A small, isolated group or area.
‘there were pockets of disaffection in parts of the country’
More example sentences
‘Our audience in Winnipeg was all blue hair with pockets of young people and gay men.’
‘From rooftops to alleys, combined military forces are battling pockets of remaining fighters.’
‘They are doing deliberate patrols with aircraft to try and locate any pockets of people.’
‘Simon is the new identikit picture in affluent pockets of modern Scotland - and he needs a new breed of private bank to look after his affairs.’
‘While the centre of Paris is almost unbroken in its beauty from one end of the Seine to the other on either bank, Berlin is a compartmentalised city with pockets of life and interest.’
‘If a large pocket of elderly people forms, then ambulance services should be expanded to that area.’
‘For, unless the projects are implemented on a large scale, the impact on development will stay this way, in small pockets and in certain regions.’
‘Part of the initial problem was that there were pockets of people who had different views, and some people were taken aback by what they were saying.’
‘The consignment was also supposed to be distributed in selected pockets of other northeastern states, especially Mizoram.’
‘The estate is a pocket of lawlessness and it is not tolerable that people have to live with that.’
‘Yes, he agrees, there are pockets of development, but you have to have breakthrough points.’
‘He outlined how no major housing scheme was built in Newbridge in the last six years and the land at Rickardstown was closer to the town centre than many other green field pockets.’
‘The exceptional case made for Hastings is that it is the poorest town in the region with pockets of severe deprivation.’
‘Famine is biting deep in isolated pockets all over the country.’
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