Sentence examples for ankle from inspiring English sources

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The word 'ankle' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to the joint where the foot and the leg connect. For example, "The dancer twisted her ankle during the performance."

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ankle

noun

The skeletal joint which connects the foot with the leg; the uppermost portion of the foot and lowermost portion of the leg, which contain this skeletal joint.

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Fat in the ankle, fat in the wrist".

There were mint-green pumps, polka-dot kitten heels with ankle straps, pointy-toed brown Dries Van Noten rip-offs and, my favourite, a red and white candy-striped pair with a buckle.

West Ham may have Winston Reid back after hamstring trouble, but Everton's Leighton Baines is missing after having ankle surgery.

I went to the hospital to have the wounds cleaned on my face, shoulders, elbows, knees, hip and ankle.

I was kicking to get back to the surface when it swam back and took a bite out of my ankle.

Injuries do occur, of course – often ankle sprains or damage to knee ligaments – at a rate of one per 700 hours of football.

Hodgson is confident Gary Cahill, who was substituted near the end and applied ice to an ankle, will be fit for the game against Switzerland – ranked ninth in the world to England's 20th and Norway's 53rd – with John Stones, on his first start, having suffered cramp late on.

Danny Welbeck, Arsenal's £16m deadline day signing from Manchester United, rolled an ankle towards the end of the training session at London Colney on Tuesday and is unlikely to feature.

A lot of people seem to have achilles and ankle problems, which can turn into shin splints and things like that.

First Nick DeLeon's ankle has taken him out, and Dwayne DeRosario left the game with a hip injury.

I sprained my ankle on Mamma Mia!, dancing down the hill in Greece - I had to be carried through the village by these huge, very attractive Greek men.

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