rope in
Example Sentences
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While jumping rope in my garage, a multidecade effort to lose my freshman 15, I blasted “Eye of the Tiger,” rock band Survivor’s unforgettable theme song from the 1982 film “Rocky III.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
If all of this sounds tiring, rope in one of your kids to help you out.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 14, 2025
It would take, as coach Doc Rivers used to tell Redick’s Clippers teams, the Lakers needing to hang onto the rope in the game of tug-of-war.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2024
Something you can follow like a rope in the dark, to give you a reason to get up in the morning or, for him, the night.
From Salon • Nov. 16, 2024
There was an odd quiet moment when we were all staring at a rope in the clouds, heads thrown back—waiting for a sign from heaven.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
