How to Use shoelace in a Sentence

shoelace

noun

• The black bands loop through the shoelace slots in all types of shoes.
  — Olivia Evans, womenshealthmag.com, 17 May 2023
• Da’Quincy plays with his shoelaces and picks at his lip.
  — Caroline Anders, Indianapolis Star, 9 Mar. 2020
• Either a shoelace or a weak skate or a weak blade, the blade was loose.
  — Patti Greco, Cosmopolitan, 15 Dec. 2017
• If Chris breaks a shoelace, somebody has got to go in there at Z.
  — Rick Stroud, Orlando Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2023
• Don’t Trip is written in a big white font along a shoelace tag.
  — Rachel Hahn, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2017
• Pull the two twists into a single knot in the back, like the first step in tying a shoelace.
  — Nina Judar, Redbook, 19 Sep. 2016
• 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, Leon had made a safe out of two coffee cans and a shoelace and hid it inside a pipe.
  — Lauren Smith, Good Housekeeping, 26 Oct. 2017
• Even the brand's signature shoelaces are stitched by hand.
  — Ingrid Schmidt, latimes.com, 27 Mar. 2018
• Caleb found Joshua lying on the floor with a shoelace wrapped tightly around his neck.
  — Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE.com, 17 Mar. 2022
• The proper way to tie shoelaces is not a topic that comes up with his customers.
  — Monty Davis, kansascity.com, 26 Apr. 2017
• Shaved heads and colored shoelaces in their boots completed the look.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Sep. 2019
• Stilla tries to specialize in hard-to-find items, from shoelaces to safes.
  — Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland.com, 17 June 2019
• Neither of the guards was hurt, but they were bound with shoelaces, Gonzales said.
  — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 12 Sep. 2019
• The piece spells out the opening words to the preamble of the US Constitution in shoelaces.
  — Michael B. Farrell, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 May 2017
• Footage shows the youngster, who is wearing a red t-shirt, stopping to tie his shoelace next to a parked car.
  — Swns - Joe Smith, Fox News, 27 Sep. 2018
• Early in the fourth quarter, Wing crushed a punt 60 yards that Agnew had to drift back and catch off his shoelaces.
  — Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 20 Sep. 2017
• Prior to that, of course, the doctor was telling Randy what all to get ready: boil a pair of new shoelaces, boil some scissors.
  — Holly V. Hays, Indianapolis Star, 23 Jan. 2018
• Teaching a child to tie their shoelaces can be frustrating for both adults and kids.
  — Bridget Shirvell, Parents, 27 July 2023
• Gold nameplate details are also seen as shoelace charms on the footwear and at the nape of each jacket.
  — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 10 Nov. 2023
• It was coated in a viscous white goo, and a black shoelace had been knotted around its neck.
  — Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2018
• If Mike breaks a shoelace, somebody has got to go in at X [receiver].
  — Rick Stroud, Orlando Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2023
• Some men took a second to tie students’ shoelaces and adjust crooked collars as the kids made their way down the line.
  — Natalia Alamdari, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2019
• Harding, who was granted a restart due to an issue with her shoelaces, would not medal.
  — Peggy Truong, Cosmopolitan, 16 Jan. 2018
• You were promised baseball, Legos, laughter, and shoelaces in this piece.
  — John Canzano, OregonLive.com, 5 June 2018
• Toxic tau misfolds like a shoelace tied in a mess of double knots instead of a neat bow.
  — Karen Weintraub, Scientific American, 2 Mar. 2020
• While Harden was tying his shoe, Liggins reached down to pull a shoelace away.
  — Jonathan Feigen, Houston Chronicle, 24 Mar. 2018
• 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
• Police say Quinones, 27, began to strangle the woman with a shoelace.
  — Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com, 6 Jan. 2022
• Ribbon, shoelaces or narrow strands of fabric can be used for mask ties.
  — oregonlive, 4 Apr. 2020

Last Updated: 28 May 2024