Sentence examples for put on skates from inspiring English sources

And yet Hinote, who first put on skates as a 9-year-old at the insistence of a baby sitter, hardly harbored illusions about an N.H.L. career when his suitors out of high school were West Point and Ivy League schools.

"They looked like the best team that ever put on skates".

"From the time we're little, we're put on skates or given a stick," Mr. Mason, Crosby's former coach, said from Nova Scotia.

The floor looked like a shelf of polished glass; as we crossed it, I asked the chief engineer if he was ever tempted to put on skates and race across.

I've always put on skate meets to try and promote involvement.

To make matters even more bizarre, much of their evidence comes from the letters of Charles Darwin, in particular one that dates from 1853, in which he describes putting on skates to play "hocky" on an icy pond.

The show ended with the audience putting on skates themselves.

It was all about youth, energy, physical aggressiveness — about putting on skates and suddenly being four inches taller".

One of them shrugs and replies: "Put on some skates; be your own hero".

At the rink, it was easier to put on my skates, play and not worry about that stuff".

Their coach, Patti Gottwein, fussed over them, touched up makeup, sent them off to put on their skates.