shoelace

Example Sentences

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Accessories—anything from shoelace charms to glitter freckles to decor for your decor—give consumers ways to update their look and express themselves at a fraction of the cost.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

The 22-year-old did not play a warm-up tournament before the opening Grand Slam of the season after suffering a back spasm when she bent down to tie a shoelace.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2025

Nandakumar says to think of chromosomes as a shoelace.

From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2024

To Shirley Raines, they are royalty: The woman with the paralyzed arm who uses a shoelace as a sling.

From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2023

And that is what it feels like: pulling the different parts of me up and in like a shoelace.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth