three-legged race

Example Sentences

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At the 1992 Town Picnic in Chernobyl, Ukraine, the three-legged race was won for the first time by a single person.

From Washington Post • Sep. 23, 2020

It’s as if they imagine collaborative fiction as a kind of three-legged race: goofy and fun at an office picnic, but ill suited to a serious runner.

From Salon • May 25, 2015

MasterChef The young chefs attempt to bake while in a three-legged race.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2014

But for virtually all, it has become a three-legged race that is impossible to win alone.

From Inc • Jun. 4, 2013

Running with a drowsy child of Hades was more like doing a three-legged race with a life-size rag doll.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan