Example Sentences

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The girls see the appeal in some of the toys on display, with Bella-May particularly taken with a pair of roller skates.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

Near a resort pool and on a narrow balcony, she prances around in a variety of adorable outfits including a pair of custom bedazzled hot pink heel roller skates.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

That mellow approach made her such an outlier in the vicious world of international figure skating that she might as well have showed up with roller skates.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

Like a skateboard built out of roller skates, “Vivien’s Wild Ride” is a collection of parts fashioned into something not quite streamlined, but moving.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

Of course I wanted to try the roller skates right away but my mother’s family was due to arrive for a welcome-home party and all of us had to get dressed up.

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz