How to Use roller skate in a Sentence

roller skate

noun
  • There’s a drunken brawl on roller skates.
    — William Earl, Variety, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Are rollerblades or roller skates better?
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Yeah, my aunt took apart a roller skate and nailed it on a piece of wood.
    — Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Here are some buying tips on how to find the right roller skate for you.
    — Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 2 June 2022
  • The last thing a skater wants is a roller skate’s heel (and wheels) falling off!
    — New York Times, 24 Sep. 2021
  • Teams would recruit and train women to roller skate and play.
    — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 May 2021
  • Dance shoes are taxable, too, as are sports gloves, roller skates and wetsuits.
    — Leada Gore | [email protected], al.com, 18 July 2019
  • People bike, stroll, run, scoot, roller skate, skateboard and walk their dogs.
    — Heather Knight, SFChronicle.com, 17 Nov. 2020
  • The girl glides on one roller skate, her arms stretched out, squealing in delight and fear.
    — Elizabeth Blair, NPR, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Get out and roller skate or watch for sea life, or stay in and watch a concert or ballet.
    — oregonlive, 30 Dec. 2020
  • The defensive line might as well have been wearing roller skates.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024
  • So give them the gift of roller skates and tell them to use their imagination.
    — oregonlive, 3 Dec. 2019
  • Rollerblades' wheels are set up in a straight line, while roller skates have two sets of side-by-side wheels in the front and back.
    — Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 22 July 2023
  • Did roller skate TikTok stardom just flash through your head?
    — Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Somebody once told me a hurricane is like an elephant on roller skates.
    — Ben Crandell, sun-sentinel.com, 2 Sep. 2019
  • By Christmas, both girls had a bicycle and a pair of roller skates.
    — AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Check out our articles on best roller skates for women and best electric bikes.
    — Good Housekeeping, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Give the would-be delivery people all Schwinn bikes or roller skates.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The students wore blue or white polo shirts, khakis and gym sneakers — no roller skates, at least not yet.
    — Alia Malik, ExpressNews.com, 13 Jan. 2020
  • Lexi gives the best talent-show performance of the season on roller skates.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025
  • These retro roller skates come in multiple colors and sizes, perfect for any style.
    — Christopher Murray, Fox News, 1 Jan. 2025
  • The cost covers skate rentals, but patrons can use their own roller skates for a $3 discount.
    — Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 29 June 2024
  • An agile, blond male dressed like a penguin twirled, spun, jumped and did splits on roller skates to rock music.
    — Maya Dukmasova, Chicago Reader, 23 Jan. 2018
  • That’s all Margot on roller skates, fighting a bunch of dudes on a moving carousel.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Apr. 2020
  • Bicycles, in-line or roller skates, scooters and dogs will not be allowed on the course.
    — chicagotribune.com, 18 June 2019
  • The lanes echoed with the sound of rolling balls and crashing pins long before the wheels of roller skates ever touched its floor.
    — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Learn how to make this old-school diner dessert with almost as much panache as those waitresses in roller skates.
    — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Thompson suggests finding a roller skate that comes with a nylon plate and metal trucks.
    — Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 2 June 2022
  • Feely spends most of the show zipping around on roller skates, which in itself would earn my admiration.
    — Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2024
  • There was a guy called Rollerena, who used to dress in drag and go everywhere on roller skates.
    — Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025

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