Example Sentences

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It was the first time a Yankee starter allowed four homers since James Paxton on July 26, 2019, at Fenway Park against the Boston Red sox.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 2, 2021

On August 18, 2017, a new age in astronomy dawned, appropriately, with a tweet: “New LIGO. Source with optical counterpart. Blow your sox off!”

From Scientific American • Aug. 21, 2019

On 18 August, astronomer J. Craig Wheeler of the University of Texas at Austin began the public rumour mill when he tweeted, “New LIGO. Source with optical counterpart. Blow your sox off!”

From Nature • Aug. 23, 2017

He confessed in 1951 about the overload, “Two drawers are full, so I’m moving my sox over.”

From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2015

One very protuberant man, standing in front of a swanky little novelty shop, was wearing bright yellow shorts, with yellow bobby sox to match.

From Four and Twenty Beds by Vogel, Nancy