How to Use shoelace in a Sentence

shoelace

noun
  • Like, my shoelace is not tired.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Switch all your child's shoelaces to green shoelaces.
    — Amanda Rock, Parents, 16 Mar. 2026
  • The black bands loop through the shoelace slots in all types of shoes.
    — Olivia Evans, womenshealthmag.com, 17 May 2023
  • Around his neck hangs a shoelace weighed down with no less than two dozen keys.
    — Literary Hub, 26 Nov. 2025
  • Either a shoelace or a weak skate or a weak blade, the blade was loose.
    — Patti Greco, Cosmopolitan, 15 Dec. 2017
  • Don’t Trip is written in a big white font along a shoelace tag.
    — Rachel Hahn, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2017
  • There's no time for a shoe search, untying the shoelace knot, and putting them on.
    — Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
  • The man forced her into the woods, pushed her down on the ground and tied her hands and feet with shoelaces.
    — Stephanie Warsmith and Paula Schleis, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2024
  • If Chris breaks a shoelace, somebody has got to go in there at Z.
    — Rick Stroud, Orlando Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Ribbon, shoelaces or narrow strands of fabric can be used for mask ties.
    — oregonlive, 4 Apr. 2020
  • The proper way to tie shoelaces is not a topic that comes up with his customers.
    — Monty Davis, kansascity.com, 26 Apr. 2017
  • Some wanted business loans; a few asked for shoelaces and showers.
    — Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Remove the shoelaces and any inserts, then put the shoes in a mesh laundry bag.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 10 June 2026
  • Teaching a child to tie their shoelaces can be frustrating for both adults and kids.
    — Bridget Shirvell, Parents, 27 July 2023
  • Sabalenka couldn’t get the half-volley off her shoelaces and over the net.
    — Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025
  • One day, my very young daughter crawled up and started playing with his shoelaces.
    — Frank Wilczek, WSJ, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Stilla tries to specialize in hard-to-find items, from shoelaces to safes.
    — Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland.com, 17 June 2019
  • Caleb found Joshua lying on the floor with a shoelace wrapped tightly around his neck.
    — Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE.com, 17 Mar. 2022
  • And then there’s that comma, dangling like an untied shoelace off the end of the line.
    — Susan Tallman, The New York Review of Books, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Harding, who was granted a restart due to an issue with her shoelaces, would not medal.
    — Peggy Truong, Cosmopolitan, 16 Jan. 2018
  • There’s something about miniature shoelaces and tiny soles that just gets me, reader.
    — Sara Beth Bolin, USA TODAY, 25 July 2024
  • It was coated in a viscous white goo, and a black shoelace had been knotted around its neck.
    — Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2018
  • Pull the two twists into a single knot in the back, like the first step in tying a shoelace.
    — Nina Judar, Redbook, 19 Sep. 2016
  • There, Leon had made a safe out of two coffee cans and a shoelace and hid it inside a pipe.
    — Lauren Smith, Good Housekeeping, 26 Oct. 2017
  • Toxic tau misfolds like a shoelace tied in a mess of double knots instead of a neat bow.
    — Karen Weintraub, Scientific American, 2 Mar. 2020
  • Next lift your left foot on the floor a few feet in front of the bench, place the top of your right foot on the bench, shoelaces down.
    — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The shoes also come with two shoelace styles, which let wearers customize the set.
    — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Footage shows the youngster, who is wearing a red t-shirt, stopping to tie his shoelace next to a parked car.
    — Swns - Joe Smith, Fox News, 27 Sep. 2018
  • There are no strings — or shoelaces — attached to this freebie Friday.
    — Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY, 12 June 2018
  • Neither of the guards was hurt, but they were bound with shoelaces, Gonzales said.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 12 Sep. 2019

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