How to Use ice-skate in a Sentence

ice-skate

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  • Frank Ocean was constructing an ice-skating rink in the Sonoran desert.
    Jenn Pelly, New York Times, 9 May 2023
  • The camera is often fixed as people stroll or jog or play games, dine at cafes, swim and sun themselves, ice-skate and sled.
    Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2023
  • Coachella’s main stage blasted a light show while the trio appeared on a smaller stage in the middle of the crowd, in the spot rumored to be where Ocean had wanted an ice-skating rink to be.
    Taylor Henderson, Rolling Stone, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The ice-skating competition was part of a cutlery exhibit, along with forks and knives.
    Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 21 July 2024
  • And, after ice-skating season, the rink becomes Flipper’s, a roller disco.
    Shauna Lyon, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Sweet ice-skating scene drawing on Almut’s tortured past as a figure skater.
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2024
  • The ship includes six waterslides, seven swimming pools, an ice-skating rink, a theater and more than 40 restaurants, bars and lounges.
    CBS News, 27 Jan. 2024
  • These include a song-and-dance medley (complete with drones flying through the venue) in the main theater, an ice-skating show, and the absolutely amazing Aqua80sToo, which is staged in the ship’s AquaTheater.
    Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2024
  • His settings are pulled from children’s fables—an old-fashioned schoolhouse, an ice-skating rink, a pine forest filled with fake snow—often with a discomfiting twist.
    Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Once you’re appropriately layered up, be sure to also check out Domaine de la Forêt Perdue, a maze of ice-skating trails through a wooded park just outside Downtown.
    Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2024
  • Recent projects include renovating a play space at a homeless shelter, an ice-skating party/winter clothing drive and a princess party for local at-risk girls.
    Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 11 Oct. 2024
  • At The Peak, guests can glide on an ice-skating rink, set off for a snow-tubing excursion, or enjoy exhilarating hours of snowboarding and downhill or cross-country skiing.
    Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 10 Oct. 2024
  • There were other competitive activities meant for winter, such as an ice-skating race, plus indoor social events, as well.
    Jim Riccioli, Journal Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Such lateral asymmetric movements are named after a Dutch ice-skating technique and can pose serious safety risks.
    David Shepardson, USA TODAY, 28 June 2024
  • Ocean’s set, his first in six years, was marred by controversy when a huge planned production involving an ice-skating rink was called off at the last minute, leaving the singer to play an at-times musically solid but uneven and low-energy set.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Ocean left behind not only an open set time, but an absurdly unlikely remnant – an ice-skating rink/satellite stage built for his weekend one performance that was never used, but connected to the main stage via the aforementioned runway.
    Katie Bain, Billboard, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The monumental ice-skating spectacular returns to San Diego with seven performances.
    The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Enchant Christmas also has an ice-skating trail, a holiday marketplace and artisan village, holiday treats for sale, live entertainment, games and visits with Santa.
    Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 13 June 2023
  • And the whole family can enjoy award-winning entertainment such as Winter Wonderland on Ice, a spectacular ice-skating extravaganza.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Minnesota experienced its warmest December, January and February temperatures on record, canceling major outdoor events due to a lack of lake ice and conditions too warm for ice castles, outdoor ice-skating rinks, ice fishing and ice hockey.
    Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 20 Apr. 2024
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ice skate

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  • Slice of Ice is free for skaters to use with their own ice skates.
    Jordyn Noennig, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2019
  • Isn’t there someone out there who wants to trade those size 8 ice skates for a size 9?
    Melissa Breyer, Treehugger, 7 June 2023
  • Rink visitors can rent ice skates for $4 per pair or bring their own skates to the venue.
    Peggy O’Hare, ExpressNews.com, 29 Nov. 2019
  • In the winter, strap on a pair of ice skates, snowshoes, or cross-country skis.
    Daniel Otis, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Patrons are welcome to bring their own ice skates as well.
    Peggy O’Hare, ExpressNews.com, 3 Jan. 2020
  • Can’t the sliding motion of ice skates on the surface generate enough heat to melt the ice?
    Brian Resnick, Vox, 31 Jan. 2019
  • Watch puppets talk, and a train chug from Russia to France, and a cartoon mouse glide about on ice skates.
    Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 12 Dec. 2019
  • Lace up those skates Grab your ice skates (or, more likely, your wallet.
    Adam Lukach, RedEye Chicago, 9 Dec. 2017
  • So what happens when an ice skate made from aluminum or steel touches the ice?
    Brian Resnick, Vox, 31 Jan. 2019
  • The front door is adorned with a wreath fashioned from frosted pine cones, ribbon, and a pair of miniature ice skates.
    Sally A. Downey, Philly.com, 19 Dec. 2017
  • The escape artist continues to struggle with the pesky gate, sliding around on the floor like a toddler on ice skates.
    Alexis Hobbs, Woman's Day, 10 Aug. 2015
  • In one video, Simpson Ross and her son Bronx, 15, attempt to ice skate together.
    Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Of course, women (like men) have been skating, as a means of transport or recreation, for about as long as ice skates have been around.
    Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 6 Feb. 2018
  • Henie was 5 years old, the story goes, when her older brother, Leif, got a pair of ice skates for his birthday.
    Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2018
  • Tonya Harding is trading ice skates for dancing shoes — and many Dancing with the Stars fans aren’t too happy about it.
    Natalie Stone, PEOPLE.com, 13 Apr. 2018
  • The home also has a detached gym and a boat dock on a large pond where Ms. Kerzner and her family fish and swim in the summer and ice skate in the winter.
    Katherine Clarke, WSJ, 23 July 2018
  • Attendees, who can choose to ice skate or drive bumper cars, are encouraged to wear black and orange.
    Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Guests rented ice skates and bowled for a few hours while snacking on burger sliders, pizzas, and french fries.
    Carrie Goldberg, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 July 2019
  • Friction helps us understand why ice skates can glide faster and faster when moving, but not why they can get started in the first place.
    Brian Resnick, Vox, 31 Jan. 2019
  • The museum also displays a pair of Dutch leather shoes, Viking bone ice skates and chariot mounts.
    Ellen Perlman, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Mar. 2018
  • Check out a talk on the Christmas story in art at the National Gallery or glide around a giant outdoor menorah on ice skates.
    Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2023
  • There are also Rolex watches, landscape art, ice skates, cricket jerseys and a whole lot more.
    Faith Karimi, CNN, 7 Apr. 2018
  • Sharpen your ice skates and prepare your paint brushes, astro babes.
    Bess Matassa, Teen Vogue, 8 Oct. 2014
  • Indeed, despite their resemblance to ski boots, snowskates function and feel more like ice skates.
    Zachary Lewis, cleveland.com, 23 Jan. 2018
  • As with past Slaw Device pedals, moving your feet back and forth on these things feels like sliding an ice skate across a pristine frozen lake.
    Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 14 Apr. 2022
  • On Sunday, many families flocked to a popular lake to ice skate on its frozen waters.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN, 17 Jan. 2022
  • Enchant Christmas will aim to transform the sports arena with an 8,500-square-foot ice skating trail, a large light maze, and a Christmas market.
    Alexa Peters, The Seattle Times, 16 Oct. 2018
  • Sport or recreational equipment like ballet and tap shoes, cleats, gloves, life preservers, mouth guards, roller and ice skates, ski boots, wetsuits and more.
    Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 28 July 2023
  • The 70-year-old Detroit resident was pleased with the offerings as well as the chance to watch her granddaughter, Emone Weatherspoon, 9, of Belleville ice skate for the first time.
    Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 27 Jan. 2018
  • Spider-Man is on ice skates shooting a web from the sleeve of his holiday sweater, and Okoye comes bearing an enormous ice cube for topping a Lego Christmas tree.
    Melissa Epifano, EW.com, 9 Sep. 2023

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