stiletto
Example Sentences
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They later stop by the local church and the disco with Joseph Cerda Bañales, a bearded makeup artist who brandishes long stiletto nails to the rodeos.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026
One studio manager recalled that her habit of striding across the studio in stiletto heels damaged the floor but no-one had the courage to tell her.
From BBC • Aug. 11, 2025
Yet unlike the doll of last year’s blockbuster movie, the next pop-culture star who’s about to re-emerge isn’t a statuesque blonde in stiletto heels.
From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2024
“Silence,” an installation by French Algerian artist Zoulikha Bouabdellah that displays 30 pairs of stiletto heels on the same number of Islamic prayer rugs, dominates the center of a room.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 17, 2023
Later, he would describe it as a one-legged fat man wearing a stiletto heel standing on the middle of his chest.
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
