Examples of 'own pockets' in a sentence

Meaning of "own pockets"

refers to paying for something using one's personal money or resources, rather than relying on outside funding or support. This phrase is often used in the context of individuals or businesses covering expenses without external assistance

How to use "own pockets" in a sentence

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own pockets
He was just using it to line his own pockets.
To line your own pockets is hardly.
He will sell it to line his own pockets.
Money and lining their own pockets is all that is important.
He knew the forest as their own pockets.
They dug into their own pockets to cover salary shortfalls.
While she lines her own pockets.
He lined his own pockets with the grain given to the people.
Catholic bullets to line your own pockets.
Everything comes from our own pockets and those of the public.
Stealing trinkets to fatten their own pockets.
Probably lining her own pockets with that cash.
He only wants to redistribute it to his own pockets.
From our own pockets.
I am just keeping my hands in my own pockets.

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Check my own pockets.
They are criminals out to line their own pockets.
He was not trying to line his own pockets at the expense of others.
Corrupt politicians simply line their own pockets.
We often come out of our own pockets to pay the bills.
Nickles and dimes being stufed into thier own pockets.
Those who try to fill their own pockets had better watch out.
When a politician has his hands in his own pockets.
Arnold uses his station to line his own pockets at the expense of our interests.
A politician with his hands in his own pockets.
Lucio did not trick people and fill his own pockets it was definitely a political thing.
These products paying out of their own pockets.
Young teachers spend more out of their own pockets because they do not have supplies stockpiled.
Most of it came out of their own pockets.
I will go into my own pockets to cover his co-pay.
Us who are paying out of our own pockets.
But if he lined his own pockets with company funds, he will never work again.
We paid for it out of our own pockets.
Meanwhile, he lines his own pockets with the money that we, the students, earned.
This comes out of their own pockets.
Is it from their own pockets or from the Church 's treasury?
You are lining your own pockets.
We do not want anybody to think we are suing just to line our own pockets.
I have already emptied my own pockets for this one.
Rodriguez clearly was only interested in filling his own pockets.
Out of our own pockets.
So many enter politics to simply line their own pockets.
No more dipping into their own pockets to buy supplies.
Just so he could sell it to terrorists and line his own pockets.
To line her own pockets.
Everything up until this point has been out of our own pockets.
They are my own pockets.
Their ambitious venture was funded entirely from their own pockets.
Will have to dig into their own pockets to the extent.
Even the initial production costs were paid for from their own pockets.

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