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How to use ski in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Ski means one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow or water. Example: “You can ski down the glacier in both the winter and the summer.”

Examples of ski by meaning

nounOne of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow or water.

  • Disaster at the newly opened ski resort where hard-driving tycoon Hudson is determined to double his not insubstantial investment while his ex-wife Mia is making whoopee with one of the locals championing ecology.1990, Leonard Maltin, Leonard Maltin's TV Movies and Video Guide, Penguin, →ISBN, page 55
  • We skied back the way we had come for about thirty minutes when I saw her.2014, Inspiring Generations: 150 Years, 150 Stories in Yosemite, →ISBN, page 188
  • Chinese officials consider the region the cradle of Alpine sport, after cave paintings of hunters on skis were dated at 10,000 years old.2022 May 2, Adam Kilgore, Christian Shepherd, “A cauldron-lighting flashpoint one night, Dinigeer Yilamujiang was a skier the next day”, in...

nounA trip made by skiing.

  • to go for a ski

verbTo move on skis.

  • Townsend hare inhabit this area, particularly above the cabin, and a skier is likely to have one explode from a tree well and disappear into the whiteness as he skis by.2014, Patrick Armstrong, The Log of a Snow Survey, →ISBN
  • Mary was hanging upside down by the tips of her skies from a tree well.2014, Inspiring Generations: 150 Years, 150 Stories in Yosemite, →ISBN, page 188

verbTo travel over (a slope, etc.) on skis; to travel on skis at (a place), (especially as a sport).

  • We spent the winter holidays skiing the Alps

More sentences with ski

  • You can ski down the glacier in both the winter and the summer.From the entry glacier
  • With resignation I acknowledged that after the accident I would not be able to ski again.From the entry resignation
  • A group of boarders swept past us as we climbed the side of the ski run.From the entry boarder
  • We will ring in the New Year at a ski resort.From the entry ring in
  • The support pylon for the ski gondola collapsed because of ice-jacking.From the entry ice-jack
  • With today's fifty mile per hour winds, all the ski lifts are on windhold.From the entry windhold
  • We went on an overnight ski trip.From the entry overnight
  • When, on his first time on skis, he just schussed down the mountain, we knew he was a natural.From the entry schuss
  • Do you think they'll accept my ski poles as carry-on?From the entry carry-on
  • I fluffed up on that tricky ski jump.From the entry fluff up
  • The U.S. ski team beat the stuffing out of the Austrians in Alpine, but Norway took the gold home in Nordic.From the entry beat the stuffing out of
  • They ski winters in the Laurentians.From the entry winters
  • Several Paralympic Winter Games athletes will be swapping snowsuits and skis for summer clothing in Paris.2024 July 2, “50 Reasons Why You Can’t Miss the Paris 2024 Paralympics”, in Paralympic.org, Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia: International…. From the entry go for the gold
  • Clearly, there is a lot of support for a ski mask ban.2023 July 6, Jenice Armstrong, quoting David Fisher, “SEPTA and stores are banning ski masks. But will that have any affect on crime?”, in…. From the entry shiesty
  • “Ski conditions were not great,” said Janet Intrieri, a research scientist with NOAA’s Physical Sciences Laboratory.2023 May 9, “Precipitation Study In Colorado Rockies Strikes Gold During Epic Winter”, in NOAA Research, Silver Spring, Md.: National…. From the entry mashed-potato-y
  • Outdoorsy colleges are frequently located close to national parks, wilderness areas, and ski resorts.2015, Janet Marthers, Paul Marthers, Follow Your Interests to Find the Right College, Tucson, Ariz.: Wheatmark, →ISBN, page 202. From the entry outdoorsy
  • In seven years there, he helped turn a relatively small, roadside ski area into a hip destination.2012 December 26, John Branch, “Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times…. From the entry hip
  • He organized the first ski patrol at Beech Mountain when Tom Brigham lured him from Hound Ears.2009, Beech Mountain Historical Society, Beech Mountain, →ISBN, page 50. From the entry ski patrol
  • That figure includes skijorers, who wear skis while being pulled by one, two or three dogs.2007 January 27, Harry Hurt Iii, “Sgt. Preston, Where Are You? Dog Sledding Isn’t Easy”, in New York Times. From the entry skijorer
  • One of Switzerland's largest and most snowsure ski areas that is virtually unknown internationally.2007, Peter Hardy, Felice Hardy, The Great Skiing and Snowboarding Guide 2008. From the entry snowsure
  • I never got down that hill without losing at least one of my skis!2005, Richard V. Shriver, Gold to Refine, page 31. From the entry slat
  • Happy Days infamously jumped the shark when Fonzie literally jumped a shark on water skis.2003, Jon Hein, Jump the Shark, book overview (revised edition; Plume; →ISBN, 9780452284104). From the entry jump the shark
  • He'd ski even if his broken bones poked from the skin.2003 August 1, Trevor Scott, “9. Siblings”, in The Dawn of Midnight, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN. From the entry citiot
  • Carving movements give you the versatility to ski on all snow, on all terrain.2001, Harald R. Harb, Anyone can be an expert skier, page 108. From the entry extreme carving
  • Compared to the other fats, the Fudd seemed most like a conventional ski in the powder.1995 September, “Powder”, in Ski, volume 58, number 1, page 89. From the entry fudd
  • Teaching aside, a lot of the time it's my job to translate — ski lingo, that is.1989 September, “Talk about fun! Canada: The world next door [advertisement]”, in Skiing, volume 42, number 1, page 279. From the entry shoosh
  • Extreme wide-track position (skis very far apart) doing long-radius parallel turn causes extreme carving.1980, Berry, I. William, Kids on skis, a guide to family skiing and children's equipment, instruction, and clothing, page 219. From the entry extreme carving
  • Wake crossing is achieved in much the same fashion as it is on two skis.1974, Kenneth Stephens, Waterskiing, page 91. From the entry barefooter
  • Even frozen water is expensive: The ski towns of Teton Village, Wyo., and Wilson, Wyo., both made the top 10.2024 November 28, Josh Ocampo, “Expensive ZIP Codes Have Something in Common”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 01 Dec…. From the entry Wilson
  • Gone is the era of the cookie-cutter, ski jump nose.2020 December 8, Tatiana Boncompagni, “The New Nose: Is the Bump Back?”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 12 Aug 2020. From the entry rhinoplasty
  • Few who venture into this region know that the area is a superb place to go after thirteener ski descents.2020, Ben Conners, Brian Miller, “Cronin Peak—Northeast Face”, in Climbing and Skiing Colorado’s Mountains: Over 50 Select Ski Descents…. From the entry thirteener
  • He visually picked his way through the alpine, hearing the shoosh of his skis in the otherwise silent world.2018, Dani Collins, On the Edge, Tule, →ISBN, page 34. From the entry shoosh
  • Don't have any old skis to repurpose?2014 January 31, Sam Moulton, “Shotzski DIY Kit”, in Outside, Chicago, I.L.: Outside, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08…. From the entry shotski

Meaning of ski

  1. noun One of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow or water.
  2. noun One of a pair of long flat runners under some flying machines, used for landing.
  3. noun A trip made by skiing.

Full definition of ski

Questions about ski in a sentence

How do you use ski in a sentence?
Ski is used as a noun and verb. For example: “You can ski down the glacier in both the winter and the summer.”
What is a short sentence with ski?
“to go for a ski”
What does ski mean?
Ski means one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow or water.

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