luge

Example Sentences

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The U.S. has won just six luge medals — none of them gold — overall and just two combined in the last four Olympics.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026

Another Olympic Village, this one temporary and consisting of 377 mobile homes, has been built in Cortina d'Ampezzo, the venue for the women's alpine skiing and curling events, as well as bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

Owner Manclark, 85, competed for Great Britain in the luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2025

No one was going to care what was on my feet at a wedding in a community center with an ice luge!

From Slate • May 12, 2024

Until the Captain came, this was regarded as dashing, because most people were content to sit on the luge and travel legs-foremost instead of head-foremost.

From The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns by Bennett, Arnold