tennis shoe
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of tennis shoe
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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Images showed a burning building and debris — including a tennis shoe — in a heap of destruction in the city on the Black Sea.
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2022
Before regaining consciousness, the woman said she saw “‘a tennis shoe on the roof of the hospital and it’s a left foot.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 9, 2022
The 20-times Grand Slam winner teamed up with the company earlier this year to develop the Roger Pro tennis shoe.
From Reuters ● Sep. 15, 2021
So he reinvented a simple lace-up tennis shoe in soft New Zealand wool and launched a Kickstarter campaign in 2014 that quickly raised $120,000.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2017
I unlaced my right tennis shoe, wriggled my foot out, and removed the mound of tens and twenties Pa had given me.
From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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