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Meanings of shoelace in English

Portuguese
atacador
Catalan
cordó
Spanish
cordón

A lace used for fastening shoes.

atacador
Usage of shoelace in English
1
You ought to have thought about that this morning when your shoelace snapped.
Shadows in the twilight
2
Then he made as if to tie his shoelace, which had come undone.
The new yorker
3
Sebastian distracting his attention by bending, grunting, and tying his shoelace.
The ginger man
4
His shoelace was untied, but he didn't stop to fix it.
Wanted
5
Nowadays, sadly, it has to be an armpit, an eyebrow or a shoelace.
The Guardian
6
I dropped onto one knee and made like I was tying a shoelace.
Exit wound
7
Three dead in less time than it would take to tie a shoelace.
Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony
8
As he spoke, Weldon felt himself surveyed from hat to shoelace.
On the Firing Line
9
John bends down to tie his shoelace, sending Kimmie into an absolute tizzy.
Deadly little secret
10
What if Cale used the pen to tighten the shoelace around his neck?
The sherlockian
11
His hands were bound behind his back with a white shoelace.
The Irish Times
12
It hadn't taken me that long to tie my shoelace.
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
13
Chance removed a torn cardboard square, punctured on both ends by a knotted shoelace.
Terminal
14
He stooped to fix a shoelace which had become untied.
A Son of the City / A Story of Boy Life
15
Finally she leaned over and retied her already tight shoelace.
Wicked
16
Mind you don't trip on your shoelace as you go.
The South African
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Translations for shoelace
Spanish
cordón
Shoelace through the time
Shoelace across language varieties
United States of America
Common