unlace
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
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
She went to him and helped him unlace.
From "A Game of Thrones" 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
![]()
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
She unlaces the bag and lays the little one on the warm grass.
From Two Indian Children of Long Ago by Frances Taylor
At Arcadia, the 10-year-old Bill noticed how a skater named Archie moved his body, stunning the crowd by sliding backward with his hair slicked back and his boots unlaced.
From New York Times ● Dec. 30, 2020
“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
Run-D.M.C. were wearing what they always wore: all black and unlaced Adidas sneakers, flaps out.
From Slate ● Feb. 6, 2019
By the time we were given back our belongings – unlaced shoes, notebooks, phones – we’d become momentary media celebrities.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 17, 2017
These are taller, workman's boots, but again one is sole up, the other unlaced, the lace this time reaching off the edge of the painting.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
![]()
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
Toward the end of our post-practice conversation, Durant leaned over and started unlacing his shoes.
From New York Times ● Nov. 8, 2012
C.P. sat on the edge of his bed unlacing his shoes.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
![]()