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unlace

[uhn-leys] / ʌnˈleɪs /






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Taking your shoes on and off again 一 especially if you go outside often in shoes that take a while to unlace 一 can be a real headache.

From Seattle Times Nov. 30, 2023

When the door finally opened two hours later, she must have seen it on his face, because she didn’t even unlace her shoes.

From Slate Sep. 24, 2022

He leaned forward to unlace his sneakers and take a drink.

From Washington Post Dec. 8, 2017

For others, such as cornerback Casey Hayward, it doesn’t require much thought — just unlace and do what you’re told.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 10, 2017

She went to him and helped him unlace.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

As he thinks back, Toure unlaces a pair of bright red cleats.

From Washington Post Oct. 11, 2021

He unlaces each of my boots and sets them beside the chair, Ming over the holes in my socks.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

He unlaces his boots and folds his trousers in the dark and sets the tin of biscuits on top.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

The squire relieves Erec of his helmet, unlaces the mouth-piece from before his face; then he spreads out the cloth before them on the thick tuff.

From Four Arthurian Romances by William Wistar Comfort

She unlaces the bag and lays the little one on the warm grass.

From Two Indian Children of Long Ago by Frances Taylor

At Arcadia, the 10-year-old Bill noticed how a skater named Archie moved his body, stunning the crowd by sliding backward with his hair slicked back and his boots unlaced.

From New York Times Dec. 30, 2020

“We’re going to showcase what the unlaced has yet to see or hear,” 53-year-old E-40 told the Ringer this week.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 19, 2020

Run-D.M.C. were wearing what they always wore: all black and unlaced Adidas sneakers, flaps out.

From Slate Feb. 6, 2019

By the time we were given back our belongings – unlaced shoes, notebooks, phones – we’d become momentary media celebrities.

From The Guardian Jan. 17, 2017

These are taller, workman's boots, but again one is sole up, the other unlaced, the lace this time reaching off the edge of the painting.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

He didn’t even wait to come off the field before unlacing his cleats, lowering his socks and removing his shin guards.

From Seattle Times Sep. 20, 2023

After reluctantly unlacing his military boots, taking off his army issue pants and T-shirt and leaving his guns and ammo belt, he looked at the knapsack.

From New York Times Feb. 28, 2022

To see Griff quiver with unspent energy after a match, two younger boys unlacing his gloves like retainers, it was hard to imagine how the giant could lose.

From The New Yorker Mar. 25, 2019

Toward the end of our post-practice conversation, Durant leaned over and started unlacing his shoes.

From New York Times Nov. 8, 2012

C.P. sat on the edge of his bed unlacing his shoes.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson




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