How to Use high heels in a Sentence

high heels

plural noun
  • In high heels and with feet aching, the then-30-year-old stopped on the 13th floor to take them off.
    Diane Herbst, PEOPLE.com, 11 Sep. 2021
  • Maybe the height of Meghan's high heels have something to do with it?
    Lucy Wood, Marie Claire, 11 July 2018
  • Suddenly, the lights dimmed and a chanteur in sky-high heels took to the stage.
    Vogue, 21 May 2019
  • Watch her try to master the cross-body lead, and the copa, and high heels.
    Sally Jenkins, chicagotribune.com, 2 May 2018
  • During the high heels run, there were chants against Vox.
    NBC News, 5 July 2019
  • This time Claire is minus her high heels from the last film.
    Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 June 2018
  • Bring out your best jewels and high heels and jazz it up!
    Sam Dangremond, Town & Country, 9 July 2018
  • Plucky Sharon puts on her flashy high heels and then hoofs it all over town to raise funds.
    Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Beside me, Berrent took a pair of black high heels from her bag.
    Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2021
  • The women are in tidy skirt suits and medium-high heels.
    The Economist, 26 May 2018
  • But sales of high heels fell 11 percent that same year.
    Summer Westerbur, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2023
  • The look was finished off with a pair of black strappy high heels.
    Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 17 Oct. 2023
  • The singer/heartthrob wore pearl earrings, a sheer blouse, and high heels.
    Lauren Alexis Fisher, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 May 2019
  • Those shoes come in all sizes and all colors, both slip-on and laces, flats and high heels.
    Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Aug. 2020
  • Duval wrote of coming to tea in high heels and white gloves.
    Nina Caplan, Travel + Leisure, 13 Feb. 2022
  • There were two tiny feet and three pairs of big feet, two with spiked high heels which took short steps.
    Silvina Ocampo, The New Yorker, 11 July 2019
  • Ruined, those high heels never saw the light of day again.
    Dawn Klavon, Peoplemag, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Think: cut-out crop tops, leather mini shorts, and sky-high heels.
    Eliza Huber, refinery29.com, 10 Aug. 2021
  • Was a lady supposed to wear high heels with a bathing suit?
    Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Of course, even royals can’t avoid the risks that come with wearing high heels!
    Erin Hill, PEOPLE.com, 11 June 2018
  • The top was paired with a sequin pink rara mini skirt and open-toed high heels.
    Emily Rochotte, Redbook, 21 Aug. 2023
  • If a game got tense, there were women, in tight jeans and high heels, who gave free back rubs.
    Alex Vasquez, Bloomberg.com, 4 Oct. 2020
  • Trump was in high-end safari (except for the high heels): kakhi pants and dark olive shirt.
    Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 9 Oct. 2018
  • Hitting the bottom of a children’s slide — in high heels.
    Beth Teitell, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Daniels strode into the courtroom in high heels, a black dress, and a maroon duster.
    Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2022
  • Girls in silk, taffeta and tulle tottered in sky-high heels.
    San Francisco Chronicle, 5 May 2018
  • But other than that, the most difficult thing was trying to walk in the sand in the desert in high heels.
    Adam Rathe, Town & Country, 13 May 2021
  • There is a great scene where Bullock climbs a 20-foot, 5.6-grade pitch in high heels and a sequin pantsuit.
    The Editors, Outside Online, 9 June 2022
  • Their picks include everything from high heels with arch support to open toe sandals with comfy ankle straps.
    Alison Syrett Cleary, Glamour, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Gibson stalked the grittiest streets of Belfast in narrow skirts and high heels, and inspired a desire among legions of television viewers for shimmering silk blouses in unbesmirched shades of cream and rose.
    Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024

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