Soles

Examples

• Two peculiarly blunt knocks or pokes at the door, as if the dead man arriving on his back were striking at it with the soles of his motionless feet. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The soles had shed themselves bit by bit, and the upper leathers had broken and burst until the very shape and form of shoes had departed from them. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Mr. Bucket thoughtfully came and warmed the soles of his boots, first one and then the other, at the fire. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He's a-gammonin' that 'ere landlord, he is, sir, till he don't rightly know wether he's a-standing on the soles of his boots or the crown of his hat. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The sheets of rubber from which the uppers and soles are cut are at this stage of the work plastic and very sticky. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• I heard it buzz down the hall and then some one coming on rubber soles along the hall. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• The soles which you are at this moment presenting to me are slightly scorched. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• He was a very poor man, getting a living by pegging on the soles of a few pair of shoes each day. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Pulling them on again and lacing them to the very top, he proceeded on his way, more easy in his head than under his soles. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• An outer sole, channeled to receive the stitches, is then tacked on so that the edges of the upper are caught and retained between the two soles. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Cheap shoes could only be made by roughly fastening the soles to the uppers by wooden pegs, whose row of projecting points within has made many a man and boy do unnecessary penance. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Twice he was walking, and once he ran swiftly, so that the soles are deeply marked and the heels hardly visible. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• The soles are cut by specially designed machines. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• I suppose--I never ventured to inquire, but I suppose--that Mrs. Crupp, after frying the soles, was taken ill. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• I merely provided a pair of soles, a small leg of mutton, and a pigeon-pie. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• These and other machines complete the soles and heels, which are finally sent to the making or bottoming room, where the completed shoe uppers await them. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• In 1809, David Mead Randolph of England patented machinery for riveting soles and heels to the uppers instead of sewing them together. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• And all around was this cradle of snow, and there was firm snow underfoot, that struck with heavy cold through her boot-soles. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .

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