rope

Example Sentences

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"You can't come in and nick a fight off me. I kept applying pressure and forced him to the ropes, and he couldn't keep up with the pace."

From BBC

Footage shared by Bondi showed a military helicopter hovering over a large ship, and troops descending on to the deck using ropes.

From BBC

Bishop placed movable cameras with different focal lengths on opposite sides of the ring to capture the action, almost always with the ropes visible in the foreground.

From Los Angeles Times

Her sculptures, meanwhile, are hanging shapes covered in reams of re-purposed materials including fabric, rope, parcel tape, cling film and paper.

From BBC

Very promising and Hearts looked on the ropes.

From BBC