rope

Example Sentences

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He grabbed Gary’s arm—his thick-as-a-tree- stump arm, with biceps as distinct as rope—and, by bracing his feet against the ground, Jonah managed to keep Gary from punching JB again.

From Literature

And she grabbed the rope just above her head.

From Literature

Their first conversation is during a different funeral, where she offers him a rope of black licorice.

From Salon

The barrels -- bound tightly with rope, their fabric skins stiffened and darkened with lacquer -- inevitably recall the Gulf's vast hydrocarbon wealth.

From Barron's

“But when the U.S. loosened the rope around our necks, we could breathe. If they just left us alone, we could find our own solutions.”

From Salon