belay

Example Sentences

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Then, he heard what he thought was someone shouting that he was on belay.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2024

“I think there’s something about climbing where you’re really trusting your life to your belay partner, your climbing partner, and that lends itself to relationships in a lot of ways,” she said.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 5, 2023

But it adds that it is a "mess of old, rotting gear that has been left behind at each belay and accumulated over decades of use".

From BBC • Oct. 12, 2023

We know the novel’s prettiness will always be there to belay this heroine to a gentle landing.

From Washington Post • Jan. 3, 2023

I belay for Jay as he climbs; Jamie makes sure I do it right.

From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes