Example Sentences

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Ankles are surprisingly complex body parts that connect the leg to the delicate bones of the foot.

From New York Times • May 5, 2022

Ankles that were sprained and inflamed, requiring protective braces and robbing him of his usual lift around the basket.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2022

Ankles became “always an interest thereafter,” he said.

From Washington Post • Nov. 8, 2019

Ankles would hurt from the jumps, shoulders from the throwing, all a drain on the sprints where she could really excel.

From Washington Times • Aug. 10, 2016

I sit on the stool exactly the way the photographer says: Ankles crossed.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina