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Example sentences for: slings

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Loops of rope or tape, called slings , fitted with karabiners or krabs `metal snaplinks,' are used for running belays or runners . These are placed on the rock face during the ascent and used to prevent the leader from falling too far.
For Jacob Weisberg's critical review of Brock's Hillary book (Weisberg says Brock "slings enough mud to drown a Bangladeshi village") click here.
It helps that in The Spy Who Shagged Me , Dr. Evil has soared in stature, becoming nearly as heroic a throwback as Austin himself--the supervillain seeming far more vulnerable to the slings and arrows of ridicule than the superhero.
At the first, Brock, under the guise of fairness, slings enough mud to drown a Bangladeshi village.
We, the American public, tireless in our pursuit of the costless benefit, loath to accept the randomly aimed slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, ever ready to shift the blame for our own laziness or carelessness to someone else--preferably someone with deep pockets.