Sentence examples for a pair of ice from inspiring English sources
My father, imagining himself as Goethe, bought a pair of ice skates at a jumble sale; they fitted none of us.
A pair of ice cream cones bought by Nancy for the purpose of lifting Freya's spirits is described as "torches to light their way".
The artist, now forty-six, gainstantstant fame (and notoriety) in 1991, when, naked and harnessed, he scaled the walls of a New York gallery using a pair of ice screws.
Inside were the makings of a home: dishes, pots and pans, a Japanese porcelain vase, a percolator, lamps, clothing, a bone-china teacup and saucer, hundreds of photos, her nursing diploma, citizenship papers and a pair of ice skates.
The poster advertises a "Huge Multi-Family Tag Sale," with drawings of archetypal fare, like used toys and books, a Ping-Pong table and a pair of ice skates.
This required the rearranging of various objects and bits of debris (a pair of ice skates, several scratched Bob Dylan CDs, a camping blanket, some dead leaves), but she was kind, instantly sympathetic to whatever sentimental forces had been preventing me from acquiring a newer, cleaner ride.
A pair of ice-white blondes, one with a squeezebox, decided to revive the moribund tradition of oompah-pah — or presumably, since they were Finnish, oom-päa-päa.
In the middle of the room, the shape of the Wyndham's stage has been outlined in tape on the floor and within this attenuated triangle stands a reconstructed junk shop exploding with bric-a-brac: metal shelves spilling out sagging cardboard boxes and dusty biscuit tins, as well as a pair of discarded ice skates, an old Rolodex and a plastic figurine of Donald Duck.
Struggling for leverage, he whips out two screwdrivers for a pair of makeshift ice picks, clawing his way out of the slush like a mountain climber.
It would also, crucially, feature the return of stars Wentworth Miller and Dominic Purcell, who recently reignited their on-screen bromance as a pair of exuberant ice-and-fire villains on superhero show The Flash.
Be they polar bears, humans or field mice, the cuteness of kids prompts parents to desire to pay for piano lessons and a new pair of ice skates for them.
