Citations:ballet flat

English citations of ballet flat

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

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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.

• 1998 — Linda 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.

• 2007 — Cecily 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.

• 2009 — Lauren 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.

• 2010 — Betsy 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.