cleat

Example Sentences

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The collection included tailored pieces such as trousers, a suit jacket and a trench coat featuring the Nike swoosh, along with a slip-on mule resembling a football cleat.

From Reuters • Aug. 15, 2023

Johnston scored despite his right cleat being untied throughout the play.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2023

Hovhannisyan hasn’t yet specified repair costs, but does claim to have “suffered personal injury and mental distress” after being “narrowly missed by an airborne cleat that was detached in the incident.”

From Seattle Times • May 28, 2023

Its second-leading hitter sliced her hand on the cleat of an opponent the same week — injuries that have loomed for the Wildecats just weeks before they’re set to begin the postseason.

From Washington Post • May 1, 2023

I remember Coach M telling them to put me in the cart and drive me down the hill to the doctor’s, and I saw JP standing in front of me, holding the cleat I’d thrown.

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith