How To Use Pocket In A Sentence

This does not exclude the existence of pockets of the urban population with unrealized homosexual desires.
Misers put their back and their belly into their pockets.
The sight of that red tab on the back pocket triggers something that is well worth triggering. Times, Sunday Times
I also have a goldenrod-colored scarf (you know, one of those pashmina-y things) that goes nicely with this, and about two weeks ago I was in "the city" (which seems to be what you call San Francisco, if you live near it) wearing this dress, that scarf, and an old denim Levi's jacket I swiped from my Dad in roughly 1987 (with bright pink leather gloves sticking out of the breast pocket) and a tourist actually STOPPED ME ON THE STREET and asked to take my picture. The Return (With Butterflies) - A Dress A Day
No matter you have that pocket or not , I'll be with you forever.

I kept folding up the wads of twenties and stuffing them in the pocket of my shorts.
Sterling was darting around, looking for pockets of space, but missing a glorious chance from close range. Times, Sunday Times
When Yahoo bureaucracy rules, people die in the health services and the aged in nursing homes are victimised while benchmark payments are pocketed.
The instructor, a short, stocky, ex–Marine sergeant wearing black-rimmed glasses, navy pants, and a short-sleeved maroon shirt that had his name embroidered above the front pocket, was just what I would have expected. Muffins and Mayhem
A book made up of these; pictures in their order is such a solid, and the little pocket mutoscope exactly satisfies this description. The Fourth Dimension Simply Explained
Instructions the life jacket are given on the card the pocket in front of your seat.
Coins jingled freely in his pocket as he strolled toward the man and his cart.
Bide a wee, bide a wee," he protested, when collared by the pocket-miner. CHAPTER 24
She took out her pocket book and wrote something.
His nostrils flared at the name; unflared when I slipped a gold cinque coin into his tip pocket. 2009 July « Official Harry Harrison News Blog
A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.
Sterling was darting around, looking for pockets of space, but missing a glorious chance from close range. Times, Sunday Times
He had no intention of paying for the meal out of his own pocket.
Tax cuts will leave more in people 's pockets to spend and $1 trillion of infrastructure investment will reinforce demand for labour for a decade. Times, Sunday Times
This hilch named Weightbearing told me you’re supposed to be a whiz with some guts you designed for yourself that generate high-rev gravity pockets—higher even than Triss coils manage. September « 2009 « Fantasy Author's Handbook
The policeman made him turn out his pockets.
Garland pocketed the knife and headed back to show everyone the spot.
Carpenter scrambled out of the pocket, pulled up at the line of scrimmage and shoveled the ball to Thompson, who outleaped two defenders under the goal post. USATODAY.com
I felt as though, strong as the yoke of these janizaries and their master looked, I had the death-warrant of imperialism in my pocket. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866
Not only does this process have much capital behind it - fed by the deep-pocket venture capital organizations of Silicon Valley an hour to the south - but it has its epigones in the press.
Hosting on Airbnb puts money in the pockets of regular Londoners. Times, Sunday Times
One of the robbers stood on the victim's head while the second rifled through his pockets, stealing a credit card and £30 cash.
He put his hand into the pocket of his coat and pulled out a bubbly, burnt lump of clinker rock. SMOKE AND MIRRORS
He reloaded his shotgun, and counted the barrels in his jacket pocket.
He fished up a coin in his pocket.
Made of lightweight, durable fabric it has a zip end pocket. The Sun
When apparel maker Betabrand created a pair of khaki pants whose back-pocket linings and hems could be exposed to reveal reflective fabric, it expected the pants to be a short-term novelty item. Beyond Spandex: Chic Styles for Cyclists Take Off
She grinned and pulled a triangle of white paper out of her pocket and put it in Faith's hand.
She usually wore a dress of dark gray stuff, with immense pockets, a black silk neckerchief folded over her shoulders, a white tamboured muslin cap, with a black ribbon passed two or three times round the crown. Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel
One of the biggest dangers to commuters at the time was the constant threat of pickpockets and other petty thieves preying upon unsuspecting victims.
Moreover, all Soviet art education was state financed and students got materials, free board and lodging, and pocket money.
If I am injured in body or pocket I expect the person causing that injury to compensate me for any losses that I incur unless it has been a genuine accident.
Yes, he agrees, there are pockets of development, but you have to have breakthrough points.
Figure-hugging silhouettes are accented by zippered pockets, panels and side vents.
Shame he didn't win any gongs to take home in those huge pockets. The Sun
Ana laughed it down, stuffing her hand into her pocket and pulling out two small yellow pills, uppers to block her sorrow.
There were some loose bills in his vest pocket -- greenbacks.
If you go somewhere and think you will be hoodooed, always carry a piece of bread in your pocket.
Tea at a tiny inn sunk in a dell through which a sleepy lane trickled between high banks -- tea in the pocket garden under sweet-smelling limes, where stocks stood orderly and honeysuckle sprawled over the brick-nogging, brought back old days of happy fellowship, just to outshine their memory. Anthony Lyveden
So while you are losing your home Mr Main street guy how about folking over that last dollar in your pocket to help the poor banker who made $40 mill in bonus last year (life must be tough). Blog maverick
We saw a range of military regalia such as detachable leather hoods, three-quarter-length fatigues with cargo pockets (also shown in leather), flight pants, and the four-pocket jacket, to name a few. AskMen.com - HOME PAGE
The arches tend to be on high piney ridges, whittled by water and wind and, in the case of a slender pillar at Sky Bridge Arch, by pocketknives.
Noticing the suit and tie, he spoke to me first, looking down his nose, as he did so, to the name plate on my breast pocket. The Unlucky Thirteen
Voluntourism has become an industry, and if you're not careful, your holiday cash can go into an operator's pocket. Times, Sunday Times
Most of the time, our rich pocket, but poor head; we have a dream, but the lack of thought.
A pickpocket can cut through the straps with a sharp knife.
They could produce a chilling effect on press freedom, empowering only the company with bottomless pockets and the rich individual with a limitless appetite for complaints. Times, Sunday Times
On normal days he wore a casual jacket with many pockets. Times, Sunday Times
He pulled a grimy handkerchief from his pocket and let fly with a wet honk into the rag, then he looked at them with bleary eyes.
While knowing total expenditures in lobbying is good I would like to see some breakdown as to where all of that money is going, to see exactly whose pockets are filling as a result of the largess being spread around. Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » $3.47 billion spent. Did you get a pony?
So here you had the scenario, you've got a highjacker on the plane; he's got his passport in his pocket, or in his luggage, and they hit the building, and this enormous fireball erupts and this passport floats out of his pocket or whatever, and gets through the fireball without being singed, then it gets out of the building and falls to the ground where somebody can find it. Interview with David Ray Griffin on the Rob Kall Radio Show
He has a salt-and-pepper mustache, a dab of hair under his lower lip, and a glasses case poking out of his left chest pocket.
When Hawkins missed a difficult green the colour finished hanging over a corner pocket and Parrott was left in a full ball snooker.
Clean out your wallet, your purse and your coat pockets.
I make a little pocket money delivering catalogues.
Yet young children, teenagers and irresponsible adults are carrying in hand and pocket highly explosive materials.
The resort provides accommodation to suit every pocket.
Pockets of strong rural traditionalism and community life survived, not least because of the lack of modern services.
A pocket mask will enable ventilatory support to be given to apnoeic patients (whether due to trauma or medical causes).
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He wore a gray suit with, unlike other board members, no pocket hankie.
Australian hands that were warming in pockets were suddenly preparing for a second bowl.
I had a sudden epiphany, and slipped my hands nonchalantly into my pockets.
The second pair again one was the getter-in-the-way standing right by the doors so that other passengers had to stand that much closer to his mate who did the pocket dipping.
The cabin has plenty of storage spaces, but the door pockets would be much more useful with flexible sides instead of rigid ones.
Brees jinked nicely around the pocket for that pass. New Orleans Saints 45 Detroit Lions 28 - as it happened
This is the chappie who issued a fixed penalty ticket to a driver for allegedly blowing his nose and last year issued one to a man for littering – it was a tenner that had fallen out of his pocket on January 29, 2010 at 10: 33 pm Ben See No Evil…… (at least until the next financial year) « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
The drunk was picking at one of his pockets, he had pulled it inside out.
It was high, fifty thousand, but his lawyer's either got deep pockets or a running tab with a bail bondsman.
I yanked another tissue from my pocket and buried my head in it.
He drew from his pocket a sheet of folded paper and placed upon the end of his nose his famous gold 'lorgnon': "It is very trifling, one of those directives, as Monsieur de Moltke says, which serve to guide operations, a plan of action which we will modify after discussion. Cosmopolis — Complete
I hung my freshly pressed jackets and blazers, complete with the school crest on the pockets and the name Barrett on the laundry mark, in the closet, next to Dave's.
As winds sweep these chemical pockets into middle latitudes they encounter sunlight and trigger rapid ozone destruction.
It was caused by me stupidly putting a retractable pen in my pocket - the ink soaked into the fabric.
The only thing I can theorize is follow the money to some "leaders" pockets and that will give some clue as to the direction they give their followers. Sound Politics: "Ample provision" is a function of both funding and expenses
But best of all was the pool: where most villas boast pocket-handkerchief paddling pools, here was a pool in which to do solitary laps before breakfast, while staring out over miles of burnt-umber fields. Sleeping with the Finzi-Continis: Sicily's Madonie mountains
Andi reached into one of her mangled pockets and pulled out an unfamiliar billfold.
His management trademark is carrying index cards in his shirt pocket so that he can note mistakes while visiting Darden restaurants.
You should negotiate with your attorney or accountant what steps are included in their fee and determine who will be responsible for out-of-pocket expenses such as notarial and registration fees. Setting up a business in Mexico
Through the open windows the heavy, damp night came miasmically floating in, the very cigarettes mildewed in my pockets. Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and its workers
And he was in his element in the amusements, gambling away his pocket money on the slot machines and cascades.
It has two zippered side-entry pockets and high-quality ribbing at the waist and cuffs.
Shorter pockets can indulge among the automobilia, with petrol and sparking plug enamel advertising signs at anything from 20 upwards. Times, Sunday Times
Season with salt and pepper. Remove legs from the pheasant and remove thigh bone out to create a pocket.
The only way he was able to recognize him was when a conjuring trick was found in one of his trouser pockets. A Channel of Peace
As Mr. Adams dons trail clothes—"shirt with dozens of pockets, drip-dry pants that zip off into shorts, floppy hat with a cord pulled tight under the chin"—he realizes, too late, that he looks as though he is trick-or-treating as Ernest Hemingway. In a Lost City, Finding Yourself
But the development of an all-electric biochip has laid an important foundation for the pocket-sized laboratory.
The discovery of a pocket of cassiterite here in 1915 created a small flurry of interest in tin; however, further exploration was unproductive.
The poise has a cigarette in its hand, which cigarette it has just pausingly rolled from material furnished by a number of carefully saved butts (whereof Afrique's pockets are invariably full). The Enormous Room
Lawton turned the page of his pocket edition of Blake.
He took some coins from/out of his pocket.
Some road companies would ban through traffic justifying it on the basis of increased property values while others would positively welcome it, pocketing the extra income from road tolls.
This multitool cigarette case from the Great Depression will put your pocket knife to shame. HUFFPOST HILL - Where Republicans Move Their Money
There are pockets where values have depreciated.
Adam sat down on the one comfortable chair he possessed and pulled his father's envelope out of his inside pocket.
She had crossed this road before, deftly robbing Peter to slip a rubber cheque into Paul's back pocket.
Corio slipped his sunglasses into his pocket and started unlacing his boots.
They wore pink combs in their back pockets and tight jeans with copper-colored rivets.
He brought out a notebook and pen from his pocket.
He fished up a coin in his pocket.
There were so many loopholes and shelters that only the chumps got that big of a bite taken out of their pockets - hench the alternative minimum tax was created. Matthew Yglesias » The Case for More Tax Brackets
Once upon a time there was a little sidepocket universe consisting only of midgets who had been harvested from the Golden Age of Hollywood. Clubhouse update
Crowded shops are a happy hunting-ground for pick-pockets.
He took a handkerchief from his pocket.
The famed financier plainly divulged that he was taking money out of the pockets of British taxpayers.
German-French for “Madame la Vicomtesse,” and after many ceremonious bows, he drew from his pocket a dilapidated pocketbook, saying: “Che un betit bapier bour fous,” and unfolding as he handed it to her a piece of greasy paper. Une Vie
Small mammals, especially rodents such as voles, pocket gophers, and mice make up most of the Great Gray Owl's diet.
His desk was a moraine of insignificant papers; his few working notes were always right on his body, in one of his numerous Urrasti pockets. THE DISPOSSESSED
Carrying lip balm in her pocket is a good idea. Times, Sunday Times
Hall took a round pilot's slide rule from the seat's side pocket and turned the bezel with his thumb. LET NOT THE DEEP
Crane pushed his suspenders off his shoulders and grabbed at his pipe and fished his tobacco pouch from his pocket and began to stuff the pipe's bowl.
The next few pockets yielded only dark blue apatite and clear to smoky to pale citrine quartz.
When I found it in my pocket that night, I put it on the table beside my bed.
She untucked her mouth and looked at me, floppy white sunhat, sandle straps, shrugging open her jacket with hands still in the pockets. WHITE LIES
The captain coming up to have a little conversation, and to introduce a friend, seated himself astride of one of these barrels, like a Bacchus of private life; and pulling a great clasp-knife out of his pocket, began to 'whittle' it as he talked, by paring thin slices off the edges. American Notes
This pocket-sized book is filled with advice on dealing with emergencies in all age groups. Times, Sunday Times
Shoppers will have more in their pockets and it will not cost companies vast sums to borrow for expansion.
He therefore withdrew from an inner pocket an odd object with little waving legs and a rubber-bulbed horn for a body. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
When wearing a new dress or suit it was the custom to place a 'hansel' or small sum of money in the pocket. Irish Blogs
He dumped a heavy rucksack on the floor and stuck his hands into the pockets of his jeans.
These smaller devices are easier to fit in a bag or pocket. Times, Sunday Times
My shoulders hunched up, my hands dug down into my pockets, each gesture made was grand as the movies.
Once I pulled a job, I was so stupid. I picked a guy's pocket on an airplane and made a run for it. Rodney Dangerfield
With a sigh, he pulls an impressive-looking wallet from his pocket and shows a badge to our translator.
Instead, he brings along either a pocket-size Moleskine notebook or, if the project is already under way, several printed floor plans stuffed into his jeans or jacket pockets. The Blueprints Behind the Bistros
There are two mesh pockets inside. Times, Sunday Times
Southern Cross, the troubled social care provider, posted half-yearly results yesterday that have implications far beyond the pockets of its investors, or even the 31,000 residents of its 750 care homes, and the staff who work in them, for whom the future is alarmingly uncertain. Editorial | Social care: Cross purposes
Tiny pockets of purple lavender sprouted hopefully from cracks in the baked earth. Times, Sunday Times
What do you do if you find yourself with a lot of change weighing down your purse / pocket/wallet?
Since the funds to exercise the options and pay the taxes due were provided by margining the stock in Brokerage House Corp.'s Option Financing Program, Mr. Worker was told that he would have no money out of his pocket.
They merely induce wealthy collectors to dip into their pockets.
And as Maigret scowlingly pointed to the newspaper sticking out of his pocket, he smiled. Maigret Afraid
For far too long they've plundered the pockets of the citizens of this country and treated us with utter disrespect.
He pocketed more money from this tournament than in his entire three years as a professional.
The rock liner for the junction pockets is glasslike due to the rapidity with which it cooled during formation.
Making a face, Ethan dug into his jacket pockets, producing an astounding array of charms, talismans, herbs, and potions in corked test-tubes.
The short term savings from offshoring or onshoring are pocket change relative to losing the value of the intellectual property.
It is not enough to reach the summit of pocket billiards excellence.
In a pocket of the coat was a black toque, and in there, a pair of gloves.
Her black eyes were unfocused, her other hand absent-mindedly fondling the pocketed switchblade.
They live together, work together and socialize together. If you ask me, it can't be healthy to live in each other's pockets like that.
When William Herschel landed at Dover he had in his pocket a single crownpiece, and his luggage consisted of the clothes he wore, and a violin. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists
Not to mention needing a daddy with deep pockets to fund the path into one of the richest and most elitist sports on the planet. The Sun
For something a little different in the kitchen, sew a pocket onto the palm of each of your oven gloves and fill them with rosemary.
Is such footwear now trendy or is this some kind of tongue-in-cheek statement from the pocket-sized sheila?
In some pockets of the country price growth was rapid. Times, Sunday Times
He digs snow pits to look for weak layers in the snowpack, and cuts sections of the slope with his skis to see if he can dislodge unstable pockets.
Those that get impatient from the long wait simply pin a note to the front of children’s pockets and leave them in line alone. Safe Haven | Heretical Ideas Magazine
Unlike cities like Leeds, where trouble is in pockets outside the city centre, trouble in Bradford always affects the centre because it is such a small place.
The sense that a candidate is tanking - or on a roll - can make the difference between a potential donor making a contribution or keeping his checkbook in his pocket.
He felt for the green steno journal in his back pocket.
As we filled our pockets greedily, the family playing cricket in the wind looked at us strangely.
Square back pockets that aren't tilted make your bottom look peachy. Times, Sunday Times
Tiny pockets of purple lavender sprouted hopefully from cracks in the baked earth. Times, Sunday Times
He has displayed good mobility in the pocket but also had some overthrows while trying to dodge pressure.
What do you do with my pocket knife?
I have one of those pocket knives, with screw drivers, blade, etc. and I keep a extra round of ammo (wrapped in foam rubber) in the but end of my syn stocked rifles just in case I run out of ammo. Start a Survival Fire With a Bullet
They also pocketed a pile of change which had been saved to buy the children's sweets.
Refined and sleek, this handsome agenda cover slips easily into a jacket pocket or briefcase.
Remember when I was a disco dangle with a spangle sweating in my sticky pocket caning pop and disco dangle darling watching you? Bone Dust Disco
And most vivid do these scenes and people become when the vague and irrecoverable boy who walks among them carries a rod over his shoulder, and you detect the soft bulginess of wet fish about his clothing, and perhaps the tail of a big one emerging from his pocket. Little Rivers; a book of essays in profitable idleness
You always have to be on your guard against pickpockets.
When the housing bubble collapsed, Americans suffered hugely from the devaluation of their main assets, their homes, while the bankers filled their pockets and passed on the mortgages in the form of national debts to foreign banks. Dr. Behzad Mohit: The U.S. Tea Party and General Strikes in Europe -- The Outrage of the Middle Class
The girl drew from her pocket a little green-leather sheath, worn at the edges to whity-brown, and out of that a pair of spectacles, unconsciously looking round the room for a moment as she did so, as if to ensure that no stranger saw her in the act of using them. The Hand of Ethelberta
Tom Ford has introduced a $990 jean made from Japanese selvedge denim, silk-lined pockets and a front button plated with 18-karat gold. Fashion Roundup: Mad Men Designer Working on Collection; Tom Ford's $990 Jeans; More on Michelle Obama's Fashion Choices
She is just as passionate about stylists having easy access today to top quality razor-cutting education at its professional best … education that advances their skills and immediately impacts their 'signature image', their career, and their pocketbooks. PR.com Press Releases
His rumpled hair fell lazily onto his forehead and his hands were buried in the pockets of his trousers.
Made of 100% cotton, 5-oz. twill, these button-downs have fine details like double-needle stitching for added durability, patch pockets and button-down collars.
They have two large pockets which are positioned behind the saddle flap on either side. Your First Horse - buying, feeding, caring
Deer, cottontail rabbits, voles (field mice) and pocket gophers are some of the most common species that damage trees in Nebraska.
He tucked his hands into the pant pockets as he casually strolled down the monolithic hallway.
Tom is soon so weary and exhausted that he cannot even read his Bible, and he draws it out of his pocket one night and attempts to read it as his meager corn cake is cooking.
The keys are in my trouser pocket.
I wondered what the bulge in her coat pocket was.
A few weeks ago, an Alabama sheriff was arrested for underfeeding his inmates and pocketing the leftover meal money.
She pulled out a little notepad from her pocket and fished out a pen.
My grandson is an outdoors boy who likes to hunt and I have been scared to death that he will take his pocket knife to school. Tiny LEGO Gun Spells Big Trouble For Student
There's a few tasty challenges going in here, but the referee's kept his cards in his pocket so far.
I had an apple with me in my hand, and as I stooped to drink I thrust it deep into the pocket of my ulster to be safe. Movie Night
In the chaos, Charlie scooped the liberated lab rat into his pocket and caught a plane back to New York.
As they rode, Tom pulled a bottle of cadaverine from his pocket, dabbed some onto his clothes, and then handed the bottle to Benny. Rot & Ruin
These were people who often turned to crime to make a living such as highwaymen or pickpockets, migrant workers who roamed the country looking for work, and individuals who begged for a living.
He gave them some thought, then extracted two and stowed them in his hip pocket.
He took out his pocket comb and ran it through his thinning hair.
Both stressed that they were financing the expedition out of their own pockets and all the funds they raise will go directly to Oasis House.
Your money burns (a hole) in your pocket.
The trouble is that they forget that people do not carry portable, battery-operated apartments around in their pockets.
There are still a few isolated pockets of resistance to the new regime.
Pockets that tilt slightly inward are good, since they draw the eye toward the center.
They loaded me up with happy gas, told me I had an abscess (eww), drilled out some decay and took $200 out of my pocket.
I have been collecting gold pocket watches for many years; hunters and half-hunters together with alberts and half-alberts and associated fobs.
It sports two large front gusset pockets and a side gusset.
Balancing his cup in one hand, he reached for his pocket watch and checked the lateness of the hour, before replacing it thoughtfully.
No doubt many countries around the world - particularly those who have a few extra coins jingling in their emerging market pockets from selling crap to US consumers, would like to see the power of the US Dollar and thus the US of A significantly reduced. Why US Dollar will remain as World Reserve Currency!
He drew up plans for a small pocket watch and commissioned a friend to build it for him.

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