Ankle

//ˈæŋ.kəl//

"Ankle" in a Sentence (14 examples)

I missed a step on the stairs and I'm afraid I sprained my ankle.

You're going to fall and sprain your ankle wearing sandals with such huge platforms.

If I tried to wear shoes with heels that high, I'd sprain my ankle.

I slipped and twisted my ankle.

I tripped on a stone, twisting my ankle.

Captain Akagi sprained his ankle during practice, so, before the game, he taped it up until it was stiff as a board.

A sprained ankle disabled him from walking for a month.

He sprained his ankle.

He fell, twisting his ankle.

She bathed her ankle with hot water.

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Arvay’s tearful speech followed the usual pattern, and everybody said it was just fine. There had been nothing about the heathens of China, India and Africa wallowing around on the heavenly chairs, nor ankling up and down the golden streets.

1951, Anthony Buckeridge, Jennings’ Little Hut, London: Collins, 1973, Chapter 15, p. 178, Supposing we all ankled over to the huts […]

1966, P. G. Wodehouse, Plum Pie, London: Everyman, 2007, Chapter 6, p. 158, He ankled round, accordingly, to her house and his ring at the bell was answered by Wilberforce, her butler […]

After a while he got up and ankled his way down the corridor and met Penny coming out of the toilet.

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