shoelace

noun

shoe·lace ˈshü-ˌlās

: a lace or string for fastening a shoe

Examples of shoelace in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The frightened children, too young to tie their own shoelaces, were hustled into strangers’ homes on the tidy block as police sirens wailed. —

Omari Daniels, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023 The reflective silver shoes, while definitely on-trend, still maintained some uniqueness thanks to their black shoelaces. —

Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2023 And then there’s that comma, dangling like an untied shoelace off the end of the line. —

Susan Tallman, The New York Review of Books, 2 Nov. 2023 There are three shades of brown in the shoe to give it dimension and changeable shoelaces in white and military green. —

Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 2 Oct. 2023 The shoe is made of leather and has a small piece of flax or linen still attached, which archaeologists suspect once served as a shoelace. —

Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Sep. 2023 Minutes later, Ibarrola—the innocent Ibarrola— got his shoelaces back, a coffee to go, and a bus ticket home. —

Karen Naundorf, WIRED, 13 Sep. 2023 If Chris breaks a shoelace, somebody has got to go in there at Z. —

Rick Stroud, Orlando Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2023 The Stars forward copied an MGK look by donning a pink, furry vest over a pair of black shorts and combat boots with white shoelaces. —

Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 21 July 2023 See More

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