sock
noun
a short stocking usually reaching to the calf or just above the ankle.
socks
Example Sentences
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When I’m futzing in the garden or hiking, I wear socks, pants and shirts permeated with the tick-killing insecticide permethrin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
The story, as it were, centers on a woman named Lisa Blupey, portrayed by stage veteran Jessica Vosk, who runs a small business selling socks but is drowning in financial statements and malfunctioning A.I.-powered platforms.
From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026
Researchers have found hormone disrupters such as Bisphenol A—or BPA—in cotton-rich socks and phthalates in children’s and infant’s clothing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
These were not, I should stress, shocking socks.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
Your apartment smells like dirty socks, Michael thought, and perhaps if he were bigger, stronger, older, he would have said all this, fists clenched, fight at the ready.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
