noose

Example Sentences

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You’re able to evade feeling pinched by the noose of transactional cosmopolitianism.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Iraqi civilians initially tried to pull it down, scaling the statue to secure a noose around its neck, but were unable to dismantle it.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

The reader feels the noose tighten and shares Ms. Chang’s distress as it becomes evident after 2018 that she can no longer visit her home country—or her mother’s deathbed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

If rates keep climbing, the fiscal noose might tighten.

From Barron's • Jan. 8, 2026

“Mr. Ellis,” the man said when he arrived, even more nervous than before, yanking on his tie as if it were a noose, “Ann wants to know if you’d drink a toast with her.”

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson