HEEL in a Sentence
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194 example sentences for HEEL, such as:
1. One woe doth tread upon another's heels.
2. He found the pursuer close at his heels.
3. I scuffed the heel of my boot on the step.
4. There's a hole in the heel of my stocking.
5. Grief often treads upon the heels of pleasure.
2. He found the pursuer close at his heels.
3. I scuffed the heel of my boot on the step.
4. There's a hole in the heel of my stocking.
5. Grief often treads upon the heels of pleasure.
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Meanings and Examples of HEEL
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heel
n. one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread
n. the lower end of a ship's mast
Classic Sentence: (175 in 12 pages)
1 And you and Prissy go bring in the sow and her litter, she said briefly, turning on her heel.
2 She could have ground her heel into the gaping wound which had been his nose and taken sweet pleasure in the feel of his warm blood on her bare feet.
3 Her sore foot, forgotten in the excitement, now gave a tremendous throb that made her grit her teeth and shift her weight to the heel.
4 He turned on his heel before she could speak and went out of the room on swift feet.
5 "So are you," said Bonnie generously and, hammering a heel into Mr. Butler's ribs, she galloped down the yard toward the arbor.
6 She walked the rails, balancing with arms extended, cautious heel before toe.
7 But chancing to slip with his ivory heel, he saw the crushed copper sight-tubes of the quadrant he had the day before dashed to the deck.
8 When she saw it lying there, she stamped her heel upon it, striving to crush it.
9 But her small boot heel did not make an indenture, not a mark upon the little glittering circlet.
10 So he went on, tearing up all the flowers from the garden of his soul, and setting his heel upon them.
11 See, the heel has hardly touched the ground; and there the dark-hair has made a little jump, from root to root.
12 Without ceremony, and with a rough hand, he twirled the supple Gamut around on his heel, and more than once affirmed that the Hurons had done themselves great credit in the fashion of his costume.
13 So saying, he turned quickly on his heel, and shut the door after him.
14 "Papa is much obliged to you for his recommendation," said St. Clare, laughing, as he turned on his heel and walked away.
15 Meanwhile, Simon turned on his heel, and marched up to the bar of the boat for a dram.
Example Sentence: (19 in 2 pages)
1 For years the nation had been under the heel of a dictatorial regime.
2 There's a hole in the heel of my stocking.
3 Memory is heel, lonesome is dent, I a person coexistence.
4 Using the heel of your hand, press the dough firmly into shape.
5 I scuffed the heel of my boot on the step.
6 The crevice passage twisted into this reef, curved directly to the north heel, and ran along the base of the rock.
7 His opponents could not harm Achilles, who was vulnerable only in his heel.
8 There was a cross in the left boot heel made with big nails, to keep off the devil.
9 Many of common foot complaints, like heel pain, arch pain and ball of foot pain, are caused by faulty foot mechanics.
10 They were bunching up, almost treading upon each other's heels.
11 One woe doth tread upon another's heels.
12 Grief often treads upon the heels of pleasure.
13 I'll put him in a cell to cool his heels for a bit.
14 He found the pursuer close at his heels.
15 Learn to use high heels to fight You are the real queen.