soleless
- a word derived from sole.
Example Sentences
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Yet this man's coat hung about him in tatters, and his boots were almost soleless.
From The Survivor by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
He wears an old felt hat, cotton shirt, badly patched trousers, suspenders attached to the buttons of his trousers with string, and shoes that are almost soleless.
From Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Various
Footmarks—the imprint of boots—very ragged, half soleless boots—the footprints of one man.
From The Triumph of Hilary Blachland by Mitford, Bertram
Many well-meaning people flooded the place with provisions and a miscellaneous assortment of wearing apparel, running from silk dresses and opera cloaks to cotton jumpers and soleless patent leathers.
From Jimmie Moore of Bucktown by Trotter, Melvin Earnest
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 Rice, Alice Caldwell Hegan
