NOOSE in a Sentence
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12 example sentences for NOOSE, such as:
1. Every second they were slipping the noose.
2. We might as well put our necks in a noose.
3. Sikes made a running noose and called him again.
4. The bullets alone are enough to put his head in a noose.
5. I think the noose is slowly tightening on Tony and company and it's just a matter of time, really.
2. We might as well put our necks in a noose.
3. Sikes made a running noose and called him again.
4. The bullets alone are enough to put his head in a noose.
5. I think the noose is slowly tightening on Tony and company and it's just a matter of time, really.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of NOOSE
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noose
n. a loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot; it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled
v. make a noose in or of
Classic Sentence:
1 And as he cringed at the old man's feet, a string was slipped over his collar; the noose that old Oliver always carried with him.
2 Every moment the audience slipped the noose; split up into scraps and fragments.
3 Every second they were slipping the noose.
4 Sikes made a running noose and called him again.
5 The bullets alone are enough to put his head in a noose.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE
Context Highlight In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE
6 He has taken the bread out of our mouths by quartering soldiers on us, so that you might as well put your neck in a noose.
7 We might as well put our necks in a noose.
8 Yes, pride, he said to himself, turning over on his stomach and beginning to tie a noose of blades of grass, trying not to break them.
9 I took a long piece of string from my pocket, and she lifted his head with the spade while I tied a noose around it.
10 My friend placed a bottle at the distance of thirty paces, and at each cast he caught the neck of the bottle in his running noose.
Example Sentence:
1 I think the noose is slowly tightening on Tony and company and it's just a matter of time, really.
2 As the police visibly tighten the noose around the mansion, the guerrillas respond with rhetoric and warning bursts of gunfire.