How to Use toe loop in a Sentence
toe loop
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Glenn followed the axel with a triple flip and triple toe loop.
—Brittany Ghiroli, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
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Tennell went down during her a triple toe loop after landing a triple lutz.
—Tess Koman, Cosmopolitan, 21 Feb. 2018
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Performers must make landing a quadruple toe loop look like a lark.
—Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2022
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The edge jumps are the loop, the salchow and the axel, while the toe jumps are the toe loop, the flip and the lutz.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 3 Feb. 2022
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Tennell fell on the second part of her triple lutz-triple toe loop combination.
—Helene Elliott, latimes.com, 21 Feb. 2018
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Quad toe + triple flip Malinin was then mostly clean on a quad toe loop followed by a triple flip.
—Zack Pierce, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
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Chan stumbled on his opening quadruple toe loop and spent almost as much time sitting on the ice as skating on it.
—Helene Elliott, latimes.com, 9 Feb. 2018
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Chen is the first to land five different types of quads in competition; the loop, toe loop, salchow, flip and lutz.
—Dave Skretta, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Feb. 2022
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Naturally, there’s an Olympic-sized skating rink to practice your toe loops and waltz jumps.
—Crai S Bower, Outside, 24 Nov. 2025
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Those who prefer sandals without a toe loop or who want the flexibility to wear socks.
—Sophie Dodd, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2023
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Skaters should be mathematically able to do a quint Salchow or toe loop.
—Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2022
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Back home, once everyone had left the rink for the day, Browning started trying a quad toe loop in secret.
—Ben Cohen, WSJ, 5 Feb. 2022
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Malinin planned to open with his quad axel in combination with a triple toe loop but settled for only a quad flip.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2026
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Nakai, too, squandered roughly six points for downgrading a planned triple lutz-triple toe loop combination.
—Bora Erden, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2026
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Messing fell on his quadruple toe loop — his second jump of the night — but later added in a clean quad toe in combination with a double toe.
—Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Jan. 2018
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Fans don’t need to know a Lutz from a Salchow or a loop from a toe loop to be engaged by men’s skating at the Olympics.
—New York Times, 2 Jan. 2018
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Messing made up for an early fall on a four-revolution toe loop by adding in an unplanned quadruple jump later in his program.
—Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Jan. 2018
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The Dive sandals are made with an ancient pink satin upper and a leather sole, and feature a distinctive toe loop that holds the foot in place.
—Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 5 Feb. 2026
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Alexandra Trusova is the second woman to land that jump and has successfully landed the quad lutz, flip, and toe loop.
—Joyce Rubin, Vogue, 15 Feb. 2022
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Nor did Liu attempt a quadruple toe loop as did the Russian Adeliia Petrosian.
—Bora Erden, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2026
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Here’s your cheat sheet for telling six figure skating jumps apart during the Winter Olympics, from an axel to a toe loop, salchow and lutz jump.
—Alice Park, Time, 8 Feb. 2018
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Valieva botched her first four jumps, and later fell while attempting a quad toe loop, finishing fifth in the long program and dropping out of medal contention.
—Harold Maass, The Week, 18 Feb. 2022
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Chaco has a reputation for outstanding traction and highly adjustable straps and signature toe loops that contour to any and every foot.
—Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2022
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Tennell, a 20-year-old jumping machine, held onto a poor landing on the opening jump of her combination, the triple lutz, but then fell trying the triple toe loop.
—Christine Brennan, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2018
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Valieva fell again on her other quad toe loop, keeping her from completing that combination, and spun out on another jump late in the program — though by that point, her fate was sealed.
—Dave Skretta, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Feb. 2022
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Sakamoto, meanwhile, lost more than eight potential points after landing off balance on a triple flip, leaving her unable to attempt a planned triple toe loop in combination.
—Bora Erden, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2026
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Close to 40 years later, the quadruple toe loop has become normalized, appearing successively in more programs in each of the past four Games.
—Robert Samuels, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026
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Skating to the music of Elton John, Chen put on a masterful performance that included a quad flip and triple toe loop, a quad flip, and a triple axel.
—NBC News, 10 Feb. 2022
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But after landing her opening triple lutz, Tennell was unable to hold onto her triple toe loop, falling on the second half of a combination that had become so familiar.
—Dave Skretta, chicagotribune.com, 21 Feb. 2018
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Because a skater must control the landing of the first jump to immediately snap into the second, nearly all combinations utilize the simpler toe loop as their second jump.
—Robert Samuels, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026
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