heel up
Example Sentences
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“It’s just a little, half-circle thing that lifts your heel up just a bit.”
From Washington Post • Jul. 30, 2022
"I picked the heel up and I threw it," she said.
From Fox News • Mar. 27, 2019
A boy, perhaps in his late teens, is sitting on an upturned crate in front of it, with a shoe, heel up, in his lap.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 31, 2018
As the cord stretches, it stores energy which, a moment later, is released to tug the heel up, helping that foot push off the ground.
From Economist • Dec. 16, 2015
The crossguard was of heavy brass, rather than steel and a further backing of brass along the heel, up to the extent where the curve toward the point began.
From Frigid Fracas by Reynolds, Mack