How to Use piste in a Sentence

piste

noun
  • Use in the winter for warm ups and cool downs off-piste.
    Grace Smith, Town & Country, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Our clients want to feel safe and look good skiing more of the mountain, off-piste and in the moguls.
    Lawrence J. Burke, Outside Online, 3 Oct. 2019
  • But out of the pool and off the fencing piste, Hong Kong’s fortunes have not been as bright.
    New York Times, 30 July 2021
  • That’s all in keeping with Crow heritage: the brand was born off-piste in the French Alps.
    Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online, 9 Jan. 2022
  • The building blocks of Bach’s career were formed on the fencing piste.
    New York Times, 20 July 2021
  • Après ski, relax with a schnitzel and a pint at the Alpine-style lodge overlooking the piste.
    Emily Matchar, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Feb. 2020
  • And the skiing has it all: pistes for all levels, moguls, glacier skiing and freestyle.
    Kelly Dinardo, WSJ, 12 Dec. 2018
  • Those still planning to hit the piste will be searching for seclusion and space.
    Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 27 Dec. 2020
  • The group had been walking off-piste when the 400-meter-wide avalanche hit, the BBC reported at the time.
    Kate Samuelson, Time, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Breaking bones and tearing ligaments is par for the course for those who ply their trade on the piste.
    Aimee Lewis, CNN, 2 Nov. 2017
  • As the game threatened to become a whitewash, the visitors went off-piste.
    SI.com, 19 Sep. 2017
  • Where to Dine Snowmass now owns bragging rights as having the area's best on-piste dining.
    Jen Murphy, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2022
  • Sprinkle in Camelot and Middle Earth wizardry, snowy Shinto shrines, and miles of off-radar piste for good measure.
    Adam H. Graham, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Oct. 2018
  • After a week of running search after search, Haffner went off piste.
    Julia Buckley, CNN, 7 Jan. 2022
  • The result is more like off-piste skiing, almost like breaking new trails in the backcountry.
    New York Times, 19 Feb. 2022
  • Katy Perry hasn’t been shy of going way off-piste in the promotion of her new album, Witness.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 29 June 2017
  • With its distinct mix of sleek activewear and chunky, cozy knits, a good après-ski ensemble can move between the cozy chalet and the piste without too much fuss.
    Anny Choi, Vogue, 5 Dec. 2018
  • For intrepid advanced skiers looking for a challenge, off piste is the way to go, ideally in the company of a guide.
    Everett Potter, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2021
  • Robinson Crusoe’ retreat in the Seychelles, and off-piste skiing in Iceland.
    Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Mar. 2017
  • But to the director Emma Miller’s credit, that bout is a long, real-time slog up and down the piste, effortful and tough, and a little ugly.
    Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2018
  • While 70% of the ski area is groomed, the mountain also has more than 9 miles of skiable and rideable backcountry and off-piste terrain to appeal to all levels.
    Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 1 Dec. 2021
  • The rugged French town of La Grave is the stuff of freeriding legend: a unique resort that boasts just one gondola and one groomed slope—and some of the most notorious off-piste skiing in the Alps.
    Gabriella Le Breton, Robb Report, 27 Nov. 2022
  • Tuico has logged countless miles off-piste in his all-wheel-drive Honda Passport, tackling many of the landmark trail systems in the United States.
    Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Austria’s ski resorts will open up again this winter, though tourists will have to do without the usual off-piste partying.
    Boris Groendahl, Bloomberg.com, 24 Sep. 2020
  • The Veneto and Trentino regions are celebrated for gastronomy, and on-piste meals live up to the hype.
    Amy Tara Koch, Vogue, 7 Mar. 2019
  • For off-piste adventurers, a neon color ensures that you won’t be confused with rocks or trees in the backcountry.
    Rebecca Malinsky, WSJ, 11 Dec. 2020
  • Adrenaline-seeking powder heads will love their off-piste ski sessions during the day before nesting back in their room when the sun goes down.
    Michelle Tchea, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 July 2021
  • Here’s hoping more designers show off piste next season.
    Steff Yotka, Vogue, 24 May 2018
  • The prefecture in the southern Hautes-Pyrenees region said the bodies of the three men were found a day after an avalanche struck on an off-piste sector at the Cauterets ski resort, close to the Spanish border.
    Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2018
  • At times, all of them were running simultaneously, explains Corsin Clopath, head of piste at the resort.
    WIRED, 18 Jan. 2023

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