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How to use the word ankles in a Sentence?

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If you're not a race driver, stay the hell home. Don't come here and grumble about going too fast. Get the hell out of the race car if you've got feathers on your legs or butt. Put a kerosene rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat that candy ass.

Dale Earnhardt

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10 months ago

We collected some socks from people willing to donate socks, and we taught the dogs, by smelling the socks, which ones were the Covid socks and they picked it up very quickly, then we moved into the schools and started sniffing the kids at the ankles.

Carol Edwards

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The official declaration confirms what all could see in the video. Irvo, while facedown and handcuffed at his wrists and shackled at his ankles, was not permitted to breathe. For over 11 minutes, the ten officer/hospital defendants pushed down hard on every part of Irvo’s body until he was limp and lifeless, we cannot continue to treat the mentally ill with such brutality.

Ben Crump

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Zero: that's the amount of DNA on Samantha Josephson's body that matches Nathaniel's, zero. It's not on her clothing, not under her ripped and torn fingernails, it's not on her ankles.

Alicia Goode

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Fortunately, a man who is paralyzed and fighting for his life after being shot seven times in the back, will no longer have to deal with the pain of having his ankles and wrist shackled and the traumatic stress of being under armed guard.

Ben Crump

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

I'm out of shape. It is hard to replicate gymnastics outside of the gym, it's pretty much impossible, my wrists and ankles are getting weak.

Dominick Cunningham

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Get to the ground before the earthquake throws you there, get under a table if it's nearby, the earth is moving so much, the biggest injury we see is sprained ankles and broken legs from people trying to run during an earthquake and it throws them to the ground.

Lucy Jones

Found on CNN
4 years ago

You know, you’re going to anticipate the concussions and the torn knees and the ankles and maybe even a [broken] clavicle or something, but this was a little bit rare.

Renee Lease

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Standing, bound, had a belt tied around Chad Corby ankles.

Chad Corby

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

You can tell it from the nail scratches on people's arms and legs, but also we had 10 people with human bites on arms, a back and also on the lower back and ankles.

Erna Rijnierse

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

I had my focus on F1, so my direction was always toward F1. And once I had got to the end of my career I was finished with driving anyway... I saw too many drivers walking around with broken ankles, i have total admiration for the guys who compete out there. It’s a big event. I ’d love to go, I’ve never been.

Damon Hill

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

When I came back toward the end of the summer and into autumn, the right and left ankles weren't quite feeling the same but it was still good enough to do what I needed to do, now they feel exactly the same, which is great.

United States ' Jordan Spieth

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I knew right away he was going to land in the boat, because of the way he was facing -- knocked me backwards and then landed kind of on my feet and ankles, it was pretty much chaos at that point -- my wife had fallen down, she was screaming, the dolphin was making screaming noises, my daughter was totally freaking out and screaming.

Chrissie Frickman

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Changing your gait can lead to problems with your spine, hips, knees and ankles down the road.

Megan Leahy

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

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