He stepped on some wet weed, and staggering across the ledge, declared the man who made his sandals had no shame, but Don Erminio was seldom angry long, and Kit admitted he was a sportsman.
Tucker improvised what he regarded as highly satisfactory sandals out of felt slippers and pieces of a rubber poncho.
Sandals or shoes would only make it harder to use the slippery little trails.
All wore eithersandals or buskins, and all were bareheaded, the hair of the men being exceedingly thick, allowed to grow long enough to reach the shoulder, and mostly dressed in thick clusters of tight, straight curls.
The boys told him that the cap would make the person who wore it invisible, the sandals would give their owner the power to fly, and that the key would open any door it touched.
Juan put on his sandals and flew away with the princess.
So Juan put the key in his pocket, the cap on his head, and the sandals on his feet, and flew away.
They are strong, muscular men, thinly clad, with easy straw sandals on.
Our shoes, by the way, are more like the ancient Jewish sandals than the modern leather shoes.
Then Kashiku saw that one of the sandals was missing, and felt certain that he must have carried it off as proof; so she went in great trouble to open the lid of the box, and let out Hichirobei.
When the ceremony takes place in the garden, matting must be spread all the way to the place, so that sandals need not be worn.
There was a certain Eta, who used to earn his living by going out every day to the Adzuma Bridge, and mending the sandals of the passers-by.
Whatever offerings made at Sraddhas are eaten by one with his head wrapped round with a cloth, whatever is eaten by one with face southwards, and whatever is eaten with shoes or sandals on all goes to gratify the Asuras.
This pair of sandals is made of leather for the protection of the feet.
Water for drink, and lamps for lighting darkness, should always be given, as also sandals and umbrellas and Kapila kine with due rites.
He who makes a gift of sandals is said to earn the merit of making the gift of a vehicle with well-broken steeds yoked thereto.
By making a gift of a pair of sandals or shoes one acquires good vehicles.
That man who gives away a pair of sandals unto a superior Brahmana that is deserving of the gift, attains to similar merits.
Bhishma said, 'The man, that gives unto the Brahmanas sandals for the protection of their feet, succeeds in crushing all thorns and gets over every kind of difficulty.
The troops of the line wore greaves on the legs and heavy iron-bound sandals on the feet.
In general he is described as a beardless youth, with long flowing hair floating as it were in the wind, comely and graceful, crowned with laurel, his garments and sandals shining with gold.
Her little feet were shod with handsome gold sandals set with sapphires, and she seated herself on a low bench with a satisfied smile, as though to assist at a theatrical performance.
It must be very near noon if not already past; she dusted her sandals and tidied her curly hair, picking out the dry leaves and not noticing that at the same time a rose fell out on the ground.
I shall have time then to change my dress, but I will put my new sandals on at once as a precaution; nurse and the maid must wait for me in my room.
He wore a cowl on his head andsandals on his feet.
He was like the gardener who, having become king, was forced to put on sandals of purple, and longed regretfully for his wooden shoes heavy with clay and with poverty.
Starless night; violet night in which the white sandals of a beloved pagan can hardly be distinguished, and dense bristling of slender, dry trees; pallor of a limestone slope, and water in which something casts two long and deep shadows.
The nearer it drew to the Christmas festival the busier became the fairs, and the tanners raised the price of their goods because the weather was moist, and the peasants were obliged to buy sandals whether they wanted to or not.
Sandu, I came to tell you to put the sandals in the box after you have turned the skins.
Her daughter to handle the sandals and make her fingers smell of bark!
Ana--Ana came to tell me to put away thesandals in the box.
Yet with each step forward his confidence in himself increased, and he thought, "I will work, and work so that every one wonders, and the peasant who takes in his hand the sandals I have tanned will never want to part with them.
But the damping, oiling, thickening and sewing of the sandals and straps was difficult and tedious.
But he did not stir, he was afraid, especially when the master, not being able to come to terms with the peasant, undid the box, and flung the sandals violently into it.
Certainly not; you just came to tell me to put the sandals in the boxes, and then you went away.
All classes wear linen socks and sandals of plaited straw, or wooden shoes fastened by a string looped round the big toe.
At his side was another Bosniak, who leant against a wall, clad in a long cloak of red wool; his feet were shod with sandals of tanned leather.
She wore an old heelless pair of slippers or sandals that would hardly stay on, and at every step they made the most exasperating sliding noise, but she was all kindness and made us feel very welcome.
Mr. Stewart had sent by mail for her a pair of sandals for everyday wear and a nice pair of shoes, also some stockings.
Sandals which only covered the soles of the feet were the usual footwear, but Greeks and Etruscans are shown in art as wearing also moccasin-like boots and shoes laced up the front.
On the fourth day, however, she came out to them over the bridge, wearing a white mantle with a circlet of gold on her hair, two silver sandals on her rosy feet, and a filmy silken smock next her skin.
A habit of white or gray was adopted, with sandals to distinguish them from the Waldenses.
They wore sandals with gilt thongs tying over the instep, and their dress was directed to be of flowered material.
She had made herself ready for a journey: her robe was kilted, she had a staff in her hand and sandals on her feet.
Pilgrims passed by, all clad in white, with staves and rice-straw hats, sandals fast bound and gourds of water.
Pretty soon he tied on his straw sandals and was off to Kane's farm.
Now, when the bad old woman heard tell of all this, she tied on her sandals and kilted her skirts and took a stout stick in her hand.
And he took a staff and a straw rain-coat and bound sandals on his feet, and thus he set forth upon a pilgrimage to the holy places of Japan.
Now bind your sandals on," said the hunter, "and I'll run you a race to our home.
Grey was her robe, and she had silver sandals on her feet.
Therefore he cut the fastening of his sandals and cast them behind him, and he ran upon his bare feet, like an earthly deity, and came to the palace upon the Reed Plains.
She wore a robe of green and gold, interwoven, and golden sandals on her slender feet.
And he bound the sandals on his feet, and slung the bow and the arrows in their quiver on his back.
It seemed as though she had come some distance, for her robe was kilted up, she wore sandals tied to her feet, and she carried a bundle.
What do you," said the child, "with a staff and a pack, and sandals outworn?
After it scrambled Sunny Boy, as fast as his tan sandals would take him.
All classes wore sandals of leather or platted henequen fiber.
On all the feet elaborate sandals are worn, fastened by thongs attached between the first and second and third and fourth toes, with a band passing around the ankle ending in a broad dependent flap.
On the feet they use sandals of danta hide (xanapkeuel) held in place by a leather or henequen thong passing between the great and second toes and around the back of the heel to the front of the instep, where it is fastened.
Formerly the cotton was grown, spun, and woven at home, but nowadays it is giving place to cheap imported English and American goods, while the sandals are being superseded by moccasins and even by imported shoes.
A smock, a cord, andsandals were enough for a true brother.
His sandals moved nervously yet he never moved his hands: they remained weighted to his lap.
At my door I turned and retraced my steps to his house, the laces of my sandals making a sound I had never heard before, the gulls wailing, the sounds from the wharf intermingling and incomprehensible.
A woman walks among columnar cypress, her sandals scraping sand and gravel.
Hats and hammocks are made from the fibres of the mocora and toquilla palms, and sandals from the fibre of the Agave americana.
Her sandals were from the wings of the honey bee, stronger than reindeer skin, and fleeter than a chamois' foot.
If he did wear them, he could take them off when he liked, for he was just a plain shepherd in a sheepskin coat and sheepskin sandals when Argus saw him.
That night Phaeton bound his sandals more tightly, and, wrapping a thicker silken robe about him, started for the land of Sunrise, sometimes called India by mankind.
The mother never dreamed when she saw the open sandals that he had been away.
Many nights and many days he traveled, but his sandals never wore out nor did his robe make him too hot or too cold.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sandals" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
