You can quickly build an emergency " poncho shelter" by using your shoelaces along with a tarp or rain poncho.
The dispatcher guided Miranda, telling him to use his shoelaces to tie off the umbilical cord.
Her shoes are missing shoelaces.
Yes, it’s the old “cinch your bag by tightening the shoelaces” trick, gets me every time.
Every good on the market exchanges in terms of relevant quantitative units: we trade in "bushels" of wheat; "packs" of 20 cigarettes; "a pair" of shoelaces; one TV set; etc.
She immediately gets that message, as her pockets are turned out, her belt and shoelaces are confiscated, her luggage is searched for "sharps".
