How to Use ski lift in a Sentence

ski lift

noun
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  • The line for the ski lift stretched far along the main road.
    — Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2021
  • The claim: Bear took two-hour trip on ski lift in Vail, Colo.
    — Bayliss Wagner, USA TODAY, 28 June 2021
  • Back then, there were five ski lifts and 50 miles of trails.
    — Lauren Johnson and Jesse Sparks, Smithsonian, 2 May 2017
  • After a ride up the ski lift, where the wind whips against your face, the halfpipe is in view.
    — oregonlive, 24 July 2021
  • She's even fallen asleep on ski lifts and in the snow before a race.
    — Leah Prinzivalli, SELF, 14 Feb. 2018
  • Black was home of the first overhead cable ski lift in the country.
    — Brian Irwin, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Guests step outside to the ski lift with direct access to the Cospillot slope.
    — Jim Dobson, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2021
  • The Negroni menu draws guests up the ski lift to dine beneath the deer-head trophies hung on the wood walls.
    — Noah Lederman, Robb Report, 27 Feb. 2024
  • In the summer, you'll be served homemade jam and cheese; in the winter, use the nearby ski lift free of charge.
    — Diana Bruk, Country Living, 5 Dec. 2016
  • Looking north, and sharply skyward, the ski lifts of Mount Holly crown a peak.
    — Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 1 July 2024
  • Of course, hundreds of ski lifts have been built in Europe over the same period.
    — Patrick Scott, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2023
  • For her performance, Carey was arrived on stage in a ski lift chair.
    — Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Police said the friend left about 10:30 a.m. while the skier got on a ski lift for another run at about noon.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Nothing kills the buzz of tackling some great powder quite like having to wait on line for a ski lift.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 17 Nov. 2021
  • Next year, a Starbucks is expected to open in the mall, and the ski lift, which has been closed for repairs since the fire, will reopen in 2022.
    — Kevin Armstrong, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2021
  • In Europe, where most ski lifts were closed for the best part of two winters, many shops sold out of ski touring equipment.
    — WIRED, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Yuri Leontyev, 32, from Belarus, was on the ski lift with two friends when the incident occurred.
    — Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Four inches of snow fell onto the resort’s 51 trails that were open as of Friday morning, alongside 6 out of 8 of the ski lifts.
    — Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Its trains will hang beneath the tracks, and passengers will soar through the course on floorless, ski lift-like cars with their feet dangling.
    — Arthur Levine, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2020
  • In March 2019, The Politician star also posted a cute ski lift selfie with her daughter.
    — Kaitlyn Frey, PEOPLE.com, 7 Apr. 2020
  • No tickets are required for the 15 ski lifts that give access to more than 60 trails for snowboarding and skiing.
    — Christopher Mason, Town & Country, 17 Oct. 2016
  • Even Disneyland was closing its gates, and the ski lifts stopped running at resorts.
    — Tim Arango, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2020
  • Celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe opened up about the harrowing story of her 9-year-old son who fell from a ski lift in Colorado over the weekend.
    — NBC News, 22 Dec. 2020
  • Everything appeared to be fine until Flea was approached by the woman while waiting to get on the ski lift.
    — EW.com, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Her carousel post included a snap of the pair kissing on a ski lift and another of Kirkconnell sitting in the snow.
    — Amy MacKelden, Peoplemag, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Two minutes later, the station reported, the ski lift stopped running and she was left alone, cold and without a phone or light.
    — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Lessons are useful for learning things like how to dismount a ski lift properly, how and where to stop, and who has the right-of-way on the downhill (anyone in front of you).
    — Alisha McDarris, Popular Science, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Arizona Snowbowl reported 47 of its 48 trails served by ski lifts were open as of Christmas Day.
    — Andrew Oxford, azcentral, 25 Dec. 2019
  • No snow is forecast for the next several days which will allow crews to clear transportation links and shovel out the ski lifts.
    — John Hopewell, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2018
  • The snow just keeps piling up in California, so much so that some ski lifts are buried as the record snowpack erases drought concerns for much of the state.
    — Dan Stillman and Jason Samenow, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Mar. 2023

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