom suits, the other board members seem mostly to be trying to pocket cash and get swag and perks.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2022

Last Updated: 5 May 2024