How to Use horseshoe in a Sentence
horseshoe
noun- The lake was a horseshoe surrounded by tall pine trees.
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To the right is the kitchen, which is shaped like a horseshoe.
— Boston.com Real Estate, 17 Oct. 2019 -
The front bumper is attached to the curved end of the horseshoe.
— Ray Hutton, Car and Driver, 18 Aug. 2023 -
But the couple's love formed with the help of the horseshoe?
— Dana Hunsinger Benbow, Indianapolis Star, 23 Mar. 2014 -
On the ninth turn, a nasty horseshoe-shape curve, his luck ran out.
— New York Times, 4 Jan. 2022 -
The chairs are set up in a horseshoe in a narrow pink-walled back room.
— Hanna Krueger, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2022 -
Patients can park at the horseshoe in front of the building.
— Maria Clark, NOLA.com, 21 Mar. 2018 -
To me, that horseshoe on the side of the helmet is still the greatest logo in sports.
— Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 29 Mar. 2024 -
False River is a lake about 16 miles long in roughly the shape of a horseshoe.
— Lindsay Bierman, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2012 -
The staff behind the horseshoe bar prepped for the after-work flurry to come.
— Tan Vinh, The Seattle Times, 12 July 2017 -
The core of the site is 10 barracks arranged in a horseshoe around a parade ground.
— J.k. Dineen, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Jan. 2018 -
Beat the heat Bring the kids and spend the day splashing in the outdoor pool, with horseshoes and a five-hole putting green just steps away.
— Meghann Finn Sepulveda, azcentral, 21 May 2018 -
No, the noise won’t get to a team whose logo is a horseshoe but could be a pair of earmuffs.
— Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 24 July 2019 -
There’s a horseshoe pitch on one side of the fog signal building.
— Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2024 -
Getting close is good enough, as if running the city were a game of horseshoes.
— Stu Bykofsky, Philly.com, 5 Mar. 2018 -
This 10-piece set includes two stakes, four horseshoes, and four rings for a fun game of ring toss.
— Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 14 June 2024 -
There are plenty of games, like horseshoes and Ping- Pong, plus a pool and a stocked catch-and-release pond.
— Kristi Valentini, Redbook, 13 July 2017 -
But as the old saying goes, close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.
— Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 2 Dec. 2019 -
There's a swimming pool and creek for the kids to splash in, plus a horseshoe pit and basketball courts.
— Tracey Minkin, Southern Living, 12 July 2023 -
Outside, there are lawn games like horseshoes and corn hole.
— Kate Donnelly, CNT, 26 Aug. 2017 -
The basement is unfinished, and there is a Bocce court and a horseshoe pit on the front lawn.
— John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2019 -
Next spring, plans are to build horseshoe pits and plant a vegetable garden.
— Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Dec. 2017 -
Her name is inscribed on one horseshoe and on a brass saddle plate.
— Katia Parks, Baltimore Sun, 11 Aug. 2023 -
The car bends through the low-speed horseshoe smoothly with perhaps a hiccup at the exit.
— Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, 26 Mar. 2023 -
But his horseshoe worked, taking the pressure off the inflamed area and letting the horse walk again.
— National Geographic, 19 Aug. 2016 -
The first and second floors form a horseshoe, providing a view of the pool from nearly every room in the house.
— Lauren Jones, House Beautiful, 7 Apr. 2020 -
Tidbit: Every branch has an ox yoke and a horseshoe over the door and a traffic light over the restrooms.
— Tom Sietsema, chicagotribune.com, 13 Dec. 2017 -
Farm supply stores sell items like horseshoes and bits for just a few dollars apiece.
— Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 May 2024 -
It will be captured by the Earth's gravity between Sept. 29 and Nov. 25, and will travel in a horseshoe shape while in orbit.
— Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 24 Sep. 2024 -
The asteroid was discovered in August and is set to become a mini-moon, revolving around Earth in a horseshoe shape from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25.
— Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 19 Sep. 2024
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