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
• And, after ice-skating season, the rink becomes Flipper’s, a roller disco.
  — Shauna Lyon, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

2 of 2 noun

• 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
• 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
• The close bond between mother and son comes clear in the flashback footage to Andy’s childhood of a smiling boy on ice skates, and the adult who risks his life to bring the plight of war victims via his videos to the outside world.
  — Soren Andersen, The Seattle Times, 30 Oct. 2018
• Some sports items: helmets, knee pads, football pads and pants, baseball, track and soccer cleats, baseball gloves and pants, golf gloves and shoes, roller skates, roller blades and ice skates, weightlifting belts.
  — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 1 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 14 Oct 2024