Get to know Pocket better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like pouch or sac.
Pocket in a sentence
Related words
Pocket meaning
- A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.
- A person's financial resources.
- An indention and cavity with a net sack or similar structure (into which the balls are to be struck) at each corner and one centered on each side of a pool or snooker table.
Synonyms of Pocket
Using Pocket
- The main meaning on this page is: A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items. | A person's financial resources. | An indention and cavity with a net sack or similar structure (into which the balls are to be struck) at each corner and one centered on each side of a pool or snooker table.
- Useful related words include: pouch, sac, concavity, concave shape.
- In the example corpus, pocket often appears in combinations such as: the pocket, pocket and, of pocket.
Context around Pocket
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 12 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pocket
- In this selection, "pocket" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, trouser, left, mini, too, passer and friendly stand out and add context to how "pocket" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a folding pocket knife in, a front pocket and or, own pocket, pocket fees and left pocket. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pocket" sits close to words such as lasting, honour and arriving, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pocket
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Pocket Gallery is a pocket-sized gallery. (7 words)
It also comes in two versions: the Reon Pocket Standard and Reon Pocket Lite. (14 words)
One is an outer purse pocket and the other is in my jacket or pants pocket. (16 words)
And should you be having a more nuanced conversation that ONE Mini Pocket’s AI isn’t quite picking up, ONE Mini Pocket users can rely on the brand’s 24/7 live interpreter service to step in and save the day. (42 words)
The simple and convenient design includes two roomy storage compartments, 15” laptop sleeve, front utility pocket with organizer and a side water bottle pocket (that definitely did not exist when I was wearing JanSports to school in the 90s). (39 words)
Others put the pocket too low on the back for my short arms and inflexible shoulders to reach, or made the pocket too narrow for a phone to easily slide in and out of without a wrestling match. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Can stay in the pocket, can beat you with his arm from the pocket and also can beat you with his legs from out of the pocket.
Port covers keep out dust and dirt while the slim, pocket-friendly profile makes it easy to slide your phone into a pocket.
Prosecutor Lauren Sangray said: "He was found with a silver locking knife in his left trouser pocket and a bottle of rum in his jacket pocket.
She received another call form Ms Lord at 16:15 but it "sounded like a pocket call - I could hear movement in her pocket".
It is essentially just a left pocket, right pocket move to switch China's "hidden debt" to be back on the balance sheet.
Others put the pocket too low on the back for my short arms and inflexible shoulders to reach, or made the pocket too narrow for a phone to easily slide in and out of without a wrestling match.
Police found a folding pocket knife in the defendant’s rear trouser pocket when they searched him.
Runbox boasts 11 card pockets, an ID pocket, and a pocket for cash, more than most smart wallets on the market.
There’s also a small zip-up waterproof pocket on the outside, and another zip pocket on the inside with mesh, so you can see what’s in there.
There’s money out of pocket for gas, meals and other out-of-pocket expenses that may not be reimbursed for many weeks, or not reimbursed at all.
And should you be having a more nuanced conversation that ONE Mini Pocket’s AI isn’t quite picking up, ONE Mini Pocket users can rely on the brand’s 24/7 live interpreter service to step in and save the day.
Brady was undoubtedly the greatest pocket-passer the game had ever seen, but there’s nothing transcendental about being a pocket-passer.
The original Pocket Go included just 32MB of RAM, and the performance difference between the two is so dramatic that the New Pocket Go can actually emulate PlayStation 1 games as well as 16-bit classics.
The simple and convenient design includes two roomy storage compartments, 15” laptop sleeve, front utility pocket with organizer and a side water bottle pocket (that definitely did not exist when I was wearing JanSports to school in the 90s).
It also comes in two versions: the Reon Pocket Standard and Reon Pocket Lite.
I went to pull my phone out of my left pocket, and it got snagged on the lip at the top of the pocket, sprang out of my hand, and dropped straight to the ground.
Men, consider carrying wallets in a front pocket and/or adding a large rubber band around it so if a thief tries to swipe it, it will get caught on the pocket.
One is an outer purse pocket and the other is in my jacket or pants pocket.
Pocket Gallery is a pocket-sized gallery.
While the veshti is the traditional attire of South Indian men, especially Tamilians, what is trending amongst youth is the ‘velcro pocket veshti’, which has a handy pocket to keep one’s mobile or cash.
Phrases with pocket
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with pocket
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the pocket 39×
- pocket and 32×
- of pocket 19×
- his pocket 12×
- your pocket 11×
- pocket of 9×
- own pocket 7×
- my pocket 7×
- pocket as 5×
- back pocket 5×