tennis shoe
Americannoun
noun
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Noun Inflected Forms
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
He’s a doctor, and he took my tennis shoe off with professional care.
From New York Times • Sep. 9, 2021
The 20-times Grand Slam winner had also teamed up with the company earlier this year to develop the Roger Pro tennis shoe.
From Reuters • Aug. 23, 2021
“We lived right about here,” Badoni said, turning over a piece of weathered wood with his tennis shoe.
From Washington Times • Oct. 26, 2019
He heard something crackle when his tennis shoe hit the window-pane, but he couldn’t worry about it.
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
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