Words similar to rope

Example sentences for: rope

How can you use “rope” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Second, it is a twisting hitch, made in the bight of a rope to form two eyes through which the hook of a tackle is passed for hoisting.
A golden, double rope band, signifying domestic and international unity, frames the seal and the border of the rug.
Waking up to the sound of Ruth jumping rope late at night, Joseph heard "the soft, rhythmic thump of her bare feet on the floor, like the beating of a giant heart."
When the rope goes taut, the second answers “That's me”; the leader will then belay and instruct the second “Climb when you're ready”; the second says “Climbing,” and the leader acknowledges, “Aye, aye.”
Who would have thought that a word like quirt , which I had always associated with hounds and stirrup cups, came from the Spanish for `rope,' or `string,' cuerda . The meagre sources I have at home bear out that origin, however.