unlace
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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
The girl was standing by a bedpost, trembling like a doe, “Lady Arya, if you will turn your back, I must needs unlace your gown.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" 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 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
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
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
After unheard-of prowess the hero unhorses the stranger and unlaces his vizor.
From Chaucer and His Times by Grace E. Hadow
When the feds roll up to her boxy corner house in a leafy suburb, Winner is outside in cutoff jean shorts, a white button-down shirt, and unlaced yellow Converse.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2023
“All right, I got you,” Abdul said, as he unlaced Eric’s shoes and started to warm his feet in his hands.
From New York Times ● May 13, 2023
He wears a dirty coat and unlaced shoes.
From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2021
Suddenly, his unlaced shoe flew up in the air, slowing him as his pint-size competitor kept running.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 4, 2018
Harry unlaced his shoe and pulled the broken string to even lengths so he could tie it in a bow again.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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
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
Wearing his cap backward, Bobrovsky sat by himself less than 10 feet away, silently unlacing and relacing his skates.
From New York Times ● Apr. 14, 2011
C.P. sat on the edge of his bed unlacing his shoes.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
