grapnel

Example Sentences

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According to an online video, the company sometimes uses grapnels to snag severed fiber-optic cables and haul them to the surface, where the ends are spliced back together.

From Washington Post • Jan. 19, 2022

The Rangers, having rehearsed their mission in England, went up the cliff on ropes attached to rocket-propelled grapnels they had fired to grasp the terrain.

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2012

Robin Bailey, Kendal, United Kingdom Having been on event where junk was pulled out the canal with grapnels, all I can say is that anyone who goes in that water deserves a lot of respect.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2010

One by one, the giant grapnels, which were attached by cables to the Glomar Explorer, seized sections of the stricken submarine in their steel jaws.

From Time Magazine Archive

The first raven took flight as their grapnels were arcing above the curtain wall, the second a few moments later.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin