Definition of high-heeled in English:
high-heeled
adjective ˌhʌɪˈhiːldˌhaɪˈhild
(of a woman's shoes) having tall, thin heels.
Example sentencesExamples
- She had flat slippers on her feet, much more comfortable than her usual high-heeled boots.
- I was wearing a spectacular green dress with high-heeled open-toe shoes.
- I found a pair of red high-heeled open-toe shoes.
- Dressed all in black with high-heeled boots, her hair is scraped back in a ponytail, revealing sculpted cheekbones.
- Most high-heeled shoes have pointed or narrow tips that squash toes into an unnatural triangular shape.
- They made for a peculiar double act, one with his head hanging and shoulders slouching as if trying to lessen his loping height and the other in his high-heeled cowboy boots trying to elevate his modest stature.
- A few taped the doors closed, forcing an employee to kick it open with her high-heeled shoe.
- She had kicked off her high-heeled sandals and was gaining on me.
- She wore high-heeled blue pumps.
- The weather did not deter her from wearing a fashionable pair of high-heeled black suede frilled boots.
Definition of high-heeled in US English:
high-heeled
adjectiveˌhaɪˈhildˌhīˈhēld
(of a woman's shoes) having tall, thin heels.
Example sentencesExamples
- She wore high-heeled blue pumps.
- She had flat slippers on her feet, much more comfortable than her usual high-heeled boots.
- They made for a peculiar double act, one with his head hanging and shoulders slouching as if trying to lessen his loping height and the other in his high-heeled cowboy boots trying to elevate his modest stature.
- I found a pair of red high-heeled open-toe shoes.
- She had kicked off her high-heeled sandals and was gaining on me.
- Dressed all in black with high-heeled boots, her hair is scraped back in a ponytail, revealing sculpted cheekbones.
- I was wearing a spectacular green dress with high-heeled open-toe shoes.
- The weather did not deter her from wearing a fashionable pair of high-heeled black suede frilled boots.
- Most high-heeled shoes have pointed or narrow tips that squash toes into an unnatural triangular shape.
- A few taped the doors closed, forcing an employee to kick it open with her high-heeled shoe.