Heels

Examples

• In his case a trailer of ivy had given way under his weight, and we saw by the light of a lantern the mark on the lawn where his heels had come down. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• He rushed across the glade, Holmes and I at his heels. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• In two's the men would approach each animal selected, avoiding as far as possible its heels. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Grant Munro rushed into the lighted room at the top, and we entered at his heels. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• I felt unusually alarmed, and trusting to the lightness of my heels I began to run as fast as I possibly could. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Keep close at my heels, and come along. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Close at his heels came the colonel himself, a man rather over the middle size, but of an exceeding thinness. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Leisurely tipped back on one chair, with his heels in another, he was enjoying his after-dinner cigar. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Shouting in alarm, the four took to their heels, and then the black spied Tarzan. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• I walk on a path of my own, and Percival follows at my heels. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Her ladyship and George and my foreign friend were all pretty close on one another's heels. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He began to knock the heels of his boots together, and to yawn. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• How will you have me, full length or three-quarters, on my head or my heels? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• He wore a man's coat, which reached nearly to his heels. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• The heels of the workman, alternately raised, form alternately acting valves, and the skin cover, when depressed, acts as a bellows. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• I left it with my cigarette-box and my stick, and I walked along the pathway, Moriarty still at my heels. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Lor, what cracks that off hoss has in his heels! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Terror seemed to have struck him with downright idiocy--he waited at my heels, he followed me about when I moved like a dog. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• A second burst upon the heels of the first alternately laughing and shrieking as a madman. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• At the head of the column I rode beside the great Thark while at the heels of my mount trotted my beloved Woola. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• In the eighteenth century ladies wore shoes with absurdly high heels, a ridiculous fashion which has come back within our own times. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The whole garden was alive with people, and one fellow raised a view-halloa as we emerged from the veranda and followed hard at our heels. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• I was close at his heels. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• No, gentlemen; he'll always show 'em a clean pair of heels very early in the scuffle, and sneak away. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Mr. Latimer followed closely at my heels, and took his place opposite to me without a word. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Not being a dog in the manger, but the happiest fellow alive, I assure you I can dance at Jo's wedding with a heart as light as my heels. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Sir Arrogant is here, and I am glad to say, has been laid by the heels here. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• We compute the _Tramecksan_, or high heels, to exceed us in number; but the power is wholly on our side. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• You know as well as I do that your cousin Maldon would be dragged at the heels of any number of wild horses--why should I confine myself to four! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• I perceive now, however, that they might have taken him by the heels and thrown him clear over the house without discommoding him very much. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.

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