How to Use unicycle in a Sentence

unicycle

noun
Definition of unicyclenext
  • First the bear turns up on his unicycle, and he and the girl play with other animals in the barn all day.
    — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2017
  • One young man rode a unicycle, children drew chalk hearts in the street and young women jumped rope.
    — Janet McConnaughey, The Denver Post, 19 May 2017
  • In his youth, Dempsey joined a vaudeville troupe and rode a unicycle while juggling.
    — Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Rong Niu travels the country flipping bowls from her foot to her head from a unicycle.
    — Ben Flanagan | [email protected], al, 3 Mar. 2022
  • The agent is offering a $2,000 reward for the safe return of the unicycle, no questions asked.
    — Joey Morona, cleveland.com, 1 Feb. 2018
  • Whoever took that unicycle is going to have a rough time of it.
    — Gentry Estes, The Courier-Journal, 1 Feb. 2018
  • From a first-grade reading contest, to being the first to get in line, to learning how to ride a unicycle before a best friend could.
    — Anthony Mendoza, Orange County Register, 15 June 2017
  • Another man was hauling his unicycle up the peaks and attempting to ride around on the top of each one.
    — Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 22 Aug. 2022
  • What happened to performance artist Gene Pool, aka the Can Man, who rode around on a unicycle dressed in a suit made of aluminum cans?
    — Jeremiah Moss, Longreads, 24 July 2017
  • Crazy Horse, who played rugby in college, twice dove from his unicycle to the asphalt to score touchdowns.
    — Sol Neelman, WIRED, 10 Apr. 2012
  • An acrobat rode around the court on a unicycle at halftime.
    — Raymond Zhong, New York Times, 9 May 2018
  • In the third video, a drone demonstration terminated in flames, and in the fourth, a man took a tumble from a unicycle while chugging a beer.
    — Jamie Lauren Keiles, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2016
  • In the past, the Shootouts have seen racers on mountain bikes, cargo bikes, CitiBikes, beach cruisers, and, on at least one occasion, a unicycle.
    — Michael Venutolo-Mantovani, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Rick Madeira has taken to riding his electric unicycle to work, saving on gas and cutting his commute time in the process.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 25 Mar. 2022
  • But so do plenty of neighborhoods, so check your street for kids on bikes and Uncle Sam riding a unicycle.
    — Alyson Ward, Houston Chronicle, 3 July 2018
  • Elsewhere in the episode, Carolla joked that he was bummed nobody praised him for riding a unicycle during one of his dances.
    — Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 17 Jan. 2024
  • However, in the long run, getting your finances in order may be a better use of time than learning how to ride a unicycle.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Martin has elicited laughs onstage with a sketch pad and a magic marker, with a guitar, with a unicycle, even.
    — Michael K. McIntyre, cleveland.com, 18 Oct. 2017
  • This year's lineup of giant balloons included a Transformer and Big Bird on a unicycle, and were crowd pleasers once again.
    — Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 24 Nov. 2022
  • Ryan Dao started using an electric unicycle last year to cut down on his commute time.
    — Seattle Sketcher Gabriel Campanario, The Seattle Times, 12 Jan. 2018
  • Biking on rough terrain can be quite challenging for most … but not for this man who rides his unicycle on steep mountains.
    — Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 7 Feb. 2023
  • One study found that participants were half as likely to notice a clown on a unicycle — a cheeky touch — while walking and talking on a phone.
    — Markham Heid, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2024
  • That’s how Shane Chen described the genesis of the Solowheel, the seatless self-balancing electric unicycle.
    — Seattle Sketcher Gabriel Campanario, The Seattle Times, 26 Jan. 2018
  • San Franciscans had taken over many miles of streets on foot, bicycles, scooters, roller skates and even a unicycle or two.
    — Heather Knight, SFChronicle.com, 14 Aug. 2020
  • On racks behind the school, there are enough bicycles, unicycles and inline skates for every student.
    — Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2023
  • Perhaps the most beloved intermission act in all of basketball, Niu travels the country flipping bowls from her foot to her head from a unicycle.
    — Michael Casagrande, AL.com, 21 Jan. 2018
  • But there were other cases where the electric unicycle had been exploding and catching fire.
    — The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 18 Jan. 2023
  • At the time of their fateful encounter, Penn was riding a unicycle and Teller was selling pencils emblazoned with Schoeck’s name.
    — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2022
  • The relentless assault moves from rowboat to unicycle to biplane.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 8 June 2020
  • In addition to bike stunt shows, the Oakland festival offers a frame welding demonstration and even a station to learn how to ride unicycles.
    — Alexandra Yoon-Hendricks, sacbee, 14 July 2017

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