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
She moved slowly around the room in her stockinged feet, taking down the scrubbed pans from the wall, building up the fire, washing the grit from the collards.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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