sole
adjective
being the only one; only.
soleless
-
a word derived from
sole.
Example Sentences
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One fellow had on the cast-off coat of a policeman, too small to reach across his naked body, with a pair of trousers with scarlet stripes, billowing down to the uppers of his soleless shoes.
From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 by Various
The soleless shoes of ox-hide or sheepskin, made by the women out of a single piece, are strapped to the instep.
From The Story of Ida Pfeiffer and Her Travels in Many Lands by Anonymous
His clothes were often ragged, and he frequently had to walk twenty miles in a day in shoes that were almost soleless.
From Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886 by Various
He straightens, thrilled from the top of his rather beautiful filthy head to the soleless slippers with which he promenades in rain and frost: "Merci, Monsieur!"
From The Enormous Room by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings
His hands, bronzed by the tan of sixteen summers, were clasped under his head, and his legs were crossed, one soleless shoe on high vaunting its nakedness in the face of an indifferent world.
From Sandy by Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice
