How to Use high-heeled in a Sentence

high-heeled

adjective
  • Leave high-heeled shoes and clothing items that are heavy and lack breathable fabric at home.
    Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2023
  • The model paired the look with black high-heeled shoes and a diamond choker.
    Lori A Bashian Fox News, Fox News, 28 Dec. 2024
  • Waters sauntered onstage wearing a lime green pantsuit with a pair of high-heeled pumps.
    Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
  • The best shoes for bunions are also comfortable enough to wear all day and are neither too flat nor high-heeled.
    Lindsay Modglin, Verywell Health, 6 Mar. 2023
  • But for much of its history, there was only one type of Barbie—high-heeled and white.
    Byprarthana Prakash, Fortune, 3 July 2023
  • The actress paired the look with a matching pink headband, pink high-heeled shoes, a simple necklace and a single ring.
    Lori A Bashian Fox News, Fox News, 9 Nov. 2024
  • Sporting event or not, Kate always dresses the part of the princess, down to the elegant high-heeled shoes.
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 6 July 2023
  • The singer-songwriter paired the look with semi-sheer torn black stockings, worn over her high-heeled shoes, and black sunglasses.
    Lori A Bashian Fox News, Fox News, 28 Dec. 2024
  • That means this complex Hungarian costume with very long sleeves, strange high-heeled shoes and a furry hat.
    William Earl, Variety, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Beginning at 7, Gerdo said, she was physically abused with belts, high-heeled shoes and bare hands.
    Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2023
  • One thing that was Sandy’s idea was in Lance’s bedroom, there are these little pedestals that come off the wall with platform high-heeled shoes on them.
    Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 15 Oct. 2024
  • The actress paired the look with gold high-heeled shoes and gold jewelry, including a bracelet, a pendant necklace and big dangly earrings.
    Lori A Bashian Fox News, Fox News, 7 Dec. 2024
  • The artist rarely depicts faces and often cuts off bodies below their shoulders, leaving just torsos, legs and feet (the last usually encased in high-heeled shoes).
    Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
  • The woman has witnessed numerous fights stemming from the bar throughout the years, including one in which a group of female attackers jumped a woman and repeatedly kicked her in the head and hit her with their high-heeled shoes.
    Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2024

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