I put my hand on his foot and ran my thumb along the ridge of his anklebone. From Wordnik.com. [Wildfire] Reference
He had shattered her anklebone, but no one had realised until after the loss of the baby. From Wordnik.com. [two women]
The Spleen 6 point is on the inner side of your leg, about the width of four fingers above your inner anklebone. From Wordnik.com. [Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn] Reference
He drank a lot, guffawed a lot, and walked with a moderate limp, a piece of equipment having crushed his anklebone in the welding shop. From Wordnik.com. [Skinny Legs and All]
An anklebone and specifics about the claws/toenails, and front teeth all suggest that Ida was on the branch leading to monkeys and apes (including us) rather than on the lemur and lower primate line. From Wordnik.com. [Long Lost Relative] Reference
They came in two styles: the standard, which stopped well below the anklebone and was white, at least for the first few days; and high-tops, which were black and marked the wearer as a serious male student of basketball. From Wordnik.com. [WASN'T THE GRASS GREENER A Curmudgeon's Fond Memories]
To them, it really does matter enough to spend years in the Pakistani wastelands looking for a tell-tale anklebone predicted by the genomic data as an intermediary between land mammals and whales, or searching an ancient shoreline in Montana looking for dinosaur eggs, and finding nesting colonies including toddlers in the nest. From Wordnik.com. [Shooting Yourself In The Foot « UDreamOfJanie] Reference
I fund the cow, but jes 'tak an' slipped on a icy rock, an 'bruk my anklebone. From Wordnik.com. [In the Tennessee mountains,] Reference
Areas with skin right above bones (collarbone, anklebone, etc.) tends to be more painful than other areas. From Wordnik.com. [Answerbag: Latest Questions in Question Categories] Reference
Then he put his left foot up on his knee and fell to scratching his anklebone absently with a rusty nail which he got out of his coffin. From Wordnik.com. [Sketches New and Old] Reference
In a good posture, the line will fall straight down from your ear lobe through your shoulders, down the middle of your arm and your anklebone. From Wordnik.com. [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference
So the wolf ate the little shepherd, picked the bones, and afterwards hung the anklebone by a string to the branches of the tree, where it danced and swung in the sunlight. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of the Punjab] Reference
'If you would be so kind, after you've picked the bones, as to thread my anklebone on a string and hang it on the tree that weeps over the pond yonder, I shall be much obliged.'. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of the Punjab] Reference
It lay anklebone deep on the ground. From Wordnik.com. [Cold Mountain]
The end of the iron L clipped my anklebone. From Wordnik.com. [Angry Lead Skies]
Betwixt my anklebone and my knee. From Wordnik.com. [Bold Archie] Reference
From the blind heavens the Creatoes voice hummed, vibrating the Garden with the old and monotonous tune about the footbone connected to the ... anklebone, anklebone connected to the ... legbone, legbone connected to the ... kneebone, kneebone connected to the. From Wordnik.com. [The Machineries of Joy]
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