socked

past tense of sock

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for socked
Verb
  • And then the game itself smacked him like Zack Bolduc’s hit that knocked Hall upside down into the Blues bench.
    Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 1 Jan. 2025
  • She got smacked, but the ball went in.
    Benjamin Royer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • With all the injuries hitting the Nuggets, Gordon has been a go-to player for the team.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Meanwhile, Lebanon's state news agency said Israeli artillery hit two towns in southern Lebanon and that three other towns close to the border were hit by airstrikes.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 22 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Eazy The Block Captain and Shields also hopped into the fray, with Eazy disputing Papoose’s claim that he was punched unconscious and challenging him to a fight.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Cops released photos of an unknown assailant on Saturday who punched and slashed a straphanger in the face after an argument inside a Brooklyn subway station last month.
    Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 5 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Councilmember Bob Holden slammed Hochul for this, arguing that the city and state simply need to enforce existing laws instead of changing them.
    Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2025
  • The statement sparked outrage with GOP lawmakers, who slammed Allstate for not explicitly condemning terrorism.
    Jackson Walker, Baltimore Sun, 3 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The visual struck a chord with the general public, and the garter toss was born.
    Ivana Rihter, Vogue, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Here are five species that struck NPR as especially wonderful, both because of the biology of the species, as well as the stories behind their discovery.
    Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • A day earlier, Michigan's Upper Peninsula was pounded by heavy snow and high winds gusting up to 50 mph resulting in blizzard conditions and whiteouts.
    Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025
  • The Orioles pounded the Red Sox on Monday without any of their starters, relying on hard-throwing prospect Zach Fruit and a slew of youngsters.
    Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 17 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The net simply gets clipped onto the detector as needed.
    Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 30 Dec. 2024
  • The car moved across multiple lanes, clipped another vehicle, struck the outer retention wall then careened back across all lanes of traffic.
    Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 15 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The watches were swiped from Reeves’ Hollywood Hills home in December 2023, according to police.
    Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Where there once were homes and gardens was now a wide furrow of dirt, as if a giant had swiped his foot across it.
    Eduardo Medina, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024
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“Socked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/socked. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.

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