How to Use high-top in a Sentence
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Let your style soar this spring, and pick up a pair of high-top sneakers.
—Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 2 Apr. 2024
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Doc Martens—both oxford and high-top styles—look great with straight-leg jeans.
—Kelsey Stiegman, Glamour, 4 June 2025
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The sneaker brand is selling high-top, low-top and slip-on shoes for kids and adults.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
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These canvas high-tops are comfy and feature coral and white laces.
—Nor'adila Hepburn, Southern Living, 17 Nov. 2023
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Nicole squirmed in her chair, her Converse high-tops shaking.
—Carolyn Van Houten, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
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No worries, lace into some high-top sneakers and mom jeans.
—Aaron Royce, InStyle, 7 Jan. 2026
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The jackets are puffy, the shoes are high-top, and the hair is specific.
—Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024
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The shoes in question were big-budget, brown, high-top horrors.
—Charles Davis, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2025
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These light-up shoes come in a variety of styles, from low-tops to high-tops and shoes with straps or laces.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 15 July 2026
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Pair 'em up with your favorite high-tops to add '80s flair to a plain white sneaker.
—Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 14 July 2023
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Pairing it all with classic white high-top sneakers feels simply cool.
—Jaclyn Alexandra Cohen, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 Mar. 2023
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Still, as Ott began his media session, high-tops squeaked from across the gym.
—Doug Haller, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026
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There's bar seating, plenty of high-top tables and booth seating.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 10 May 2024
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Nike even came out with self-lacing high-tops a decade ago — the Nike Air Mag.
—Chloe Veltman, NPR, 10 Feb. 2026
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The mom of two styled it with a white tank top, black cutoff shorts, and high-top Converse sneakers.
—Taylor Jean Stephan, Peoplemag, 26 Oct. 2023
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Their son Miles wore jeans and black-and-white high-top sneakers with zipper details on the sides.
—Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 26 Dec. 2025
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The high-tops do require a breaking-in period, and the canvas can feel stiff at first.
—Jessica MacDonald, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2025
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Leather Sneaker Take your shoes to new heights with these high-top Vejas.
—Nicol Natale, People.com, 29 Nov. 2024
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One agent shoved him away, knocking the singer-songwriter into a high-top table.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2024
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Expect minimal seating, with about six to eight high-top counter seats, and no bar service.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 13 Jan. 2025
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The high-top then features a blue leather collar, while the low uses the same treatment for its mustache.
—Ian Servantes For Footwear News, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2024
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The girl was last seen wearing black pants, a black hoodie with white lettering and black high-top tennis shoes.
—Rosa Flores, CNN, 19 Feb. 2024
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Still, the Nike high-tops didn’t stop kids from moving, stretching, wiggling, and dancing.
—Katrina Cossey, Parents, 30 May 2024
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The sporty shoes, adjacent to a high-top sneaker, are ultra slim and feature lacing up the shaft.
—Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 26 May 2026
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As an avid hiker who has trekked all over the world, my one common high-top hiking shoe woe is slipping my foot in and out of the shoes.
—Karthika Gupta, Travel + Leisure, 28 July 2023
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Banquet seating stretches down the south side of the room, with a mix of high-tops and dining tables throughout.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 22 July 2025
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The green-and-white high-top basketball shoes are available for $165 on Nike.
—Louisa Ballhaus, Robb Report, 10 Apr. 2023
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The high-top comes with an almond toe and the signature R13 logo on the back tab.
—Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 10 June 2026
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He’s also seen in the tan shearling jacket, a graphic T-shirt, and high-top sneakers.
—Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 19 Dec. 2023
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The man on the building-high mural is crouched in a rap squat, his suit cut slim and feet in high-top Converse sneakers.
—Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2023
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