Definition of tennis shoe in US English:
tennis shoe
nounˈtenəs ˌSHo͞oˈtɛnəs ˌʃu
A light canvas or leather soft-soled shoe suitable for tennis or casual wear.
Example sentencesExamples
- She was wearing tennis shoes, jeans, and a t-shirt.
- She stopped to re-tie her tennis shoe.
- She had been unable to cope with the humiliation of having to wear a worn out pair of tennis shoes to school.
- I just wish Jack hadn't worn those shorts and tennis shoes.
- He was also wearing a black leather cap and white tennis shoes.
- She scuffed the ground with the toe of her tennis shoe.
- I looked down and kicked a pebble with my tennis shoe.
- I was so glad I had my own bowling shoes, which really looked like normal tennis shoes.
- Liz pulled on some new socks and comfortable tennis shoes.
- Debbie finished tying her tennis shoe.
- Often she wore colourful T-shirts and tennis shoes to work.
- When it comes to footwear, tennis shoes and sandals are forbidden.
- She shut the door closed and took off her tennis shoe.
- He looked under his bed for the missing tennis shoe.
- It was the most technically advanced tennis shoe of its time.
- He wore black tennis shoes with dull white laces.
- She tied her blue and white tennis shoe as the school bus drove up in front of her house.
- She heard the squeak of a tennis shoe next to her.
- She wore tennis shoes that were good for running.
- I abandoned my little white tennis shoes for sandals.
Synonyms
training shoe, running shoe, sports shoe, plimsoll