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• Her odd eyes seemed to drop in their sockets, as if they were trying to tumble out Isn't it--" Charmian began, and stopped abruptly Yes I don't know what I was going to say Perhaps a great bore not to be one's own mistress?" —  The Way of Ambition
• The candles burned low in their sockets--this, also, is figurative; they were stuck on pieces of wood. —  Tenting To-night A Chronicle of Sport and Adventure in Glacier Park and the Cascade Mountains
• The niches once contained statues, for the sockets are visible. —  Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Exeter A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See
• The Ordnance Officer of the Navy Yard will ascertain that they ship freely in the training-loops or sockets, and that the toe is sufficiently rounded not to cut the decks when held vertically DETAILS OF HANDSPIKES No. —  Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition.
• The wax-lights were dying away in their sockets, the flowers fell unfastened from the garlands, the groups of dancers and courtiers were separating in the salons. —  The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After"

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