How To Use Shoes In A Sentence
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It brings prestige to Scotland on a shoestring, and a great deal is done by people for whom it's a crusade, not a job.
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She took a lot of tweed and heavy suiting, an ankle-length dress and platform shoes - quite the bonkers stuff.
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When writing, she is totally absorbed in the book and on one never-to-be-forgotten occasion, her sons returned from school ravenous to find she had shoved a pair of muddy shoes in the oven for their tea!
Diana Wynne Jones biography
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When you buy a new dress, be sure you have shoes and other accessories to go with it.
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The next morning, I woke up in an alley off Rosedale, my shoes, wallet and cummerbund gone, and I had to call the old man collect to come fetch me.
Aforementioned
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You're gonna become one unhappy, sore and mundane dude if you wore uncomfy shoes all the time.
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Even the shoes, booties with vertiginous heels, were covered in grasping little coral-like tentacles that shook as the models -- their faces abloom with gold and colorful stripes -- stomped down the catwalk.
Balmain, Zac Posen, Rick Owens & Manish Arora Out Of This World In Paris (PHOTOS, POLL)
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Polish shoes; get new heels or soles if necessary.
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Shoes are available in many styles in fabrics which can be custom dyed to match the gown.
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She was wearing a neat green shirtwaister and lace-up walking shoes.
NOTHING TO WEAR AND NOWHERE TO HIDE: A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES
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His critics like to joke that at 67, he still wears lifts in his shoes.
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While I'm walking along the beach and eating handfuls of cornflake sand, I encounter a group of envelopes playing horseshoes.
Horseshoe Champion
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Wear warm gloves, socks and shoes in the cold.
The Sun
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Smith gave Mandy not only a new leotard, but tights and ballet shoes too.
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He was dressed in a worn tricorn, a dark homespun coat, knee-length breeches, dark stocking, and heavy brogue shoes.
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The evening takes the form of a memory play told by the elderly Kat, now a shoeshine boy working the streets, who looks back at his younger self.
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The mud adhered to her shoes.
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How do I clean mud off silk shoes?
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At first, she did odd things like rearranging her shoes and alphabetizing the books on the bookshelf in her office.
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The people who put their shoes and belts back on before moving away from the conveyor belt.
Times, Sunday Times
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So my advice is, settle on a style that works for you doing online research at Zappos, 6pm, and shoes.com might help, then look for the best quality you can afford; don't be too proud to look in the "markdown" stores.
A Word on Shopping
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There are the chronically shod who would only dream of stepping out of their shoes in the shower or in bed.
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But the designer decided to withdraw the shoes over fears they could become a lethal weapon if the wearer accidentally trod on someone else's foot, the Daily Telegraph reported.
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She was told to wear flat shoes, on account of her back problem.
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His maternal grandfather, who fled Russia to avoid conscription by the tsarist army, was a Hebrew scholar, mystic, mathematician, and inventor who made boots and shoes for a living.
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Besides, he caused a general visitation to be made of all the land from Quito to Chile, registering the whole population for more than a thousand leagues; and imposed a tribute [_so heavy that no one could be owner of a_ mazorca _of maize, which is their bread for food, nor of a pair of_ usutas, _which are their shoes, nor marry, nor do a single thing without special licence from Tupac Inca.
History of the Incas
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He flapped up to his apartment in his ruined shoes, found his keys in the bottom of the buff envelope.
THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS
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He was wearing a red V-neck shirt with long sleeves that belled out near the hands, white jeans, and black slip-on shoes with thick white socks.
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I got quite used to tiny black Tussock birds pecking matter-of-factly at my shoes.
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A partially nude woman, with folded arms and wearing green socks and purple shoes, stands in the middle.
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They were not very varied in design and the emphasis was on good luck charms such as four-leaf clovers, horseshoes and wishbones, again set with tiny diamonds.
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Whenever possible, forego fashion and stick with ‘sensible’ shoes.
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Get rid of the bulky boxes the shoes came in, pop them into homemade or store-bought shoe bags, and line them up in neat rows inside the drawers.
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I've rooted out an old pair of shoes that might fit you.
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She glides to the podium, perfect in every way, from the toes of her green pearlized kid shoes, to the elegant full length Thai silk ceremonial vest, to the top of her jade tiara.
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Crafted from the highest-quality spring steel I had, these shoes will compliment any office cube or trophy case.
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He'd tied his sneaker laces together, and now had his shoes strung about his neck.
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A nice pair of jeans with a cashmere pullover sweater and a nice pair of shoes is a good look.
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They couldn't bear to go back to having dull shoes.
The Sun
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He wears wellington boots, having given his last pair of shoes to a refugee.
Times, Sunday Times
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Ensure your interview suit is pressed, shoes polished and shirt ironed.
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She watched Dorothy carefully, to see if she ever took off her shoes, thinking she might steal them.
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Install rotor, caliper, and wheel and tire assembly, then adjust parking brake shoes.
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He sensed more than heard the scuffle of trainer shoes on concrete behind him and threw a casual glance over his shoulder.
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Short and pudgy at 5-foot-3, he wore platform shoes and sported a permed bouffant.
Kim Jong Il Dead: North Korea Leader Dies (VIDEO)
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The stones beneath her shoes grated harshly.
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They come with wholesome winter references such as alpine leaf designs or chunky cable knits, and should be worn with jeans and heavy shoes or trainers.
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Don't trample mud from your shoes on to the floor; I've just this minute swept it.
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Beginning in the last quarter of the fourteenth century, shoes were worn with pattens - carved wooden supports with pedestals under the heel and ball - to protect the shoes.
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It is a building site and my nice new shoes got covered in dust.
The Sun
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The term frugality has been so perverted that it now means 'No, no, no' to everyone, whether it's shoes or lattes or travel," he said.
NYT > Home Page
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Darker shoes are also less likely to look dirty simply because stains won't show as much.
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How do you know whether your horse needs new shoes?
Your First Horse - buying, feeding, caring
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My father used to mend our shoes.
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Or taking home some cash when you shell out on a new pair of shoes?
The Sun
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Dressed again in wadmal, leather gloves, leather apron, and wooden shoes, beard and mane full of the soot that blackened his skin, the dwarf gripped a piece with tongs and banged it into shape.
Operation Luna
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Since balmorals are more formal than bluchers and broguing makes shoes less formal, where does this leave those shoes that are both brogued and balmorals?
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The horseshoes are first pulled off, which are worth about 4s., the hoofs fetch 8s., the tail 2s.; the tallow is not worth much, the hide is worth something; the shinbones are sold to be converted into cane-heads, knife-handles, &c.
A New York Paper States
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His black cloak had seen service; the waistcoat of grey plaid bore yet stronger marks of having encountered more than one campaign; his third piece of dress was an absolute veteran compared to the others; his shoes were so loaded with mud as showed his journey must have been pedestrian; and a grey maud, which fluttered around his wasted limbs, completed such an equipment as, since
Count Robert of Paris
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Single leaf from a Missal, in Latin Germany, Hamburg, shortly before 1381 Illuminated by Meister Bertram von Minden The young people hawking are fashionably dressed: the youth wears a red pourpoint with a dagged hem, a particularly tight chaperon, narrow belt, and open shoes.
Fashion in Art: Medieval France and the Netherlands
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Ah, what a world entire was this lost little hamlet of Paradise, where merrymakers trod on the mourners 'heels, where the scream of the biniou drowned the floating note of the passing bell, where Misery drew the curtains of her bed and lay sleepless, listening to Gayety dancing breathless to the patter of a coquette's wooden shoes!
The Maids of Paradise
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He's just been asked why, within months of becoming leader, David Cameron had donned salopettes to travel to the Arctic with huskies in a demonstration of a new leader with new values, but at a similar stage in his leadership Ed Miliband is at home in north London, new Timberland deck shoes sparkling, nowhere near the north pole but in a living room with a beautiful cream carpet the closest thing to snow.
Ed Miliband ? no huskies, no north pole, but he's in for the long haul
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Ordered by Sennett to come up with a more workable screen image, Chaplin improvised an outfit consisting of a too-small coat, too-large pants, floppy shoes, and a battered derby.
Five People Born on April 16 | myFiveBest
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I was trying to run in platform shoes, bell-bottoms and a long coat.
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Sister Margaret wasn't more than five feet two in her low-heeled black shoes.
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Old guys spend more time sitting up late after the family's asleep, and in these hours your old guy will plan and replan his upcoming expedition, put new laces on his wading shoes, tie flies, dress in all his Arctic gear in order to see what it's like to move around in, call another insomniac old guy and check out up-to-the-minute river conditions, and so on.
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
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After strapping the shoes securely to my feet, I ran down the stairs and to my black truck.
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That's a very fancy pair of shoes!
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From hiking boots to beach sandals, even the more specialist items such as ergonomic running shoes and walking boots.
Archive 2008-08-01
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Smiling broadly, the shoemaker wrote out an order for three pairs of shoes.
FINAL RESORT
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Then what sounded like tennis shoes swishing through shallow water (I never had the courage to swim in water more than a foot deep) startled me.
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But to want to see the back of chick-lit because you've read too many blurbs that feature a single girl with too many shoes and a Martini habit is a bit like consigning pop music to the knackers' yard just because you don't like The X Factor.
Should we mourn the end of chick-lit?
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There was even an ongoing carnival and lots of gangs of women on hen dos, wearing rubbish outfits (and stupid deeley-bopper things on their heads), with even more rubbish shoes.
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Ten minutes in a playground and the jumper would be off, polished shoes scuffed and shorts stained with apple juice.
The Sun
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I got these shoes at a fraction of the original price.
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He turns and leaves the room, his shoes clomping against the floor.
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Your current shoes may show the telltale signs of overpronation (too much inward rolling of the foot) or excessive supination (too much outward rolling), so bring them along for the salesperson to examine.
Long May You Run
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Though the guzzling gumshoes of the 30's and 40's evolved from those eloquent pipe-smoking dandies, they have as much in common as rotgut rye and Earl Grey tea.
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There is also some automatic service nike mad jibe shoes without anybody in the hotel toilet.
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Shoes or boots should have non-slip soles and walking aids should be fitted with rubber feet to ensure an adequate grip.
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Anyone wearing high-heeled shoes would find herself punching holes in the floorboard.
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I loved to browse in shops and look at shoes and clothes, necklaces and earrings.
Christianity Today
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We laugh, and he delivers the punchline about the lieutenant governor's shoes one more time.
The Times Literary Supplement
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The camera, re-entering the world of normal gravity, dropped hard beside my shoes. Beer bottles were everywhere.
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They tucked their shoes under the bench and walked to the entry that led onto the rink.
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her pinched toes in her pointed shoes were killing her
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She descended the stairs carefully because the shoes were pinching her feet.
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It was fantastic, my lip would curl up and my knee would go wobbly and I'd sing Blue Suede Shoes.
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Immediately she heard the sound of shoes thumping from the other side of the house.
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14 April 2005 @ 11: 37 am no doubt correct ... but I object, because I have no specific term for an easy class, I work out in tennies, not tennis shoes, and I'll use both "kitty corner" and "diagonal" as the mood suits.
No doubt correct...
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I'm gonna buy me a little red dress and some tottery shoes.
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Out of the saloon he went and met Sylvester West the druggist stumbling along in the kind of heavy overshoes called arctics.
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Munro shoes also designed the Duet sandal, a sophisticated shoe, that is a hybrid of a mule and sandal.
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Other times I sought refuge in the safe haven of grandfather's forge and helped him to make sickles or horseshoes by manning the big bellows.
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We would balance on his highly polished shoes while he danced across the room.
Times, Sunday Times
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Well, I'm sorry you've lost your shoes, but you've got to laugh, haven't you?
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The main reason why so many people have problems ranging from bunions to hammer toes is poor choice of shoes and their improper fit.
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I went in, and found there a stoutish, middle – aged person, in a brown surtout and black tights and shoes, with no more hair upon his head (which was a large one, and very shining) than there is upon an egg, and with a very extensive face, which he turned full upon me.
David Copperfield
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Lights fizzing onto the pavement, I felt the rain pattering down by my shoes.
Bitchin' about being a bitch. «
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They included shirts, shoes and starched winged collars.
The Sun
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Tata She is especially possessive about her shoes.
Times, Sunday Times
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At last she heard the cautious, stuffless tread of his rubber-soled shoes shuffling along the hall.
The Lodger
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But next day when the cobbler ventured to criticise the legs, the painter came forth from his hiding-place and recommended the cobbler to stick to the shoes -- advice which in the words of the Latin version of the story also has been adopted as a proverb, _Ne sutor ultra crepidam_ ( "Let not the shoemaker overstep his last").
Little Folks (November 1884) A Magazine for the Young
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And, in fact, the buckles on his wedding shoes for the day of his marriage were worth two million pounds or so, $3 million by today's standards.
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From elegant trapeze artists to humorous anecdotal scenes of circus life on a shoestring budget, you can see why Camille is tempted to join Petra and run away with the circus.
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You take the clean clothes, the soft-soled shoes and the paper with the details of the interview.
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Before the advent of the snowmobile, Ms. McLeod would run in front of the dog sled team in snowshoes to break the snow and clear a path.
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His Holiness puts on a _mozzetta_ of white (instead of red) damask, and wears it during the whole of Easter week: His shoes also are white.
The Ceremonies of the Holy-Week at Rome
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I heard the metallic ring of a horse's shoes striking the temple's stone courtyard.
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She found a pair of children's shoes among the debris.
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These shoes are too tight.
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Every night at bedtime I hide his hairbrush in his pillow and sometimes he hides my shoes in the washing machine.
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The former were drabby-looking creatures, stained in face with oil and dust, clad in thin, shapeless, cotton dresses and shod with more or less worn shoes.
Sister Carrie
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Long-backed, thin, ‘lank as a leafless elm,’ a New England coach driver might look as though a high wind would blow him away, yet he would wear nankeens and low shoes in winter weather, and was not fragile but lusty.
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Some mornings the missus had to get me out of bed and put my shoes and socks on for me.
Times, Sunday Times
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Townshend's suede lace-up hightop shoes were called Desert Boots.
In the Studio #35
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I want to know whether he tied the shoelaces of both shoes together.
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Shoes should be pointy and bags come with a classic top handle.
Times, Sunday Times
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Tanners tan hides to make leather shoes.
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To take part, all you need to do is turn up in warm, old clothes, with sensible sturdy shoes.
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"Yes, Bwana," came the voice from the hallway, followed by a perspiring black man in a loose white shirt, loose white pants, and a pair of cracked plastic shoes - which made him one of the richer men of his village ten miles up the Busati.
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The factory churns out thousands of pairs of these shoes every week.
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Teigue wordlessly toed off his shoes, letting them hit the floor with two dull thuds.
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If not - and because she doesn't like wearing the lifts in her shoes - she will suffer back pain.
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Mephisto makes shoes with a 100 percent biodegradable latex midsole, a natural rubber sole, and a footbed made of pure natural cork.
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Evan had those shoes that were sneakers but made more for show then for anything else.
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True Blood" co-stars Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer married Saturday evening; the bride wore "a white halterneck, three-quarter length gown and black platform court shoes, with her hair in an updo," according to US Weekly ...
Faith Evans arrested for DUI; Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer marry; 'Mad Men' sends internet searching for Dr. Lyle Evans
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Every year he went there for his wardrobe, ordering several suits and pairs of handmade shoes.
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I took off my shoes and legwarmers and slowly rotated my right ankle.
No Way Home: A Cuban Dancer's Tale
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I abandoned my shirt for my floral bikini top and my little white tennis shoes for sandals.
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He had blond hair and was wearing a light-coloured jacket, white trousers and black shoes.
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Mr Blair was wearing a black and blue T-shirt, jeans and training shoes, while his wife was dressed for the heat in multi-coloured patterned trousers, a white smock and trainers.
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Guy ironed his shirt and shined his shoes for the interview.
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We had to figure out web content technology on the shoestring budget of a nonprofit.
Christianity Today
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The Three Horseshoes Mall has seen an increase in crime including broken drainpipes, smashed bottles and graffiti daubed on shop windows.
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Stretched upon a low child's bed, of the sort called trundle-bed in those days, which could be wheeled under the high-legged bed of the parents, lay the bridegroom, in his wedding-dress and gaitered shoes, with his steeple-crowned hat upon the faded calico quilt beside him, and his face as red as burning fever could make it.
The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times
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The casual cousins of slip-on sandals, flip-flops are basically nice shower shoes.
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Really, child, I could spend three months in the Engadine for the price of one decent month at Newport; the parasols, gloves, fans, shoes, 'frillies' -- enough to stock the Rue de la Paix, to say nothing of gowns -- but why do I run on?
The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation
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I was told to make sure I had brushed my hair, not to wear jeans with holes in, and to put shoes on instead of wellies.
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He gets off on shoes
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The rest of the room was decorated rodeo style with red booths, horseshoes dangling from the walls, and cowboy hats littered on several of the tabletops.
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She zipped her jeans in a fierce movement, took dark glasses, cigarettes, keys, shoes.
THREE KINDS OF KISSING - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES
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Carefully she pulled the dress over her undergarments, and lightly slid her feet into the dainty shoes that her mother had once bought her.
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Walk across your floor in poorly maintained shoes with heeltaps, spike heels or with any sharp object protruding from your shoe.
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It would appear from the shoes studied that performance, in terms of cushioning, is not related to cost.
Archive 2007-10-01
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Sprinkle some cayenne pepper into your shoes or wellies and your feet will not turn blue.
Stay Well This Winter
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Regardless of your taste in music, spangled shirts, four inch collars, glitzy sunglasses and platform shoes are in.
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He removed her shoes and socks, running his hands over the warm skin on her ankles and calves.
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In an effort to boost pride in York, it was agreed cabbies should wear smart suits, tailored trousers and black dress shoes in winter.
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We stuck our shoes on and went out the back to the car.
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Any indoor sports shoes like volleyball shoes or badminton shoes can be used.
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A personal assistant has to wait by the door and have the sunglasses and the shoes ready.
The Sun
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She threw herself on her bed and ripped her shoes off, pulling her black pants on over her jeans and trying to button her black blouse with one hand.
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They may be caused by your shoes rubbing so padding and sensible footwear may solve the problem.
The Sun
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Wrestlers wash their faces, mouths and armpits before entering the dohyo (ring), on whose sacred sand neither shoes nor women may tread.
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I always wear dressy shoes with no heel so I wouldn't be taller than I am already and tonight was no different.
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Get a few pairs of nice, washed dark denim jeans, a stylish cut dark blazer or sportcoat, a few pinstripe dress shirts, some tees with prints, a pair of stylish black shoes, and a black belt.
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Once again, it was OK to wear ordinary clothes, ordinary shoes and live somewhere unremarkable.
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His uniform coat was tan, loose brown suspenders held up ill-fitting trousers, and he, too, was devoid of shoes.
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With a polished heel and a hessian platform, these shoes are a structural work of art.
The Higher the Heel, the Harder the Fall
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She heard the click of shoes on the marble floor.
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The other half of the stores sell scented soap, beaded scarves, or ugly plastic shoes.
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Jarred and Shannon were holding two horseshoes each; Jarred's were blue and Shannon's were silver.
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I tried to take it away from him but he fought me for it, splashing the urine-colored liquid on my shoes.
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Then they donned booties, rubber shoes and lab coats, all yellow, plus cotton glove liners and orange rubber gloves.
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Then he worked on her cycling shoes, placing shims under the cleats to tweak the angle of shoe to pedal.
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The store is closing out tomorrow; I'll go and buy a pair of shoes.
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And as a tailpiece, Padma Lakshmi, Rushdie's muse of many years now, has revealed that she often has disagreements with her husband about her numerous pairs of shoes.
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An elderly woman was strewing the floor with French chalk so that the dancing shoes would not slip.
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If after tying the shoe, less than an inch of the tongue shows, the shoes are probably too wide.
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Sunday, Update on pics
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My dislike increases to hate when the object of my desire is a pair of work shoes in summer.
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A guy loses $100 playing horseshoes, so he takes his children out in the woods and leaves them there, driving off with his wife who simply goes along with the idea of leaving their children in the woods.
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He reordered two pairs of black leather shoes of the latest type.
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She picked up her shoes, exhausted now by her behaviour, no better than a heroine from a slushy romance.
THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS
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Venture capitalists wear blazers and shiny shoes.
Times, Sunday Times
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If little living things can thrive here in hot acid baths, perhaps the universe offers many more likely suspects for gumshoes working on the case of missing alien life.
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Go for a quick test ride in soft tennis shoes to rule out cleat/pedal interface issues.
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Please wipe your shoes on the mat.
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She had bent down to help a little black boy tie his shoes.
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These new shoes are not very comfortable.
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They come with clip-on fashions, wings, two tops, two skirts, two pairs of shoes, and bracelets for doll and girl.
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The way shoes are laced can prevent specific problems.
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As an Italian, she held strong opinions on stylish footwear, and pulled a face at my shoes.
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High heels, floppy slippers and shoes with slick soles can make you stumble and fall.
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Across the windows of the storefront, Mr. Stolowitz had lettered FREE SHOES in huge strokes of brown latex paint.
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Both mains were around the $16 mark, and we shared some shoestring fries with a lemon pepper seasoning, with a side of coriander aioli (I know, bad for the arteries, but what the heck).
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Vogue asks the question on every fashionista's lips, "Are shoes the new It bags?".
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A cyclist, feet bound to the pedals in special shoes, falling over at the traffic lights after wibbling and wobbling on the spot, waiting for the lights to change.
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Rachel bought yet another pair of shoes to add to her collection.
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Why did men of rank in eighteenth-century Europe wear shoes with scarlet heels?
Scarlet Heels
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I take ballet, jazz, and Pointe, which is ballet on toe shoes.
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We pass the shoe market, where hundreds of shoes hang from the ceilings on strings; the purse market, hanging by purse strings; the music mart, where the rich interdental consonants of Arabic songs consume the air; the basket bazaar; a merchant unfurling a yo-yo.
Richard Bangs: Why Would Anyone Bomb Jemaa El F'na Square in Marrakesh?
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You will need a second pair of shoes.
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I returned to my room, took off my shoes and headed towards my bed, casting a sideways glance at the small pile of wrapped presents at the foot of my bed.
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Buskins are presumed by Strutt to have resembled "the shoes of the carpenter's wife in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales," which the poet says 'were laced high upon her legs'.
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Outfit with shoes (New Release), non free,! bf extreme overknee brown silk
Fashion World of SL
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These high-end off-road racing shoes feature a co-injection molded nylon and urethane outsole.
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These old shoes are so comfy. I don't want to get rid of them.
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These highlands have a story to tell, one illustrated by railroad ties, horseshoes, and rusty scraps of metal - as well as big-tooth aspen and red spruce saplings poking through the snow.
