How to Use skater in a Sentence

skater

noun
  • Clooney toured the Venetian canals in a black skater dress and tan flats.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The length of the hem as well as the flared silhouette called to mind the skater skirt of the early 2000s.
    Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 26 June 2023
  • Until the late ‘70s and ‘80s when the first real skaters came that didn’t surf.
    Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2023
  • As a performer and an ice skater, Cirque du Soleil is the dream.
    Sam Trottenberg, BostonGlobe.com, 30 May 2022
  • But if a skater’s arms are drawn inward, the skater will twirl faster.
    Evan Bush, NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The glamour was gone, but vert skaters never lost the itch.
    Zach Harris, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2024
  • Like that of Sharpar, the former figure skater who is dead at 25.
    Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2023
  • For other skaters, the ice rink has offered refuge from the heat for years.
    Emma Uber, Washington Post, 23 June 2024
  • The goalies and two skaters were replaced by characters from the show.
    Jace Evans, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Wang, though, doesn’t have the typical life of an elite skater.
    Marisa Ingemi, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Nov. 2022
  • For more control, skaters can opt for the four-wheel model.
    Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2023
  • Unleash your inner skater at one of the largest skate parks in Texas.
    Gabi De La Rosa, Chron, 8 June 2022
  • So James, a junior, turned to Google to find other skaters.
    Michelle Miller, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Nor will any skater who finishes in the top three with her.
    James Ellingworth and Graham Dunbar, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Feb. 2022
  • Although the reveal came as a surprise to many, fans seemed to love the way the skater chose to announce the news.
    Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 21 June 2024
  • While Ullmark was the best Bruin, Hall was the best Bruins skater.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Its star figure skater should not compete at the Olympics.
    Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2022
  • Smooth, fluid skater with a long stride and good balance.
    Kyle Woodlief, USA TODAY, 7 July 2022
  • There, the Olympic cauldron was lit by the skater Kenneth Charles Henry.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 15 July 2024
  • In the past few years, avid skater Ross revived it and has opened offshoots in London and New York.
    Merle Ginsberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The process is often compared to a spinning ice skater.
    Laura Paddison, CNN, 15 July 2024
  • Punk rockers and skaters make a good team The punk bands and pro skaters have plenty in common.
    Tim Latterner, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2024
  • Hunters in the Snow contrasts the hard-working hunters with a group of carefree ice skaters playing in the background.
    Tim Brinkhof, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Joanna, an avid skater herself, will appear as a guest judge on one of the episodes.
    Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 15 May 2024
  • On February 13, the 29-year-old speed skater became the first Black woman to medal in her sport at the Olympics.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 13 Feb. 2022
  • To stop, skaters just need to apply pressure to the padded brake and create enough friction to slow their speed.
    Katherine Alex Beaven, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2024
  • There is also a skater helper that is used to provide balance for new ice skaters.
    Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 29 Dec. 2022
  • This time, the eight skaters in Monday’s final seemed to grasp what Eaton had been saying all these years.
    Les Carpenter, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
  • The shows by professional skaters include all of the theatrics from jumps to spins!
    James Barrett, Redbook, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Believe it or not, it's been 18 long years since an American individual ladies figure skater has stood on the Olympic podium.
    Jim Clash, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024

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