How to Use horseshoe in a Sentence

horseshoe

noun
Definition of horseshoenext
  • The lake was a horseshoe surrounded by tall pine trees.
  • To the right is the kitchen, which is shaped like a horseshoe.
    — Boston.com Real Estate, 17 Oct. 2019
  • The front bumper is attached to the curved end of the horseshoe.
    — Ray Hutton, Car and Driver, 18 Aug. 2023
  • But the couple's love formed with the help of the horseshoe?
    — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, Indianapolis Star, 23 Mar. 2014
  • On the ninth turn, a nasty horseshoe-shape curve, his luck ran out.
    — New York Times, 4 Jan. 2022
  • The chairs are set up in a horseshoe in a narrow pink-walled back room.
    — Hanna Krueger, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2022
  • Patients can park at the horseshoe in front of the building.
    — Maria Clark, NOLA.com, 21 Mar. 2018
  • To me, that horseshoe on the side of the helmet is still the greatest logo in sports.
    — Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 29 Mar. 2024
  • False River is a lake about 16 miles long in roughly the shape of a horseshoe.
    — Lindsay Bierman, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2012
  • The staff behind the horseshoe bar prepped for the after-work flurry to come.
    — Tan Vinh, The Seattle Times, 12 July 2017
  • The core of the site is 10 barracks arranged in a horseshoe around a parade ground.
    — J.k. Dineen, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Jan. 2018
  • Beat the heat Bring the kids and spend the day splashing in the outdoor pool, with horseshoes and a five-hole putting green just steps away.
    — Meghann Finn Sepulveda, azcentral, 21 May 2018
  • No, the noise won’t get to a team whose logo is a horseshoe but could be a pair of earmuffs.
    — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 24 July 2019
  • There’s a horseshoe pitch on one side of the fog signal building.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Getting close is good enough, as if running the city were a game of horseshoes.
    — Stu Bykofsky, Philly.com, 5 Mar. 2018
  • This 10-piece set includes two stakes, four horseshoes, and four rings for a fun game of ring toss.
    — Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 14 June 2024
  • There are plenty of games, like horseshoes and Ping- Pong, plus a pool and a stocked catch-and-release pond.
    — Kristi Valentini, Redbook, 13 July 2017
  • But as the old saying goes, close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.
    — Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 2 Dec. 2019
  • There's a swimming pool and creek for the kids to splash in, plus a horseshoe pit and basketball courts.
    — Tracey Minkin, Southern Living, 12 July 2023
  • Outside, there are lawn games like horseshoes and corn hole.
    — Kate Donnelly, CNT, 26 Aug. 2017
  • The basement is unfinished, and there is a Bocce court and a horseshoe pit on the front lawn.
    — John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2019
  • Next spring, plans are to build horseshoe pits and plant a vegetable garden.
    — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Dec. 2017
  • Her name is inscribed on one horseshoe and on a brass saddle plate.
    — Katia Parks, Baltimore Sun, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The car bends through the low-speed horseshoe smoothly with perhaps a hiccup at the exit.
    — Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, 26 Mar. 2023
  • But his horseshoe worked, taking the pressure off the inflamed area and letting the horse walk again.
    — National Geographic, 19 Aug. 2016
  • The first and second floors form a horseshoe, providing a view of the pool from nearly every room in the house.
    — Lauren Jones, House Beautiful, 7 Apr. 2020
  • Tidbit: Every branch has an ox yoke and a horseshoe over the door and a traffic light over the restrooms.
    — Tom Sietsema, chicagotribune.com, 13 Dec. 2017
  • Farm supply stores sell items like horseshoes and bits for just a few dollars apiece.
    — Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 May 2024
  • The asteroid was discovered in August and is set to become a mini-moon, revolving around Earth in a horseshoe shape from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 19 Sep. 2024
  • The look was completed with Lambert’s statement gold chain necklace stack, which featured more turquoise in a fitting horseshoe shape and her drop earrings featuring the same stone.
    — Nick Hall, WWD, 26 Sep. 2024

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