Example sentences for: skates

How can you use “skates” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • An alternative is to hire a bicycle or in-line skates (see page 103).

  • These used to look fine with fur-trimmed jackets, but they look quite different with mini-ball-dresses or virtual underwear, and they looked grotesque on tiny Oksana Baiul in her pink swan-queen outfit at Lillehammer, Norway, in 1994--the too-direct reference to traditional ballet suddenly made her skates look ungainly.

  • Projects these schools have backed so far: a candle and toiletries business, a company that makes backpacks for in-line skates, and a firm exploring laser technology for eye surgery.

  • In-line skates have become very popular for touring the town and can also be rented (see page 103).

  • Eddie goes for his audition, which turns out to be sex on Jack's couch with a pretty but inappropriately cheerful runaway, Rollergirl (Heather Graham), so named because she lives her whole life on skates.


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