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How to use noose in a sentence

13 example sentences · noun, verb

Noose means an adjustable loop of rope, such as the one placed around the neck in hangings, or the one at the end of a lasso. Example: “At his back, the lockman reached up to grasp the noose dangling from the beam.”

Examples of noose by meaning

nounAn adjustable loop of rope, such as the one placed around the neck in hangings, or the one at the end of a lasso.

  • Put someone's head in a noose

More sentences with noose

  • At his back, the lockman reached up to grasp the noose dangling from the beam.2022, Douglas Skelton, An Honourable Thief. From the entry lockman
  • She crossed her eyes and stuck out her tongue, holding an imaginary noose above her neck.2012, Tom Ryan, Way to Go, →ISBN, page 64. From the entry yoinks
  • But here in England a comprachico is equal to a murderer, a candidate for the hangman's noose.1969, Günther Weisenborn, The Man Without a Face, page 10. From the entry comprachico
  • No dynamite nor "dulling." The deadly "dull," or wire noose, is a fatal weapon against a trout.1903, Field and Stream, page 66. From the entry dull
  • Thereby, America's neck is hanging in China's iron noose.2001 [1958 September], Chen Jian, quoting Mao Zedong, “Beijing and the Taiwan Strait Crisis of 1958”, in Mao's China and the Cold War…. From the entry Dongding
  • Someday we will kick America, and it cannot run away, because it is tied up by our noose.2001 [1958 September], Chen Jian, quoting Mao Zedong, “Beijing and the Taiwan Strait Crisis of 1958”, in Mao's China and the Cold War…. From the entry Dongding
  • (ghost brandishing a noose:) “Brother, you sure gonna get your face lifted.” (ghost brandishing a razor:) “And a permanent shave!1930, Fleischer Studios, Swing You Sinners. From the entry permanent shave
  • In one hand he carried a lantern, in the other a noosed rope, and he felt his way carefully.1903, Herbert Hayens, At the Point of the Sword. From the entry noosed
  • In Irish-English, “dulling for trout” is well known,—the fish as they lie still in a pool are snared with a noose of horsehair.1915, “Clare Island Survey: A Biological Survey of Clare Island”, in Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, page 21. From the entry dull
  • There between the flesh of pasta and stuffed olives pressed against glass to see the bright noose of his love take shape and engirth the rest of his days.2009, Susan B A Somers-Willett, Quiver, page 33. From the entry engirth
  • By constant playing and experimenting with these he learned to tie rude knots, and make sliding nooses; and with these he and the younger apes amused themselves.1912 October, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Tarzan of the Apes”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., →OCLC; republished as…. From the entry proficient
  • Having strung a length of noosed cord to a light pole, Constans threw himself flat along the string-piece of the pier and began angling for the prize.1906, Van Tassel Sutphen, The Doomsman. From the entry noosed

Meaning of noose

  1. noun An adjustable loop of rope, such as the one placed around the neck in hangings, or the one at the end of a lasso.
  2. verb To tie or catch in a noose; to entrap or ensnare.

Full definition of noose

Questions about noose in a sentence

How do you use noose in a sentence?
Noose is used as a noun and verb. For example: “At his back, the lockman reached up to grasp the noose dangling from the beam.”
What is a short sentence with noose?
“Put someone's head in a noose”
What does noose mean?
Noose means an adjustable loop of rope, such as the one placed around the neck in hangings, or the one at the end of a lasso.

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