How to Use roller skate in a Sentence
roller skate
noun-
Yeah, my aunt took apart a roller skate and nailed it on a piece of wood.
— Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2023 -
The last thing a skater wants is a roller skate’s heel (and wheels) falling off!
— New York Times, 24 Sep. 2021 -
Here are some buying tips on how to find the right roller skate for you.
— Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 2 June 2022 -
Rollerblades' wheels are set up in a straight line, while roller skates have two sets of side-by-side wheels in the front and back.
— Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 22 July 2023 -
Teams would recruit and train women to roller skate and play.
— Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 May 2021 -
In the 1990s, inline skates, a kind of roller skate, were all the rage, but their buzz had gotten quieter.
— Tracee M. Herbaugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Oct. 2022 -
So give them the gift of roller skates and tell them to use their imagination.
— oregonlive, 3 Dec. 2019 -
Get out and roller skate or watch for sea life, or stay in and watch a concert or ballet.
— oregonlive, 30 Dec. 2020 -
In the class the instructor, Tanya Dean, shows you how to do some fun dance moves on classic roller skates.
— Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 18 Apr. 2020 -
By Christmas, both girls had a bicycle and a pair of roller skates.
— AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2023 -
Dance shoes are taxable, too, as are sports gloves, roller skates and wetsuits.
— Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al.com, 18 July 2019 -
That’s all Margot on roller skates, fighting a bunch of dudes on a moving carousel.
— Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Apr. 2020 -
Or Erin Jackson, the 25-year-old speed skater who just switched over from roller skating four months ago.
— Alyson Krueger, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2018 -
People bike, stroll, run, scoot, roller skate, skateboard and walk their dogs.
— Heather Knight, SFChronicle.com, 17 Nov. 2020 -
The cost covers skate rentals, but patrons can use their own roller skates for a $3 discount.
— Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 29 June 2024 -
Turns out there are a lot of people who are sort of in the same boat as me—a 60-year-old woman learning how to roller skate.
— Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE.com, 14 June 2022 -
The defensive line might as well have been wearing roller skates.
— Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024 -
Give the would-be delivery people all Schwinn bikes or roller skates.
— Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 12 Feb. 2024 -
The students wore blue or white polo shirts, khakis and gym sneakers — no roller skates, at least not yet.
— Alia Malik, ExpressNews.com, 13 Jan. 2020 -
Did roller skate TikTok stardom just flash through your head?
— Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 8 Nov. 2022 -
Bicycles, in-line or roller skates, scooters and dogs will not be allowed on the course.
— chicagotribune.com, 18 June 2019 -
An agile, blond male dressed like a penguin twirled, spun, jumped and did splits on roller skates to rock music.
— Maya Dukmasova, Chicago Reader, 23 Jan. 2018 -
Each Christmas Eve, Venezuelans in the capital head to church ... on roller skates.
— Ajc Homepage, ajc, 23 Dec. 2017 -
Alex and Ani and Kendra Scott jewelry Barbie charms on these bracelets include both high heels and the roller skates.
— Time, 13 July 2023 -
Expect disco flashbacks, roller skates, and the music of ELO.
— oregonlive, 18 Feb. 2020 -
Participants are asked to walk, run, run, bike or even roller skate 95 miles on the District’s trails by June 30.
— Annie Alleman, chicagotribune.com, 21 Mar. 2022 -
Among the items Santos claimed: curtains and cutlery, blankets and clothes, a pair of pink roller skates and a blond doll for one of the grandchildren.
— Jill Langlois, latimes.com, 4 June 2018 -
The band was already playing, and professional dancers — some on roller skates — put on quite a show.
— San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2019 -
Yes, participants need to bring their own roller skates.
— Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 5 May 2023 -
Feely spends most of the show zipping around on roller skates, which in itself would earn my admiration.
— Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2024
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