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Example sentences for: socks

How can you use “socks” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

With all the problems that we have, from the financial crisis in Asia to genocide in central Africa and the civil war in Kosovo, I really hope that the Americans can pull their socks up and be capable of acting."
However, socks are optional.
The concept isn't ground-breaking, but the show's worth watching, if only for the scene with Ray in his Santa boxers and socks, pushing a floor sweeper around the Christmas tree while warbling "In the Ghetto."
So I was on the phone with the Helpdesk again, learning about my SOCKS and my DNS server.
Ian Small, headmaster of Bootham School in York, a specialist on English in the leading independent schools, is quoted as saying, Thousands of English teachers have been working their socks off to encourage youngsters to write well and effectively, and if all that work was in vain, it will be a great pity, a footling remark in the circumstances.