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heel - use in sentences
Preposition: of
- announcement: Hot on the heels of the announcement of their monster find came another from Washington State.
Converse of object
- wear: Sawyer lets slip a comment about a man wearing built-up heels.
- crack: For really bad calluses and cracked heels, try using the Purple Nail Shaping Pad to further buff away rough patches.
- reinforce: The Bas Prestige is made from 100 % non-stretch, 15 denier nylon and has a reinforced heel and toe.
Adjective modifier
- Cuban: Move on, don't dig your Cuban heels in.
- chunky: Get something with a chunky heel that you can run around in, but also wear with your kids.
- high: The higher heel takes the stress of the injured tendon.
- sore: But Jonathan Woodgate was out of contention with a sore heel and was replaced at the heart of defense by Lucas Radebe.
Modifies a noun
- spur: When there is no indication of bone enlargement, the condition is also referred to as " heel spur syndrome.
- cushioning: Studies have shown that excessive heel cushioning can be a contributing factor.
- pain: A comparison of shoe inserts in relieving mechanical heel pain.
- bone: The less common pain arises at the back of the heel where the Achilles tendon is attached to the heel bone.
- protector: However the extended Achilles heel protector also stops the sock slipping down inside the shoe.
- restraint: Black/white leather rowing shoes with two Velcro straps and leather heel restraints.
Noun used with modifier
- stiletto: Years of disco dancing in stiletto heels have definitely taken their toll on Barbie's dainty arched feet.
- achilles: Even mighty foes will have an achilles heel which the diligent player can exploit.
- kitten: Women drifting down the slope of middle age dig in their kitten heels.
- wedge: Each shoe has a thick sole and high wedge heel.
- Cuban: They're black and for the first time in that size, have a cuban heel.
- spike: Mind you, I wasn't wearing spike heels at the time -- or have I at any time, for that matter.
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