noose

Example Sentences

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You’re able to evade feeling pinched by the noose of transactional cosmopolitianism.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Then she hoists each dog onto a work table, attaching the animal loosely to a loop she cheerfully calls a noose.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

If rates keep climbing, the fiscal noose might tighten.

From Barron's • Jan. 8, 2026

"It's been like a noose around our neck, ever since the route was chosen," says Ms Thacker, who has lived in her house for 38 years.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2025

They’re the ones who survived the arena and slipped the noose of poverty that strangles the rest of us.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins