How to Use ski lift in a Sentence

ski lift

noun
  • The line for the ski lift stretched far along the main road.
    Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2021
  • The claim: Bear took two-hour trip on ski lift in Vail, Colo.
    Bayliss Wagner, USA TODAY, 28 June 2021
  • Back then, there were five ski lifts and 50 miles of trails.
    Lauren Johnson and Jesse Sparks, Smithsonian, 2 May 2017
  • After a ride up the ski lift, where the wind whips against your face, the halfpipe is in view.
    oregonlive, 24 July 2021
  • She's even fallen asleep on ski lifts and in the snow before a race.
    Leah Prinzivalli, SELF, 14 Feb. 2018
  • Black was home of the first overhead cable ski lift in the country.
    Brian Irwin, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Guests step outside to the ski lift with direct access to the Cospillot slope.
    Jim Dobson, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2021
  • The Negroni menu draws guests up the ski lift to dine beneath the deer-head trophies hung on the wood walls.
    Noah Lederman, Robb Report, 27 Feb. 2024
  • In the summer, you'll be served homemade jam and cheese; in the winter, use the nearby ski lift free of charge.
    Diana Bruk, Country Living, 5 Dec. 2016
  • Of course, hundreds of ski lifts have been built in Europe over the same period.
    Patrick Scott, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2023
  • For her performance, Carey was arrived on stage in a ski lift chair.
    Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Police said the friend left about 10:30 a.m. while the skier got on a ski lift for another run at about noon.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Nothing kills the buzz of tackling some great powder quite like having to wait on line for a ski lift.
    Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 17 Nov. 2021
  • Next year, a Starbucks is expected to open in the mall, and the ski lift, which has been closed for repairs since the fire, will reopen in 2022.
    Kevin Armstrong, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2021
  • Yuri Leontyev, 32, from Belarus, was on the ski lift with two friends when the incident occurred.
    Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Its trains will hang beneath the tracks, and passengers will soar through the course on floorless, ski lift-like cars with their feet dangling.
    Arthur Levine, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2020
  • In March 2019, The Politician star also posted a cute ski lift selfie with her daughter.
    Kaitlyn Frey, PEOPLE.com, 7 Apr. 2020
  • No tickets are required for the 15 ski lifts that give access to more than 60 trails for snowboarding and skiing.
    Christopher Mason, Town & Country, 17 Oct. 2016
  • Even Disneyland was closing its gates, and the ski lifts stopped running at resorts.
    Tim Arango, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2020
  • Celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe opened up about the harrowing story of her 9-year-old son who fell from a ski lift in Colorado over the weekend.
    NBC News, 22 Dec. 2020
  • Her carousel post included a snap of the pair kissing on a ski lift and another of Kirkconnell sitting in the snow.
    Amy MacKelden, Peoplemag, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Two minutes later, the station reported, the ski lift stopped running and she was left alone, cold and without a phone or light.
    Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Lessons are useful for learning things like how to dismount a ski lift properly, how and where to stop, and who has the right-of-way on the downhill (anyone in front of you).
    Alisha McDarris, Popular Science, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Arizona Snowbowl reported 47 of its 48 trails served by ski lifts were open as of Christmas Day.
    Andrew Oxford, azcentral, 25 Dec. 2019
  • No snow is forecast for the next several days which will allow crews to clear transportation links and shovel out the ski lifts.
    John Hopewell, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2018
  • The snow just keeps piling up in California, so much so that some ski lifts are buried as the record snowpack erases drought concerns for much of the state.
    Dan Stillman and Jason Samenow, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Little boys and girls suited up carrying their ski gear and groups of Black people chatting by the ski lift, waiting for their turn to reach the top.
    Kayla Brock, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Feb. 2023
  • These include a private ski lift, parking, ski rentals and a fitness center.
    Lauren Beale, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2021
  • Luke Hemsworth also joined the outing and shared a hilarious video of himself singing by his lonesome while on a ski lift.
    Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com, 26 Dec. 2021
  • This is Aspen’s longest-running winter event, dating back to the time when the area was a new ski resort town, and there weren’t even enough people to keep the ski lifts open.
    Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2020

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