Example Sentences

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And on Sunday night, as America was heating up nachos for Super Bowl parties, Team USA’s skaters were lacing up for their own winner-take-all showdown.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

Amik, during the summer, had made a number of snowshoe frames, and now the women were lacing them.

From The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure by Heming, Arthur Henry Howard

Naturally, it weakened me, took the life out of me; but I had learned muscular tricks for stealing a little space while they were lacing me. 

From The Jacket (Star-Rover) by London, Jack

Some were lacing tight over the framework the taut skin of their kayaks.

From The Eternal Maiden by Harré, T. Everett

The manager, who, from the fatigue and exhaustion of the previous night, still felt indisposed, was mounted in front; the two fur-gatherers were lacing on their snow-shoes to follow on foot.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 by Various