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Meanings of shoelaces in English
Synonyms
Examples for "bootlaces"
Examples for "bootlaces"
1
For days afterwards all the children would tie their bootlaces in bows.
2
Here. She handed Janet two safety pins and a packet of bootlaces.
3
Though sometimes he stepped back to tie their bootlaces together while they barfed.
4
He looked up from his bootlaces in an agony of embarrassment.
5
He stuck his fingers in his bootlaces and yanked them off.
1
She usually took out her shoestrings, not liking the trouble of tying them.
2
To get his shoestrings he speculates in herds of cattle.
3
It landed yards away, the hide on the dog's right side shred thin as shoestrings.
4
He was so bent and bowed over that the wind blew his shoestrings into his eyes.
5
I never was worth much, he gasped out at last, stooping, and pulling at his shoestrings.
1
Montgomery clasped his face, sat him down, and began tying his shoe lace.
2
Somebody is out of luck-oneglove is about as useless as one shoe lace.
3
N-not n-now, he stammered, and began to untie and retie his shoe lace very carefully.
4
I hurriedly double-knotted the shoe lace, grabbed up the flashlight, and climbed to my feet.
5
I fell down and hurt both legs and my right ankle, and broke my shoe lace.
Usage of shoelaces in English
1
The puppy followed me closely, and attacked my shoelaces when I stopped.
2
If you're looking for shoelaces, buckets or bread Kieran will have it.
3
Billy had his shirt in his hand, and Jenn's shoelaces were untied.
4
I was just doing up my shoelaces when my phone rang again.
5
He just walks to his bunk and sits down, untying his shoelaces.
6
The mismatched neon shoelaces are a clue as to Brown's suppressed inner-stylist.
7
He ties his belt back up, his shoelaces, gathers up his things.
8
Finally, a boy tumbles down the stairs, black hair disheveled, shoelaces untied.
9
Whilst we made incredible strides ahead, we also tripped on our own shoelaces.
10
Buttons and shoelaces and getting things on frontways gave Adam trouble.
11
My belt and shoelaces were collected, then I was taken to a cell.
12
In the dream he is always leaning over tying his shoelaces.
13
She did everything with grace, and could make tying her shoelaces look sexy.
14
I walked over to Sergeant Ferrell who was crouched down retying his shoelaces.
15
She leaned over and picked up one of the decorated shoelaces.
16
Warren's busy tying the shoelaces of 9-year-old son Lucas's footie boots.
About this term
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Shoelaces through the time
Shoelaces across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common