ROPE in a Sentence
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185 example sentences for ROPE, such as:
1. A coil of rope lay on the beach.
2. Coils of rope lay on the quayside.
3. Hang off the rope, let's start our boat.
4. Her wrists chafed where the rope had been.
5. Tie a knot to join those two pieces of rope.
2. Coils of rope lay on the quayside.
3. Hang off the rope, let's start our boat.
4. Her wrists chafed where the rope had been.
5. Tie a knot to join those two pieces of rope.
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Meanings and Examples of ROPE
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rope
v. fasten with a rope
v. catch with a lasso
Classic Sentence: (135 in 10 pages)
1 I pulled through it, though nobody threw me out a rope.
2 There was no rope-dancing for me; I danced on the bare ground and was larruped with the rope.
3 The signal was given and the windlass stopped, with abundant rope to spare.
4 The rope came in tight and strained; and ring after ring was coiled upon the barrel of the windlass, and all eyes were fastened on the pit.
5 The rope went out as before, the signal was made as before, and the windlass stopped.
6 For, now, the rope came in, tightened and strained to its utmost as it appeared, and the men turned heavily, and the windlass complained.
7 It was scarcely endurable to look at the rope, and think of its giving way.
8 The door accordingly was opened; and the hermit, a large, strong-built man, in his sackcloth gown and hood, girt with a rope of rushes, stood before the knight.
9 She had been fastened by a rope, and jagging and snarring like a boat at its moorings; now she was loose and adrift.
10 He lighted his lantern from that which Monks had detached from the rope, and now carried in his hand; and making no effort to prolong the discourse, descended in silence, followed by his wife.
11 The business that I have really called about is this, to borrow the longest and strongest rope you have.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: 2 The New Course Causes Disappointment
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: 2 The New Course Causes Disappointment
12 Half a dozen able-bodied men were standing in a line from the well-mouth, holding a rope which passed over the well-roller into the depths below.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: 3 The First Act in a Timeworn Drama
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: 3 The First Act in a Timeworn Drama
13 The talking ceased, and Fairway gave a circular motion to the rope, as if he were stirring batter.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: 3 The First Act in a Timeworn Drama
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: 3 The First Act in a Timeworn Drama
14 At the end of a minute a dull splashing reverberated from the bottom of the well; the helical twist he had imparted to the rope had reached the grapnel below.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: 3 The First Act in a Timeworn Drama
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: 3 The First Act in a Timeworn Drama
15 It grew smarter with the increasing height of the bucket, and presently a hundred and fifty feet of rope had been pulled in.
Example Sentence: (50 in 4 pages)
1 He pulled at the rope hanging from above to see if it was safe for the climb.
2 Her wrists chafed where the rope had been.
3 Give a thief rope enough and he will hang himself.
4 There was a rope dangling down into a dark, bottomless hole.
5 I tripped over the guy rope of the tent in the dark.
6 He held on to the rope, and slipped down the cliff slowly.
7 Give a man enough rope and he will hang himself.
8 Give a fool rope enough and he will hang himself.
9 Hold fast to the rope, and I will put you up.
10 Hold the rope loosely between your finger and thumb.
11 He cut desperately at the rope in an attempt to free his foot.
12 Hang off the rope, let's start our boat.
13 Tie a knot to join those two pieces of rope.
14 A coil of rope lay on the beach.
15 Coils of rope lay on the quayside.