Example Sentences
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We found quarters in her coat pocket, a dollar in an old purse, and pennies in the tray in the living room.
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“Ordinary people have no money in their pockets, including us,” she said.
It isn’t the first time we’ve seen the power that comes when almost everyone has a video camera in his or her pocket—thanks to the success of the iPhone.
Giving Venezuelans equal dividends from their country’s oil profits would put immediate cash in their pockets to buy food and medicine and to start rebuilding their lives.
As soon as she’s gone, I jump up, take out my letter, and slip it carefully into the pocket of my work pants.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.