There was a great variety of foot-wear from the simple sandal to the high boot, the three main kinds being the sandal, the shoe, and the boot.
If these stories failed to restrain the naughty child, then the sandal was vigorously applied.
From the sandal was evolved the half shoe, covering the front part of the foot, and then the shoe, covering all the foot, which arose from the addition of a closed heel and smaller or larger side-pieces sewed to the sole.
He is the one coming after me, the strings of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.
I am not [the Christ]; but behold, there comes after me one the sandal of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.
Often, indeed, my hunger has been a joy to me when I could place my head on your sandal for I suffer this hunger that I may follow you, and gladly I would die for your love.
One evening the doves which had become like dead leaves fell from the branch on which they were perched, and the wolf closed his eyes on life, his muzzle resting on the sandal of Francis.
In that bashful, downcast face, crowned with the wedding coronet and bedecked with sandal paste, he could scarcely recognise the village maiden of his fancy, and in the fulness of his emotion a mist seemed to becloud his eyes.
Jaganath smeared his forehead with sandal paste, put a mark of vermilion between his eyebrows, flung a garland of flowers round his neck, and began to recite mantras.
Had you caught his villainous sandal between your shoulders, as did I, you would know how little I have a mind to jest.
This was done, and a brilliant charge was made on the field between Sandal and Wakefield--a Balaclava charge.
There are scarcely any remains of Sandal Castle, which was razed by order of the Long Parliament in 1648.
Sandal Castle was built on a natural hill of sandstone, and in those days it must have presented an imposing appearance from Wakefield Bridge, with its lofty towers rising over the trees.
In Yorkshire the castles of Sandal and Conisborough were part of his paternal inheritance.
Sandal and Conisborough Castles to his son Edmund, the Duke's grandfather.
Near the castle is the fine cruciform church of Sandal Magna, where there was a chantry belonging to the castle.
To the westward the river Calder flanked the fields between Sandal and Wakefield Bridge.
Description of Sandal Castle and its neighbourhood .
From the bridge one road went south bySandal to Barnsley and Sheffield; another branched off to the eastward, and divided again into two, one leading to Doncaster, the other to Pomfret.
But, although Sandal commanded extensive views, yet, owing to the wooded character of the country, an enemy might approach without his force being fully known to the garrison.
The Lancastrian chiefs at Pomfret received news of the arrival of the Duke at Sandal on Christmas Day.
In walking, the step should be short and quick, with the toes turned in, and the foot lifted so slightly that either clog or sandal will scuff with every step.
After learning the art of walking in the house, the baby's first attempts out of doors are hampered by the zori or geta,--a light straw sandal or small wooden clog attached to the foot by a strap passing between the toes.
Peggy, taking up the old fan with the sandal wood sticks, and turning about slowly for the lady's inspection.
Fruit and wine, flowers, perfumes and other articles are then placed before the tablet, during which are also burning various kinds of scented gums, frankincense, tapers of sandal wood and gilt paper.
We continued at sea for some time, touched at several islands, and at last landed at that of Salabat, where sandal wood is obtained, which is of great use in medicine.
Captain Schot, belonging to the Dutch company, had taken the castle and island of Solor, with a great quantity of sandal wood.
As soon as this was done, however, he could not help looking rather despondently at his bare foot, with only a remnant of the golden string of the sandal clinging round his ankle.
For you are to know that many years before King Pelias had been told by the Speaking Oak of Dodona that a man with onesandal should cast him down from his throne.
And what sort of a figure shall I cut at the court of King Pelias with a golden-stringed sandal on one foot and the other foot bare!
Had Hay been likewise "in the know," he would scarcely have done what he did do, and which Sandal saw him do in a few minutes.
Well, I'll tell you everything now," said Hurd, and gave a rapid sketch of what he had learned from the newspapers and the Scotland Yard papers relative to the Sandal affair.
At length, when Sandal became a trifle vehement on the subject of his losses, Hay abruptly changed the subject, by refilling his glass and those of his companions.
The sandal is a kind of large myrtle with pointed leaves (Sirium myrtifolium).
Sweet is the sandal and sweet is the tagara, And sweet of the lily the odour faint; But of all sweet-savoured things Sweetest by far is the scent of the saint.
How small a thing is the odour of wood Of the sandal or jasmine!
The sandal soles that pinched her soft flesh she felt were a reproach--they had something to do with the thing that was between the Sahib and the dead soldiers.
She drew from beneath her bodice the sandal soles, saying: "These are from the feet of the messenger who is dead.
Rising, he stepped to the table at one end of which the Pindari sat, and placing the sandalupon it, said: "If the Chief will slit the double sole with his knife he will find within that which I have brought.
Another has various ornaments of sandal wood, delicately wrought fans, and other trifles.
For a time the maiden said not a word, nor did her mother, though she was troubled; and even the light Lady of the South Wind seemed stricken into silence, and drew the scarlet sandal thongs through and through her fingers.
After sailing about for some time and touching at many ports we came at last to the island of Salahat, where sandal wood grows in great abundance.
According to some writers, the hole served for the attachment of the laced work of a sandalin bronze.
On her right foot is a sandal with a thick sole; her left foot is broken off above the ankle.
A lady is engaged with a girl who is adjusting a sandal on her left foot.
Sir John and Sir Hugh Mortimer, mine uncles, You are come to Sandal in a happy hour; The army of the queen mean to besiege us.
The Chinese Buddhists give the Sandal a place in the celebrated groves of their Paradise, and they say that the chariot of the Sun is made of gold and Sandal-wood.
The Parsis, who are followers of Zoroaster, renew the undying sacred fire of their altars with Sandal and other precious woods.
He wore red hose and sandal shoon, and carried in his girdle a Wallet, to contain a roast capon, a neat's tongue, or any other dainty given him.
It was an old man, clad in a robe of coarse brown serge, with a cowl drawn partly over his head, a rope girdle like that used by a cordelier, sandal shoon, and a venerable white beard descending to his waist.
And I think, could I see it myself in no other way, I would e’en take sandal and scrip, and traverse it as a dervish or beggar!
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sandal" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
