How do you use the word "ankle" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "ankle" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "ankle": I missed a step on the stairs and I'm afraid I sprained my ankle. You're going to fall and sprain your ankle wearing sandals with such huge platforms.

Ankle

/ˈæŋ.kəl/

Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounThe skeletal joint which connects the foot with the leg; the uppermost portion of the foot and lowermost portion of the leg, which contain this skeletal joint.

verbTo walk.

Sentence Examples

I missed a step on the stairs and I'm afraid I sprained my ankle.

You're going to fall and sprain your ankle wearing sandals with such huge platforms.

I tripped on a stone, twisting my ankle.

CEFR Practice Quiz

She twisted her ____ while running on the uneven trail.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

I tripped and hurt my ____ while I was playing football in the park.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng- Proto-Germanic *-ulaz Proto-Germanic *ankulaz Proto-West Germanic *ankul Old English *ancol Middle English ancle English ankle From Middle English ankel, ancle, ankyll, from Old English ancol (compare anclēow (“ankle”) > Modern English anclef, ancliff, ancley), from Proto-West Germanic *ankul, from Proto-Germanic *ankulaz (“ankle”); akin to Icelandic ökkla, ökli, Danish and Swedish ankel, Dutch enklaauw, enkel, German Enkel, Old Norse akka, Old Frisian anckel, and perhaps Old High German encha, ancha (“thigh, shin”), from the Proto-Germanic *ankijǭ (“ankle, joint”). Compare with Sanskrit अङ्ग (aṅga, “limb”), अङ्गुरि (aṅguri, “finger”), Latin angulus. Compare haunch and Greek prefix ἀγκυλο- (ankulo-, “joint, crooked, bent”). Doublet of angulus and angle.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Arvay’s tearful speech followed the usual pattern, and everybody said it was just fine. There had been nothing about the heathens of China, India and Africa wallowing around on the heavenly chairs, nor ankling up and down the golden streets." — 1948, Zora Neale Hurston, chapter 1, in Seraph on the Suwanee, New York: HarperPerennial, published 1991, page 5:

"After a while he got up and ankled his way down the corridor and met Penny coming out of the toilet." — 2009, Thomas Pynchon, Inherent Vice, Vintage, published 2010, page 275:

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