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  • • Don't go outside, even for a minute, wearing slippers or other smooth-soled shoes.

    Marie Pasinski, M.D.: Tips For Avoiding Winter Falls M.D. Marie Pasinski 2011

  • The only problem was that my sandals were smooth-soled, and I kept slipping, so I took them off.

    Teed Off Sherrie Daly 2011

  • The only problem was that my sandals were smooth-soled, and I kept slipping, so I took them off.

    Teed Off Sherrie Daly 2011

  • There was only half an inch of snow, but they were wearing smooth-soled leather shoes, and the path descended at an angle that made walking without traction an adventure.

    Her Fearful Symmetry AUDREY NIFFENEGGER 2009

  • Masters 'caddies must wear white, smooth-soled sneakers, not spikes, to protect the course.

    USATODAY.com - Masters unfurls squeeze play in response to rain 2003

  • The guy had taken a regular smooth-soled athletic shoe and cut tiny stripes into the rubber with a straight razor.

    One Shot Child, Lee 2005

  • He was, she knew, hoping for some dirt or fibers that might lead them to the Ghost's safehouse but, while the gullies in deep-tread-soled shoes can retain such evidence for months, smooth-soled shoes lose trace far more quickly.

    The Stone Monkey Deaver, Jeffery 2002

  • The fierce waters rolled across the deck and poured overboard, carrying with them all the torrent's rage, and Ruha's smooth-soled sandals found purchase on the wet planks.

    The Veiled Dragon Denning, Troy 1996

  • They were very ordinary footprints, of smooth-soled shoes of average size.

    Maigret at the Crossroads Simenon, Georges, 1903- 1963

  • To motor along one of these military mountain highways when it is slippery from rain is as nerve-trying as walking on a shingled roof with smooth-soled shoes.

    Italy at War and the Allies in the West 1918

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