lassoed

Example Sentences

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Now the fights ended without violence — with the bull lassoed and returned to pasture.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2025

The officer then fashioned a noose from a yellow rope and lassoed it around the top of the gator’s mouth.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 31, 2023

So my partner and I went about reclaiming our apartment, scavenging for secondhand artworks at an antique shop where she lassoed an affordable piece of found-object art.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2022

The camel visited several neighborhoods before being cornered and lassoed by an animal control officer.

From Washington Post • Dec. 17, 2021

We were rising fast and it seemed like the hollow would miss us, but just as it reached the apex of its jump, one of its tongues shot out and lassoed Emma around the ankle.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs