Citations:ballet flat

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English citations of ballet flat

Noun: "a type of women's flat with a very low heel, thin sole, and round toe"[edit]

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  • 1980 — Leonard McGill, Disco Dressing: A Complete Guide for Men and Women on How to Create Seven Smash Disco Looks, Prentice-Hall (1998), →ISBN, page 28:
    The other professional dance shoes worn with the basic Bodywear look is the ballet practice slipper and the canvas ballet flat.
  • 1998Linda Barnes, Cold Case, Dell (1998), →ISBN, page 177:
    A dog, later identified as a Russian wolfhound named Petrov, had returned home to his family bearing a gift, a lone size six ballet flat, black.
  • 2007 — Alex Richards, Back Talk, Flux (2007), →ISBN, page 188:
    She kicked off her silver ballet flats and stretched out her toes like a cat.
  • 2007Cecily von Ziegesar, It Had to Be You: The Gossip Girl Prequel, Little, Brown and Company (2007), →ISBN, page 234:
    Blair tapped the toe of her black suede French Sole ballet flat impatiently.
  • 2008 — Emily Franklin, At Face Value, Flux (2008), →ISBN, page 101:
    "It's like we're going swimming," I say, pretending to test the water with my ballet-flat-covered toes.
  • 2009Lauren Conrad, L. A. Candy, Harper (2009), →ISBN, page 40:
    FIona narrowed her eyes at Jane's silver ballet flat moving furiously on her pristine white carpet.
  • 2009 — Jenny B. Jones, Just Between You and Me, Thomas Nelson (2009), →ISBN, page 70:
    "No!" She spins around on her new ballet flat. "I'm not stupid!"
  • 2010 — Jane Haddam, Wanting Sheila Dead, Minotaur Books (2010), →ISBN, page 7:
    Grace Alsop was wearing plain little ballet flat shoes that looked more expensive than Andra's mother's last phone bill.
  • 2010Betsy Thornton, Dream Queen, Minotaur Books (2010), →ISBN, page 188:
    [] I was wearing one of my few nonblack items of clothing, a white blouse, with my black leggings and one pink ballet flat. Pink ballet flats were a nice touch, except the left one hadn't fit over the Ace bandage, so I was still wearing Brody's flip-flop.
  • 2011 — Kristin Billerbeck, Perfectly Invisible: A Universally Misunderstood Novel, Revell (2011), →ISBN, page 81:
    Sarika stamps her red ballet flat.
  • 2011 — L. T. Kodzo, Locker 572, WinePress Publishing (2011), →ISBN, page 57:
    Sheridan kicked her red ballet flat against the wall.