They get laced

Usage examples of shoestrings.

After examining the shoestrings binding the bodies, analyst Lisa Sakevicius sent Gitchell a report indicating that the knots used to tie Christopher and Michael were all “the same,” while those used on Stevie were “all dissimilar to each other and to the other two.

The correct answer would have been shoestrings, some white, others black, that had been removed from the children’s own shoes.

Good God, haven’t I been dangling at your shoestrings ever since I first knew you?

It seemed a safe bet that the apparition could tie his shoestrings without stooping.