Socket

//ˈsɒkɪt//

"Socket" in a Sentence (15 examples)

The eye socket is the bone receptacle in which the eye fits.

The new trendy way to drink vodka is to pour it directly into your eye socket. However, doing so could seriously damage your vision.

Take the fork out of the electric socket.

There are sparks flying out of the electric socket.

Tom stuck a fork into the electrical socket.

Tom pushed the plug into the socket.

Never plug your finger into the socket.

I need a socket.

Electricity comes from the wall socket, and water from the tap.

Sami threw the ball so hard he almost pulled his shoulder out of its socket.

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Near-synonyms: jack, outlet, receptacle, wall socket

Each seat must have a 230V socket, a USB socket, a coat hook, reading light and cup holder.

Chriſt calls his Miniſters, Lux Mundi, the light of the World, Matth. 5. 14. therefore they must be alwayes giving forth their luſtre; their light must not go out till it be in the ſocket or till violent death as an extinguisher put it out.

The candle burned to its socket, the fire went out, the night air grew heavy with silence, before Herbert lay down.

Her head and trunk were carved out of, or rather into, the bole of a great red cedar. She seemed to be part of the tree itself, as if she had grown there at its heart, and the carver had only chipped away the outer wood so that you could see her. Her arms were spliced and socketed to the trunk, and were flung wide in a circling, compelling movement.

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