"What's happened?" "Well," began Rathson, "it all came out through young Bayley acting the fool and spraining his ankle.

Racey Dawson, sitting on the bed, his knees on a level with his chin, clasped his hands round his bare ankles and accorded the stranger his closest attention.

"Grab this end and tie his ankles, while I fix his hands.

In addition to the loss of Thurston, who, to do him justice, was a very good forward, the school team was weakened still further by an unfortunate accident which befell Rowlands, who twisted his ankle, and was forced to leave the ground at the very commencement of the game.

Soon after they arrived at the Continental Film Company's plant Maud had wrenched her ankle by stumbling over some loose planks which had been carelessly left on the open-air stage, and she was now lying upon a sofa in the manager's room with her limb bandaged and soaked with liniment.

" "I am acquainted with a number of persons who would look well hanging to a limb," retorted the Professor, as he rubbed his ankles.

," said Dickie, "I hurt my ankle last night on the icy pavement.

The lawyer-vines gripped our ankles and flung us upon our faces scores of times, but we scrambled to our feet and rushed on.

Persons who showed their ankles and rouged their cheeks were to be seen of an afternoon in Bond Street; but Lady Diana Angersthorpe had been taught to pass them by as if she saw them not, to behold without seeing these creatures outside the pale.

After which he sat down and began to nurse his ankle.

Alarmed at my situation, I descended on the other side too quickly, and in my fall nearly dislocated my ankle.

The horses ran away with Lady Delacour, injuring her ankle, and on her being brought home by Clarence, Lord Delacour wished to enter the locked cabinet for arque-busade.

It strengthens the ankles and helps give an easy and graceful carriage to the body.

The mistress of the house leaned back and crossed her ankles.

He started to rise; the sharp links of the chain cut his ankle as the great ball rolled away from him.

And you can tickle my ankles.

He seemed to forget his ankle.

She was incompletely attired in a petticoat that did not hide her ankles, and stays of bright red silk with white laces and seams.

Doctor Parker was old, and Mrs. Parker was old, too, but she called it nervous; and home was stupider than ever to Ned, particularly as he had broken his ankle and was laid on the sofa for a good six weeks at least.

After that he cut the rope that bound his ankles.

The puffing, panting, stumbling people, who forge ahead, herring-boning or turning their ankles over their Skis so as to get a grip with their boots, are not included in my "experienced runners.

"I've examined the ankle," she said to young Jones, "and I assure you it is not a severe strain.

The water already reached our ankles.

Fearing that he had sustained some injury more than a mere sprain, Lawrence had had the Howlett's doctor summoned, and that general practitioner had come and gone, after having assured Mr Croft that no bones had been broken; that Mrs Keswick's treatment was exactly what it should be, and that all that was necessary for him was to remain quiet for a few days, and be very careful not to use the injured ankle.

To the middle of this chain he had fastened a string, so as in a manner to suspend them and keep them from galling his ankles.