How to Use to heel in a Sentence

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• Slimmer styles including ballet flats and classic flip-flops work well, in addition to heel styles revealing more of the foot, like a mule, slingback pump or heeled thong sandal.
  — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 15 July 2026
• Epigenetic control — the means by which an organism can dial the expression of its genetic repertoire up or down, or shut off the expression of some genes entirely — may have evolved first to bring transposons to heel.
  — Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026
• The sight of Musk swinging a chainsaw onstage at a conservative conference captured the pell-mell approach, not to mention the brutality, of the billionaire’s plan to bring the federal government to heel.
  — Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025
• While Bessent has not been as successful bringing the behemoth bond market to heel with his comments this week, his results with the yen and his reputation as a successful hedge fund manager may offer him some leeway for now, said Kikis.
  — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2026
• Another collaboration under The Whitaker Group’s umbrella comes via the Jaide x Air Jordan 1 Low, which predominantly appears in black and white but features a Tiffany blue from midfoot to heel.
  — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026