Example Sentences

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Pocketing goals is key to the Reign climbing the standings.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 15, 2023

Pocketing walls of glass and a retractable sun roof combine for indoor-outdoor living across the 5,500-square-foot floor plan.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2021

Pocketing one of these notes equates to walking around with a nearly $600 bill.

From US News • May 6, 2016

Pocketing the piece of Canel’s Mexican gum that comes with our check, we head south to the pier at the end of 138th Street where the Capitol Dome sections were loaded.

From Washington Post • Jan. 29, 2015

Pocketing the keys, she felt her way along the walls.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord