The hands around my ankles are a million miles away.

The edge of the sea came up around his ankles.

I just managed to get my hand around her ankle.

She stood up and pulled the dress down around her ankles.

But now she was a ball and chain around my ankle.

That piece of chain used to be around my ankle.

What had once been a man's hand and arm wrapped around my ankle.

The tide was coming in; she felt the water around her ankles.

It doesn't look like he was taped around his ankles.

The water does seem to be running around my ankles.