slipper

Example Sentences

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The coachman produced a pink box with a glass slipper inside, telling them: "I've come to find a princess."

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

But “Grounded” would have been better left without its imposed topic, which inadvertently casts much work as ugly stepsisters unsuccessfully trying to jam their feet into Cinderella’s glass slipper.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025

For all its muddy cultural avenues left unexplored, though, it at least provides a slipper view of the ways the show represented “the inception of American shock culture,” as one producer accurately describes it.

From Salon • Jan. 7, 2025

Spiny and slipper lobsters, particularly targeted to supply more tourist-intensive islands, were also considered depleted.

From Science Daily • Nov. 16, 2024

I was wearing a regular shoe on one foot and I had the rabbit slipper from Mrs. Howard on the one that was twisted.

From "Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key" by Jack Gantos