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 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
She unlaces the bag and lays the little one on the warm grass.
From Two Indian Children of Long Ago by Taylor, Frances
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 Comfort, William Wistar
Cotton shirts came with unlaced corsetry, and those unbuttoned dresses had stays on the outside.
From New York Times ● Sep. 25, 2021
He wears a dirty coat and unlaced shoes.
From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2021
“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
Knee pads come flying off, corsets are laced and unlaced, wigs righted and capes fastened.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2019
Stone-faced, the stocky lad bent, unlaced his boot, and drew a yellowed parchment from a hidden flap within.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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
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
I light the lamp and start unlacing his boots.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
