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stiletto

[sti-let-oh] / stɪˈlɛt oʊ /








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In a bejeweled white pantsuit and towering stiletto pumps, Megyn Kelly tried to work the crowd like a rock star.

From Slate May 6, 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

But in the docuseries, the dancers wear narrow-pointed, thin stiletto heels that aren’t necessarily the safest to dance with and increase the risk of injury.

From Salon Aug. 24, 2024

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

I always imagine her in spangly, sequined evening gowns with stiletto heels that make her look two meters tall.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

Instead of the stilettoes of the 1990s, most looks were paired with platform loafers.

From Seattle Times Sep. 22, 2023

And, in this summer’s blockbuster movie, “Barbie,” Birkenstocks are the down-to-earth alternative that Barbie is forced to accept over her jeweled stilettoes.

From New York Times Sep. 13, 2023

Its strappy stilettoes are worn by celebrity fans including Beyoncé and the Duchess of Cambridge, and were made famous by the fictional Carrie Bradshaw character in the television series Sex and the City.

From The Guardian Jul. 25, 2017

Some of it smudges unlucky stilettoes, but most is dutifully tossed into rubbish bins and hauled to landfills, at a cost of over $100 per ton.

From Economist Aug. 20, 2015

Her face was as white as marble, excepting her glittering eyes; they, half sheathed under their long lashes, flashed like stilettoes.

From Hidden Hand by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte

After leaving an interview with Andy Cohen at SiriusXM’s studio, she slides back into her seat and removes her sky-high Louboutin stilettos, taking stock of her aching feet: “That’s going to suck later.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 4, 2026

"Watch out for the holes!" one guest warned another about the hazard for stilettos.

From Barron's Jan. 29, 2026

"Fifteen years ago, Towie was about breakups, glam, white stilettos, Sugar Hut," she says.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2025

“Once Upon a Mattress” star Foster, 49, wore an olive dress, a light brown trench coat, dark stilettos and a handbag.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 7, 2025

A pair of sparkly silver stilettos gives her about five more inches of height.

From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas

Before the showcase, Kardashian West has been taking the pieces out for a stilettoed test drive.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 21, 2019

Slim, stilettoed fashionistas and comfort-clad suburbanites gathered around the lounge’s enclosed firepits.

From Seattle Times Oct. 4, 2018

Instead of earnest eulogies or prayers for consolation, her drag sisters honored Sahara’s memory by striving to match her classically trained dance skills, cartwheel for cartwheel and kick for stilettoed high kick.

From Slate Sep. 18, 2016

Having been stilettoed by a fellow poet, Le Tissier could be forgiven for wanting Hoddle to come back as in his next life.

From BBC Jan. 13, 2014

To properly scale Machu Picchu, Simmons, who is known to always be properly stilettoed, “left fashion behind,” opting for her Adidas Stan Smith sneakers.

From New York Times Aug. 20, 2013




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