Example Sentences

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Sara said she had fallen over on some roller-skates, but her account seemed inconsistent.

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2024

The highly anticipated film roller-skates into theaters July 21.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2023

Mr. Rockman travels on roller-skates — an exhilarating if terrifying experience when plunging down the mountains outside Jerusalem toward the coastal plain outside Tel Aviv.

From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2022

Todd Phillips trains the camera on the movie screen as the Little Tramp roller-skates closer and closer to a steep drop.

From Slate • Jan. 13, 2020

He was a very good skater and all, but I couldn't enjoy it much because I kept picturing him practicing to be a guy that roller-skates on the stage.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger