The skaters and sportsmen were hurriedly called on board; but before steam could be raised the opportunity was lost.
A fine sheet of water, situated on the breakwater, being frozen over, afforded our skaters an opportunity of indulging in their favourite pastime, and of practising both the inside and outside edges to their hearts' content.
The skaters practise skating more as an art, and can perform finer manoeuvres on the ice, than our New England skaters usually can, though the English have so much less opportunity for practice.
The skaters of real eminence scorned this common show-off, and each had his special admirers forming a ring around him, where he had cut his own circus of smoother and greener ice.
First we followed Giudice, and found him in the centre of the ring, where the greatest throng was gathered, the dog skating with his master, who was one of the very best skaters in the world.
All of these skatersand boatmen thrive in small aquariums, and if given pieces of scraped meat will live in perfect health.
But in our smallest ponds and brooks we may see this miracle taking place almost daily, the feat being accomplished by a very interesting little assemblage of insects, commonly called water skaters or striders.
Besides, the Belleville boys had managed to flood that section to be given over as a rink; and ordinary skaters were warned to keep off, so that it might not be all "cut up" with sharp runners before the match was started.
He could easily imagine he heard the delightful clang of steel runners cutting into that smooth sheet of new ice out at the mill pond; and the figures of the happy skaters would pass before his eyes.
Those agile skaterswhirled back and forth across the smooth ice with every imaginable turn and twist.
With a jolly bonfire blazing on the bank, and the skaters going and coming all the while, the prospect is so alluring that it is indeed difficult for any lad to break away.
So we got a pair of big roller skates for him, and while we were strapping them on, Pa looked at the skaters glide around on the smooth wax floor just as though they were greased.
There were big boys and little boys and tall girls and short girls and good skaters and poor ones.
The pond was crowded again with skaters and they were laughing and singing as though they had never heard of the ice cracking.
A crowd of skaters rushed for the head of the pond.
The crowd continued to move by, because all the skaters kept coming.
As the skaters heard him they began to move toward him, and in a minute there was a pushing, hurrying throng, some skating, some trying to run.
In two nights Moosatuck became a vast mirror, in which the figures of the skaters by daylight and torchlight were reflected, framed by wonderful prismatic colors.
The two skaters laughed heartily at this last remark.
I happened at breakfast to say I should like to see this place in its present frozen state, occupied by skaters and curlers, as they call those who play a particular sort of game upon the ice.
Half a dozen bystanders and by-skaters set up an applauding shout at this brave witticism; and Carl, feeling that he had fairly vanquished his foes, was restored to partial good humor.
Gray-headed skaters were constantly to be seen; wrinkled old women, with baskets upon their heads; and plump little toddlers on skates clutching at their mother's gowns.
There were fine skaters among them, and as the bright medley of costumes flitted by, it looked from a distance as though the ice had suddenly thawed, and some gay tulip-bed were floating along on the current.
A cloud of feathery ice flies from the heels of the skaters as they "bring to" and turn at the flagstaffs.
On the following day, there was not a prouder nor a happier boy in all Holland than Hans Brinker, as he watched his sister, with many a dexterous sweep, flying in and out among the skaters who at sundown thronged the canal.
And look at the skaters here on the canal--they're red as roses, and happy as lords.
At sight of the flowers the Queen of the Skaters becomes uncontrollable.
No fellow with a spark of manhood in him would refuse to let in two good skaters just because they were poor!
Not so fast as before, and silently, the two skaters covered the miles, and only as they came within sight of the crowd of people at the beginning of the course did Doctor Churchill speak.
As evening closed in about them, the shadows began to creep out of the heavy growth of timber by which the skaterswere surrounded.
There were many skaters on the river, but a clear passage down-stream had been made for the start of the iceboat squadron.
The skaters still clung to them, bent on seeing all they could of those whom they envied so much.
Several, however, were not so fortunate, and Jack's heart seemed to be almost in his throat when he saw that two of the skaters lay in the midst of the scattered cakes of ice as though painfully injured.
A few of the strongest skaters had gone on ahead half an hour back, intending to accompany the adventurous ten a portion of the way.
The other skaters had long since returned from their outings.
The route marked out for the skaters covered in all about ten or twelve miles.
As the days passed on these skating excursions were much more extended, and as the skaters began to get familiar with the different routes the vigilance which was at first kept up, that none might go astray, was much relaxed.
At sight of the flowers, the Queen of the Skatersbecomes uncontrollable.
A cloud of feathery ice flies from the heels of the skaters as they "bring to," and turn at the flagstaffs.
Other skaters are disporting themselves in the distance; they, too, are getting themselves into difficulties.
Some of the skaters eventually went back to practicing in locations of their own choosing.
The vendors had so much business, and were so thankful for it, that they could feed on the skaters, so to speak, that they fed the skaters for free.
Thus there were now more places to practice, and thus more time, as not all the skaters went to the same place any more, and the trends of incredible growth in ice-skating continued.
The vendors, to insure that the skaters would come practice, made a sincere effort to keep the ice clear, and eventually even clean, as they began to bring water to cover or replace the rough spots.
People began taking their lunches with them, out to the places such skaters would practice, and eventually quite a crowd would show up, complete with vendors so that you didn't even have to bring a lunch .
That year the other skaters were of course affected by such changes .
With this kind of unrestricted opportunity the skaters blossomed in all directions, inventing new leaps, jumps, spins and positions, in ways they only the truly artistically expressive can do.
Dimbovitsa and her generation started skating earlier in life, more during each year, and within a few short years had become very much the best skaters anyone had ever seen.
Dimbovitsa and the other skaters were very much the center of event after event.
There were some efforts to follow the major bands of gypsies for an extra year or two, but these were in such a small band, that anyone would know an entire band of ice-skaters could not hide within.
They drove along the shore of a beautiful lake, on the frozen surface of which hundreds of skaters were darting here and there, and passed hillsides on which crowds of young people were coasting in sleds.
One of them opened the window and Johnston heard a far-off, roaring sound like that of a multitude of skaters on a vast sheet of ice.
But as we should not make such rapid progress, or have the advantage of seeing together so many good skaters of all nationalities, if we had not the covered rinks, many of us will not be inclined to complain.
The skaters take up their positions facing one another at four points of the inner circle, skating off on a curve of outside edge with the right foot and going round the inner circle.
These will be well within the powers of all, and in the case of the stronger and more enthusiastic women skaters will form a fitting prelude to the execution of the more elaborate "Club Figures.
A variation of this figure can be made thus: "The skaters only go three-quarters round the centre circle, so that the outside circle described always lies immediately behind the one on which each skater last travelled round.
The figure can also be skated backward, in which case the position for starting will be with the backs instead of the faces of the skaters towards each other.
The skaters thus changing their positions has a pretty effect.
When Gerda left the skaters at last, to sit for a while beside her friend, she saw at once the thought that was in Karen's mind.
At that moment there was a sudden commotion outside the door, and a crowd of the skaters came into the casino for some hot coffee, their merry voices and laughter filling the room.
There is nothing that figure-skaters so much appreciate as the sudden inroad of hockey-players in their midst.
The fire was so bright where they were, and it flashed so strongly upon the ice around, that they could not see the skaters until they came pretty near.
Many a pleasant time we have had there, in a clear winter night, watching the skaters all the way up to the head of the pond.
When they arrived near the fire, the skaters came around them in great numbers, wondering who could have come.
They had left far behind the few skaters that had ventured beyond the lagoon, and taking hands they flew for a mile down the shore.
Little groups of skaters were sauntering homeward from the lagoons and the patches of inshore ice.
I am a Christian, I hope, although far from a muscular one--consequently I cannot join the skaters on the lake.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "skaters" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
