stockings

Example Sentences

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Doreen couldn’t wait for the end of rationing, especially for the day when nylon stockings would be available in England.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Women would wear dresses and stockings; men would don suits and hats.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

The other DHS clip is a montage of Yuletide cheer — Santa, elves, stockings, dancing — over a sped-up electro-trash remake of Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

"We hope that whoever is lucky enough to win one of the stockings at auction will pass it down as a family heirloom to be treasured for decades to come," she added.

From BBC • Dec. 1, 2025

Mami bought me a red plaid wool jumper with a crisp white shirt, my first pair of stockings, and penny loafers.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago