flip-flops
Example Sentences
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“Today was a step in the right direction,” said Glasnow, the formerHart High School star, before leaving the clubhouse in flip-flops.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
The day he landed in Southwest Florida, he headed to a beach and put on his shorts and flip-flops.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
A band of protestors in flip-flops thrash on aluminum pans, registering their anger with the blackouts, moving quickly to avoid the police.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
That one guy who lives ’round the corner who has three pet ferrets and wears flip-flops all year long.
From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2026
Scores of Rai and Tamang porters from the low foothills—dressed in thin rags and flip-flops, they were working as load bearers for various expeditions—were bivouacked in caves and under boulders on the surrounding slopes.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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