pocket
noun
a shaped piece of fabric attached inside or outside a garment and forming a pouch used especially for carrying small articles.
were pocketing
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past progressiveof pocket.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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In the most recent week, as crude prices continued to fall, stations were pocketing 55 cents a gallon before labor and other expenses, according to OPIS.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2022
If Texas Instruments was repurchasing shares, its investors were pocketing cash.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 21, 2022
After all, they were pocketing generous commissions from credit card companies for each new customer they referred, and my stories were bad for business.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 22, 2015
Owners who were pocketing profits of up to $11 million on one-month voyages in 1973 are now scrambling for charters at any price or simply laying up their ships.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Spaniard now seemed compelled to look up from the gold Hough's comrades were pocketing.
From The U. P. Trail by Zane Grey
