rope

Example Sentences

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I started wondering how a band like that got past the velvet rope and realized that none of it was by accident, it was all by design.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

We just held Musk’s feet to the fire — or, to put it another way, we gave him all the rope he needed.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

A 12-year-old girl was killed by a falling branch while playing on a rope swing which should have been removed by the council, an inquest has heard.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

That rope that tied him to us is still wound around us, like our tefillin, and it always will be.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Then she was on her feet, tramping the ditch at a brisk pace and trying to work out of the rope around her before the horse broke into a trot.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck