shoe-laces

Janet half-heartedly performed a few star-jumps on the spot while I made busy pretending to tie my shoe-laces.

Court Out « A Fly in Amber 2010

I shall never forget the evening he brought home his street pedler's outfit of shoe-laces and suspenders, nor the time I went into the little corner grocery to make some purchase and had him wait on me.

Chapter 16: The End 2010

She slipped the knot of her shoe-laces and pretended great care in the tying thereof as a bunch of Indians came out of the woods above and down through the mud.

CHAPTER 3 2010

He then ordered them into a bedroom, where he used the shoe-laces from one victim's shoes to tie up the women's hands and gagged their mouths with clothing, the official said.

75-Year-Old Raped Tamer El-Ghobashi 2010

I got extremely good at doing things like buttons and shoe-laces one handed.

Thing to keep in mind if you’re having shoulder surgery Professor in Training 2009

He wore a furry silk hat, and the frequent substitution of twine and shoe-laces for buttons, apparent at critical points of his costume, marked a man essentially bachelor.

The Invisible Man Herbert George 2006

It slid open freely, releasing a faint odour of cedar and revealing a handful of small coins, a set of black shoe-laces, some pen nibs, and an assortment of collar-studs, the normal debris of the male animal.

Locked Rooms King, Laurie R. 2005

It slid open freely, releasing a faint odour of cedar and revealing a handful of small coins, a set of black shoe-laces, some pen nibs, and an assortment of collar-studs, the normal debris of the male animal.

Locked Rooms King, Laurie R. 2005

He looked at the shoe-laces — Dick had tied them that morning.

This Side of Paradise 2003

As she struggled to manipulate her still-damp shoe-laces, the awful implications of her situation sank in.

Kate Armstrong, Patricia 1995