stockinged
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Without shoes, “the floors and carpets get a liberal sprinkling of invisible microorganisms from the visitors’ stockinged feet, some of which are infection producing,” Peter Slade said.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 30, 2023
When she posed for a graduation photo beside her mother, she subverted the solemnity by dropping a stockinged leg into Ursula’s hand, a la Harpo Marx.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 30, 2019
We get a closeup of her stockinged feet, which break into an impromptu dance as she revels in the rules of the game.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 1, 2019
The woman teetered dangerously on high-heel sandals, one strap broken, the water lapping at her stockinged feet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2017
He looked suddenly tired and small, standing there in his splayed, stockinged feet, and his eyes contained a panic I had never seen before.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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