How to Use heel in a Sentence

heel

1 of 2 noun
  • Swollen feet and sky-high heels?
    — Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 24 June 2026
  • The world feels as if wrapped around your heel.
    — Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Push through your heels and lift your hips up.
    — Jim Diehl Cscs, Outside, 29 Mar. 2026
  • At the same time, drag the blade from the heel to the point.
    — Randi Gollin, Martha Stewart, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The heel or back of their skate would push out against their sock.
    — Michael Russo, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Rhodes needs a heel run at some point in the next year or two.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Press into the heels to lift the hips.
    — Patrick Franco, CNBC, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Put me in a heel, forget about it.
    — Gerrad Hall, Entertainment Weekly, 18 June 2026
  • Just throw on a heel to finish the look.
    — Aemilia Madden, Vogue, 18 June 2026
  • Mance pulled the heels from their archive.
    — Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 6 Mar. 2026
  • James was rocking back and forth on his heels.
    — Literary Hub, 18 June 2026
  • Curl your heels toward your glutes.
    — Jim Diehl Cscs, Outside, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Slingback block heels for work?
    — Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 24 June 2026
  • Shoppers should bring a pair of heels and shapewear.
    — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Your body should form one long, straight line from your head to your heels.
    — Jenny McCoy, Outside, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Form a straight line from your shoulders to your heels.
    — Mallory Creveling, Health, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Wear it with flat sandals or heels to dress it up.
    — Cheryl Wagemann, InStyle, 22 May 2026
  • Her heels featured a trim along the topline of the shoe.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Avoid backless shoes, slides, and heels.
    — Sherri Gordon, Health, 12 May 2026
  • Pair them with tall boots, or try a pair of heels for a dressier take.
    — Aemilia Madden, Glamour, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Rise, pushing through heels, back straight.
    — Gretchen Reynolds, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Lift your heels, pause, and then lower them back down.
    — Mallory Creveling, Health, 17 Sep. 2025
  • If not, dress this denim up with heels for date night.
    — Claire West, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026
  • The news comes on the heels of Moulin Rouge!
    — Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The news comes on the heels of Moulin Rouge!
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 1 May 2026
  • Your body should form a straight line from shoulders to heels.
    — Mallory Creveling, Health, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Off the runways, high-vamp heels soon took over the streets.
    — Morgan Evans, InStyle, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Dad turned on his heels and marched us all back to the minivan.
    — Rachel Tepper Paley, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 July 2026
  • These flip-flops have a full inch of padding on the heel.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Who needs a heel when your favorite flat shoes are just as sharp?
    — Nina Derwin, Glamour, 8 Jan. 2026

heel

2 of 2 verb
  • Pavel Zacha also heeled a good one-time chance.
    — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Chip heeled tight to my left, his ears laid back, whining softly.
    — Joel M. Vance, Outdoor Life, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Trump’s trade war is all about bringing China to heel.
    — William Pesek, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Maybe there was something more to this magazine than wall art for the well-heeled.
    — Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The best chance was a backdoor play for Arvidsson, who had a wide open net but heeled it wide.
    — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The trick the good guys play to bring the bad to heel makes no real sense, only TV spy sense.
    — Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The model wore white socks with her Manolo Blahnik heels with a buckle detail.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2025
  • What is the Google Achilles heel that OpenAI should exploit?
    — Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 5 Dec. 2025
  • Savoy Brown also wore Manolo Blahnik heels with a Hanut Singh ring.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Now, unable to bring the Iranians to heel, that pressure was suddenly off.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Inside, the dense cushioned insoles mold to the shape of your feet and support areas like your arch and heel for long-lasting comfort.
    — Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 18 June 2026
  • The problem with Reform [is] that [Farage] is the only voice — that’s a kind of Achilles heel for him.
    — Mishal Husain, Bloomberg, 22 May 2026
  • These sultry heels have a subtle pink hue like the Elisabet Tang heels, as well as eye-catching hold hardware on the back.
    — Jordan Julian, InStyle, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Lawmakers have long viewed judicial reform as a potential avenue for bringing the court to heel.
    — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2025
  • The cushy, quick-dry design is super comfortable, with adjustable straps from toe to heel and enough support for various terrains.
    — Kayla Kitts, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2026
  • The sandals also provide comfortable arch support, and even reduce back and heel pain for shoppers with plantar fasciitis.
    — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 June 2026
  • With America’s job market doing relatively well, now would be a great time to bring inflation to heel.
    — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 5 June 2026
  • Amanu, the youngest, is the most experimental, wearing business casual ties and button downs one day and trying on a sequined dress and heels the next.
    — Essence, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Potted plants can be brought indoors during cold snaps, into a cool location such as an unheated garage, or heeled into the ground over winter to protect the roots.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Potted plants can be brought indoors during cold snaps, into a cool location such as an unheated garage, or heeled into the ground over winter to protect the roots.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The vamp’s perforations are filled in to keep moisture from entering the sneaker, the tongue and heel Nike Air branding is stamped rather than stitched.
    — Riley Jones, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • And only DeMichelle’s Marguerite has the necessary command to bring this obstreperous monarch to heel.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
  • What good is bringing a company to heel when what that company offers is a soulless simulacrum of Americana?
    — Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Fernandes back-heeled a pass to Francisco Trincão, who beat goalkeeper Matt Freese with a precise strike.
    — Michael Cunningham, AJC.com, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The barely-there shoes, which seemed to be heeled, elevated the capris without pushing the outfit into traditional cocktail dressing.
    — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 14 June 2026
  • Harlow opted for the Gianvito Rossi Diana heels.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The brand’s Club Slipper, a cross between a glove flat and chunky-heeled pump, is an ideal high-vamp option for the on-the-go girl who doesn’t want to sacrifice comfort for style.
    — Morgan Evans, InStyle, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Moreover, disgusted and enraged at his inability to bring Isabelle to heel, Gercourt plots her ruin.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Dreyer authored a perfect response when Escondido’s Corey Baird heeled him an ideal pass to some 12 yards from the goal.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Nov. 2025
  • For footwear, Rodrigo slipped into Babette Mary Jane heels from Stuart Weitzman in a shiny black patent leather.
    — Tara Larson, Footwear News, 21 Dec. 2025

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