heel
noun
the back part of the human foot, below and behind the ankle.
heelless
-
a word derived from
heel.
Example Sentences
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Instead, there were white-and-turquoise fishermen sandals and heelless dress shoes.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 14, 2024
Wrote Evitts Dickinson: “The 1940s became the decade of the McCardell woman, clad in casual jersey, wearing wrap dresses or pantsuits with pockets, going braless, maybe, and heelless, and feeling confident in her stylish attire.”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 17, 2022
There the 58-year-old Jefferson, scandalizing British Minister Merry by receiving him in comfortable, heelless slippers, created an international sensation when he dispensed with precedents at State functions.
From Time Magazine Archive
He wore narrow cotton trousers, black heelless slippers, and a frogged Chinese smock.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
He ignored his host's solicitous inquiry concerning his family and bent and unknotted the thongs of his heelless sandals.
From The Return of Tharn by Howard Browne
