lacing
Example Sentences
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“Not a star, just another has-been, lacing up his sneakers in an empty gym on a Wednesday night.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026
It also feels like a moment — to use a sports metaphor, which I’m not an athlete — that you’re lacing up your shoes.
From Salon • Sep. 13, 2025
Then, Smith came through again in the ninth, lacing a go-ahead, two-out RBI double off the wall in left that scored pinch-runner James Outman all the way from first base.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 29, 2025
He admits to targeting another summer or two as an England player, but doubts he will follow Anderson lacing up the boots into his fifth decade.
From BBC • Jun. 17, 2025
The birch bark at the stern was held together by a lacing, and the water came in through the seam.
From "Stuart Little" by E.B. White
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.