But the fourth solution—to swing one rope back and forth like a pendulum and then grab hold of the other rope—occurred to only a few people. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I cut the ropes on the other beds. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Matilda pulled up the rope and hooked the handle of the bucket on to the end of it. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

A person that fell in there couldn’t get out without someone dropping a rope, but there wasn’t no one else. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cam allows the jumar to slide upward without hindrance, but it pinches the rope securely when the device is weighted. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

They talked with his back to the men and, moments later, he turned around and slashed at the rope that bound Ugwu’s hands. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The other end of the rope was tied to King Pellinore's saddle. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Theon gritted his teeth and gripped the rope tightly as he made his way across, pretending that it was Asha's neck he was clutching. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The well had a little wooden roof over it and a simple winding device and there was the rope dangling down into a dark bottomless hole. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

They have humans who dangle on ropes twining from the tops of tents. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

“Don’t look like that. When it leaves we’ll check the wreckage of the house. I’ll bet there’s some rope in there.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He slides onto the bank, zips open the pack, rips out the rope. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I could just see it: the winter’s day, the crowds on the rooftops, the balloon tugging at its ropes. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now they had broken altogether, like a rotted rope. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He untied the ropes of two cows, but the frightened animals did not move. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then the Turk went to the rope and took it in his hands. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

If he didn’t put his weight on the rope until the bottom, it might just hold. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

He can’t climb the rope because of his ankle, but I see he had no problem climbing up the bleachers. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Now the boat was all noise, with wind luffing die sails and the boom slamming back and forth and the sails popping, ropes whipping and clacking, and the halyards slapping against the mast: whap, whap. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pithy helps Chou wrap the rope three times around the pile of wood. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stage has no curtains, but the ropes that used to open them still hang from their pulleys, swaying and ghostlike in the middle of the stage. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

In any case, above 27,400 feet, no ropes had been fixed ahead of time. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

There was a sharp snap of rope breaking, and Nox’s cry of fear and rage, and Celaena took off, sprinting across the backs of the four gargoyles before she launched herself into the void. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He didn’t seem to notice I was roped off either. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

All four got down on their knees, pulling rope and knives, cutting a branch the width of a wrist, tying it and binding it for the long walk back. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

It saw the rabbits, ran to the length of its rope and began to bark. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jonathan looked down at the rope, then at the soldier, who was holding it and watching him. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes keep flicking at me and the way I'm roped up, but mostly she's looking at him. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Pycelle's spotted hand was clutching at his beard the way a drowning man clutches for a rope. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

That night, as Olanna lay on her uncle and aunt’s bed, she watched Arize through the thin curtain that hung on a rope attached to nails on the wall. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was only a curtain between my rope cot and the charpoy of my parents. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

She made her way along its flank to where a rope ladder hung down from the worn leather saddle beside one of the water basins. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

In this emergency, for it was getting near to suppertime, Gareth voluntarily ran ahead to fetch a rope. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Earlier, Minho and a couple of Runners had pulled out ropes of ivy and knotted them to vines still attached to the walls. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“First thing tomorrow, we’ll get you your own rope. Until then, take mine.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The next time Arliss came racing past, the pup would tie into the rope again. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You saw him this morning. He’s driven us half mad over this. I am very nearly at the end of my rope.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He pulled out a long coil of rope and proceeded to tie a large knot at each end. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

So I watch as the ropes get pulled tight around the kids’ necks. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

In one centerfold, someone named Jack La Lanne tows a rowboat with a rope held between his teeth. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rope lattice of the ratlines narrows as I near the crow’s nest, making the climb feel increasingly treacherous. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

To get to the washbasin, Stuart had to climb a tiny rope ladder which his father had fixed for him. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

They were extremely big for me, so I had tied them with ropes so they wouldn’t fall off while I walked. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

It was covered with scraggly, long ropes, like vines or tree roots. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Clasping the rope with two hands, he keeps kicking toward me. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Our engine man throws our rope again and again. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Even if he didn’t put the rope on her, he drove her to it. He sold her babies!” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“The knot will either be the strongest or the weakest part of the rope. It depends entirely on how well one makes the binding.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Muriel shrieked and toppled back against the net of knotted ropes, a manicured hand covering the front of her shoulder. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I fling my rope, aiming to lasso the tip of its nose. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“And you’re probably right. He roped in little Milton Harper and who knows who else. You did a good thing tonight, Nathaniel.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

The sound lessened, and once more the rope was lowered. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

There was a rope that swung out from the peak of the roof. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

All it had left in it was a notebook and a pencil and some rope. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

But this stage is not the same after all, because of the three wooden posts that stand on it, with the loops of rope. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Edwin pulled the starter rope and brought the engine to life. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

A group of friends and family had gathered there to greet us, only now, due to Secret Service protocol, they were cordoned off behind a rope. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

We even bundled up Al- haji’s old shirt and tied a rope around it to make a soccer ball. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Then you would zoom upward into the sky, and look up at the clouds, and the rope would twist and you would twist and turn with the rope. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

During that whole PE period, when I wasn’t doing a relay up and down the rope—which, by the way, is a stupid relay—I watched those three guys watch Joseph. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

I unhook Beetee’s belt and find a heavy metal cylinder attached to the side with a rope of vines. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The rope was tied to the roof, and the roof opened up like a basket lid. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tore it into narrow strips and tied them together to make a rope or tie-down about four feet long. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lifted the bonobo from the table, gently cut his mangy rope away, and brought him to the sink. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He gave the rope a good tug, testing its worth, and presented it to me. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

At this point, however, the devil himself, carrying a rope around one arm and shoulder, lumbered mournfully into the yard and cried, “Stop!” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn't yet met them, but from what Jennifer told me, I knew there were three girls in the Baker family and they were the ones who'd locked me out of their rope jumping. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I climb out on the plank and tighten up the ropes some and then there’s nothing to do but wait. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I do not know this Domingo of yours, but something in your tone says I must believe you. Throw me the rope.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The rope seemed almost alive, the greatest of all water serpents heading at last for home. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Fabian is holding a rope that trails behind him and out the door. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

All about the yard, dead men hung half-frozen at the end of hempen ropes, swollen faces white with hoarfrost. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Our area is cordoned off with a silky twisted scarlet rope, like the kind they used to have in movie theaters to restrain the customers. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Indians denied the visitors permission to land; refusing even to touch the Europeans, they passed goods back and forth on a rope over the water. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Well, Sir Fabian the Weasel makes her sit on the floor, and he ties the rope around his ankle. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

‘Okay ... we need a plan to get the statue out. Maybe haul it up with the rope, but -’ ‘Wait.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The driver of the car behind us runs off to get some rope he has stored in his trunk. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

A backstay floated dangling from it, stout rawhide rope, and I used this for lashing mast and keel together. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alice raised her hand as though she would hold him back with a rope of air. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I hitched the long rope to the raft. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Lately he’s been tying the chicken-house door shut with a rope when he turns in for the night, but now it was plain to see no rope was going to be strong enough. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They brought forth the King-Beyond-the-Wall with his hands bound by hempen rope and a noose around his neck. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It wouldn’t be easy to reach beneath that undercut bank and rope a pig, but I believed it could be done. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rope went taut and he came to a sudden halt, the boisterous wind buffeted him about like a feather. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The ropes fall away, and I push my hands through my hair. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She had braided her long, curly hair in one thick rope that fell over her shoulder. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

They couldn’t fit everything in the chariot, but they used Frank’s rope to strap down most of the gold weapons and the best pieces of armor. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

They couldn’t get any closer without a ticket, and the streets were roped off for blocks. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Then he sat down and dug his feet in like a mule when I pulled on the rope to get him out of the trap. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

As a test, she tied one end around a support column and leaned on the rope with all her weight. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The next morning, I wrapped a rope around Violet’s grumpy neck. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

We get a piece of rope and push it through. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I tried hacking at the tongue with my shears, but it was too sinewy and tough, a rope of undulating muscle, and my shears too dull. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Her nails are short and polish-free, the magic fingers connected to the hands connected to the forearms roped with steel muscle and tendons that lead to shoulders, neck and bionic brain. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Although in a few hours we would leave camp as a group, we would ascend as individuals, linked to one another by neither rope nor any deep sense of loyalty. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

In a panic, they tied a rope to the generator and threw it overboard, to serve as a second anchor. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

He gave me an odd look, then shrugged and ran a length of rope through an iron ring above our heads. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His laugh turned into a raspy wheeze, and he stopped hauling on his rope to hunch over and cough. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“One of them cut the rope,” I say, remembering. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I tied the rope to a nail and went to find my brother. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before Mark could process her words, there was a rope around his neck, cinched tightly, yanking him off his feet. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

That night and many nights afterward for a long time, I could see Mr. Harvey’s feet hanging down and the rope stretched over the rafter, and I imagined his face in my mind. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He had a cocky little hat and colored ropes over his shoulders. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“A Negro’d be asking for the rope to get himself mixed up with white women.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the length of the rope has to be calibrated in proportion to the weight of the person; otherwise there is nothing quick or easy about it. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

After you release the rope, you keep skimming over the water for a while, free. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I yanked the rope with all that I had left in my arms, and Beau, still clenching the rope between his teeth, popped up out of the crevasse and onto my chest. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Real tears were blurring her vision, and it was impossible to see where one rope started and another ended amid the complicated array of knots and loops. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The holes were big and uneven, and the rope was frayed. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I watch her for a couple of minutes and then step over the rope. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Men came down on ropes and whisked the child to waiting arms.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

He had worn a dry suit and he had managed to fix a rope to guide him through. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Mr. Rudyard was already letting the dog’s rope fall from his shoulder as he ran after the truck. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charlie pulls his legs up and opens the comic book to the first page where the Batman and Robin are swinging up a long rope to the side of a building. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

His hair was like two black ropes, and round his arm was a lovely silver bracelet with blue stones in it. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She laughed, moved her hands to her hips, and started jumping an invisible jump rope. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Not wanting to get roped into staying longer than I had to. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The first Saturday in our new house I could see a bunch of girls down the street jumping rope, but they were acting as if I wasn't there. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

But the man bent over the bed towards him and his face was huge, terrible; the black ropes of hair touched the blanket. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

White Deer lifted a coil of rope out of the wagon, laid his arm through it, and went to the front of the wagon to begin tying lines there. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nothing. You didn’t miss anything. So what movie did she rope you into watching?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Racing up the side of the long barn, they heard the Labrador barking in excitement as it ran to the full extent of its rope. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind the men walked several women roped together neck to neck. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Soon, many hands pick me up and lead me to a rope ladder hanging off the side of a larger boat floating alongside ours. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he’d cleaned the spatter of rain and moisture from the floor of the refuse room, and made sure there were no scraps of rope or other signs of their presence. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

There was only a small photo of an Igbo-Ukwu roped pot on the wall, and she was peering at it when Richard came out. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Amari nodded and hugged the trembling child as she knotted the rope. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like the Egyptians, the Indians had rope stretchers to survey fields and lay out temples. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

And with a few tugs at the knot, the rope fell away. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She realized it was Frank, grumbling as he tried to extract himself from a pile of loose rope. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Alongside the pirates, the girls climbed up the rigging and cut down ropes, dropping them to the deck. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

At nightfall they built fires with pieces of old shoes to keep the mosquitoes away, and watched the stars from beneath the big oak tree where they’d hung a rope to swing from. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“We don’t have much rope. I suppose he will be able to undo the knots eventually. But at least we will have some time to get away.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He glanced around to where the men were tying ropes around the tree and then opened the door. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Thousands of avatars were packed up against the velvet rope force fields that kept everyone without an invitation at bay. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Now you can help me prepare the rope. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

A length of frayed rope bound the bundle together. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The creaking of ropes as the crewmen hoisted Tanin in her longboat over the side of the ship. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

And then they drag all of their pieces of wood together and use rope to build a huge awesome raft. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Nico wrapped his free hand around the rope and concentrated, a bead of sweat trickling down his neck. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

They ate huge meals and he put up a sailcloth lean to with ropes and poles against the wind. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Then he turned to the men at the ropes to give the order to let go. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ran to the cupboard that held everything Mosca had collected for the break-in: a rope, the floor plans, the sausages for the dogs, shoe polish to blacken their faces—all had vanished. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

His foot slipped and for a moment he dangled above the distant deck with nothing but his slippery palms clinging to the ropes. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Then I hunted around for a place to attach the rope. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Taking a rope, one person pulled the car while the driver steered with his feet. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

They put a rope around his neck and hung him high. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hips were covered with angry blisters, which oozed a fluid that had matted with the strands of old rope. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The boy stopped straining against the ropes when he saw the man approaching. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He had gray calluses on his ankles from the chafing of the rope that Paravans tied around their feet when they climbed coconut trees. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rope had been so tight as to cut off the blood to her hands. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The others agreed, and so Kate fetched her rope and replaced the ceiling panel, and they set out down the corridor. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Jones was hanging down below the scaffold at the end of the rope. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I soon learned that on Everest not even the rope—the quintessential climber’s accoutrement—was to be utilized in the time- honored manner. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

She tightened the rope, moved her second foot, and then the first again. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Two other boys reached for the rope as well, and when Gabe called, “Now!” they pulled as he lifted the paddle that had held him still. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I pulled the rope till I was right next to the bow. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“This looks like Shadow’s climbing rope. He’s dead. What are you fools trying to tell me?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He ducked under the rope and went in, and Lina did the same. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Nervously, she gave the rope a good yank, and it stayed put. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Their sons and brothers were wounded by hooks and rope. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He slumps unconscious on his knees, held up only by the ropes at his wrists. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Someone found a piece of rope, tied it to the guitar, and thrust it at Country Joe. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He’d drop the tiller, grow red in the face, and advance rope in hand on the offender. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry struggled against the ropes binding him, but they didn’t give. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

After untying the ropes from my dogs, I held onto their collars for a minute. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He clucked with his tongue and the pony started to walk in a big circle, held in by the long rope. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the other ropes there were creatures that could not compare with her for strength, but they hauled and pulled with an equally good will. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The wind is strong and gusting stronger, and the corners of the tent strain against their guy ropes, and where the flaps at the two ends come up, he can see trees buck and sway. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, there came three sharp tugs on the rope. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

This time, when she pressed it to the rope, it cut through like butter, and in a matter of seconds the rest of the rope fell away around Adiah’s body. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“And get me a long piece of rope.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

With one mighty blow from the blade of the ancient battle-scarred sword he severed the rope holding the Joseph Bell. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Uri was howling like a wolf, and even as the oven chimney pipes toppled like trees, I laughed and pulled and pulled the clanger rope. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

On my way out of the classroom, Ms. Smith stops me to say that rehearsals will begin next week, just us at first so I can “learn the ropes.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

But George kept working on the rope, trying now to break it away from the crate. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re like the man who lost his camel and is looking for the rope,” she said. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

A long leg stepped over the rope, and the person it belonged to turned and walked away. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Even as Winifred spoke two grappling hooks with climbing ropes attached came clanging over the parapet and lodged in the joints. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It made a high thin sound as it shivered through the stones of the ringwall and tugged at the tent ropes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Gregor felt a blade cut through the ropes on his wrists. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You can find a rope and come back when things are safe...” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

The ship anchors, the longboat is lowered, and the first few passengers began to climb down the rope ladder. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He climbed out first and looped a rope around one of the pilings. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The front end of the rope runs up onto the stage. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cut four more segments of the buoyant rope and tied the lifebuoy to each side of the square. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her feet touching the side of the stone tower and her hands grasping the rope, Violet closed her eyes and began to climb. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

There was an old crab apple tree there, just at the bank of the creek bed, from which someone long forgotten had hung a rope. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

The plume of smoke from the fire rose straight up, like the charmed ropes in the marketplace in Alkonost that had hung suspended in thin air whilst small boys clambered up and down them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Sorry,” I grind out when I get hold of the ropes. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I think I would have gone to her, taken the rope from her neck or gotten shot trying. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

A physicist named George Weil stood on the floor, holding the rope that lifted it. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gritting his teeth, he began pulling himself up, paw over paw, not being able to reach the wall for help as the rope was held outwards by the projecting gutter dangling him out in space. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

As soon as night had fallen, the algae had dissolved the rope with its acid. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

All that day the rope gangs were kept busy sending down wood, spikes, cordage, tools and repair materials. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Harry’s heart was pounding against the ropes around his ribs; he would not have been surprised to know that Greyback could see it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Loki irritated the goat even more by tying a strong rope tightly around its beard. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I let go of the rope and let Shiloh run free for a while. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took a step toward them and stopped, another step, stopped, and then suddenly, as though yanked into the air by a giant invisible rope, he leaped. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Loki screamed and grabbed for the rope again, yanking it back. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I climbed down and took hold of the rope. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She should be on the roof by now, attaching the rope. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I managed to feel my way to the ropes and held on, trying to catch my breath. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I could do was wrap the rope tighter around my hands and pray. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Edwin yanked the starter rope, and the outboard roared to life. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Behind the velvet rope rises a flight of stairs edged with blinking lights. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The waters begin to spin around the scarecrow’s pole, and the rope that holds the dinghy in place goes taut. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

She lay on her stomach with her arms over the stern, untying the rope. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Life is good," says a Dutch woman, "freedom is good, but starvation leaves its mark, like rough rope on your wrists, always rubbing, always making a nuisance of itself." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He tied the rope to a cleat at the bow and moved back to the cockpit. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She scurried up her rope, drew it into the ceiling after her, and disappeared. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It is not easy for Captain Smith to climb the rope ladder to the deck, but Richard and some of the sailors help him, and he makes it. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Sailors’ rope bracelets—the kind that shrink to the wrist. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

A baker, cooper, or rope maker usually started his career as an apprentice, which meant that the master who taught him had to be paid. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

Jay lets out the rope inch by inch as my feet and arms move, search for any grip, any edge. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Curious what she was attached to, I peeked over the roof to see Fiona, rope in hand, hanging out a window and waving up at me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The rope fell across the flagpole like a cable over a pulley, and as Kate dropped downward, so Constance—much lighter by far—shot up out of the grasp of the astonished Martina Crowe. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Arm uncoiled the rope from the storeroom and crawled out again into the howling wind. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

A little boy and his sister straddled an ox, gripping a frayed piece of rope tied around the animal’s neck. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I checked the knots that held the rope to the lifeboat and to the raft. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Right now, he and Marty are skipping rope with some coaxial cable. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

One morning the hobbits woke to find the large field, south of Bilbo’s front door, covered with ropes and poles for tents and pavilions. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Sheed said, “Can you two get this rope tied around that pole way over there? Without the man on the Time Suck seeing you?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Gen yanked her jump rope off her shoulder like a whip, only it didn’t look very threatening since it was hot pink and she’d put happy-face stickers on the handles. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Things I overheard at Papa’s funeral, when I was much too small to understand: There might not have been a rope, but it was a lynching all the same. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She roped the beavers onto a little sled tied to another rope that circled her waist. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Okay, sure. Just get up the ropes. Now.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Tight, rigid cords of sickly green veins webbed across the boy’s body and limbs, like ropes under his skin. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Above the rock step where John, Stuart, and Lou turned around, the fixed ropes ended. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Except Marmeluc—he’s gotta keep watch—and the kids, who stay by the fire, the ropes still dangling from their necks. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He impressed classmates—one of whom was Lauro Müller—when he climbed Sugar Loaf mountain, scaling it with only a rope. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Percy stepped back while Nico took up the slack on his ropes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She belted herself with a length of rope. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But thinking of my mother is like a long rope keeping me tied to earth. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Her twine wasn’t as strong as Crocodile Guts’s thick rope, but it had more uses. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shooed the press out of the barn, slung a rope across the entrance, posted a guard, and retreated to his track cottage, sitting by an oil stove in a cramped room. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

João grabbed a rope that was tied to the bow and pulled the canoe while trying to swim toward the shore. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“Oh, never mind,” she said, coming over to grab the rope. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Piper ran towards their rope, which dangled from the ceiling. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I ran out without a thought for overcoat, hanging on to the rope I’d just strung. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She wove a sail big enough for a small yacht and made enough rope for all the rigging. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Farid had quickly gagged the guard and was expertly tying a rope around the man's legs. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

But when the older soldier did not stop, the suddenly taut rope made Jonathan slip and fall into the mud. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

He grabbed while it was still a soft rope, swung the strand into his mouth, and ran, for once quiet instead of yelling, only because his mouth was stuffed. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

She had noticed him often, his thin wiry figure swinging easily hand over hand up the rigging, his sandy, sun-bleached head bent over a coil of rope. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The man in the gray suit whipped the rope over the side of the basket, where it unfurled to the sidewalk below with a loud fwop! A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Some of the adult caretakers from Pinyudu had managed to string a rope across the river, and boys who couldn’t swim were pulling themselves across. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘We wonders, aye, we wonders. To find some of your orc-friends, I warrant. You nasty treacherous creature. It’s round your neck this rope ought to go, and a tight noose too.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

On the deck of the ship the crew lined up, ten hearty men bared to the waist, each grasping the rope, and began a rhythmical march from one end of the ship to the other. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Instead the man shrieked in surprise and dropped Otto heavily into the dirt, holding the cut rope at arm’s length, like he was handling a snapping turtle. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Two Guardians have moved forward and are coiling up the thick rope, getting it out of the wav- Others move the cushions. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

It boots the breath from my lungs—the teacher is hanging from a rope in front of the blackboard. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Before he could consider some action, he felt the rope about his waist jerk as the old soldier hauled him in closer. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Out of the corner of her eye she saw the packhorse tied to Con’s saddle tear free from his lead rope, fleeing into the trees. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Cleopatra, Iras, and Charmion used ropes to lift Mark Antony through a window. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

“The twins, they’re like, like a rope that binds us together. You’re a mother to them already. It all fits. Don’t you see, Naomi?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

As we walked, we examined the rope marks on our wrists and laughed about what had happened to avoid crying. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Ma’am, there’s a reason for that rope,” he said. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Constance, of course, began to argue, but Kate had already completed the knot and begun scrambling up the rope. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Lashed to his back with a rope was a large square box. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

His hands were bound together with a rope that was threaded through a hook on the ceiling. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Beau’s teeth were locked onto the rope and I prayed he wouldn’t lose his grip or let go. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

But Iris roped her arm through his and led him to a cafe table at a bay window. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She dropped the note back in the bucket and pulled the rope to raise it up to the boy’s room. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I held on to the tar­paulin rope with one hand and the edge of the bow bench with the other, while my body lay flat against the side bench. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

But all he does is reach for the rope from the terrified driver and loop one end into the lid and then through the bumper and knot them tightly together. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Alex checked that the quad was out of sight, then looped the rope over his shoulder and shoved the flashlight into his belt. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Could I climb out on the arm and tie a rope around him?” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ground was scrabbly dirt, and in the center of the rope enclosure, about twenty feet away, was a hole. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

They’d clip Mark within seconds and either tear him to pieces or rip him from the rope. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Thirty feet up with nothing to climb on except skinny branches and a rope ladder that looked to be holding on for dear life. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Given time, they could carve out a toehold for themselves up there, throwing up ramparts of their own and dropping ropes and ladders for thousands more to clamber over after them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Grunting, the adzukulu carefully lowered the coffin with ropes, into the smaller compartment. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

He ripped his face off the sticky ropes, and it felt like someone had yanked strips of adhesive tape off his skin. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The first time he tried it, he fell off a rope and into a pit filled with freezing slime. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Fastening the other end to the doorknob behind her, she pulled the rope tight, knotted it securely, and climbed up. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He'd been playing pickup basketball at the Y; after two hours he went off for a drink of water; he used a jump rope; his friends found him hanging from a water pipe. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ordered a rope ladder to drop over the side of the ship, and we climbed aboard. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He had no rope, no string, and yet he had to have a way to hold the logs in a flat platform to keep them solid enough to carry Derek and him. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

George leaned against the chain-link fence, watching some girls from her class jump rope. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Ships sat docked along the pier, a mess of rope and netting with sailors calling to each other, too busy to notice the royal procession. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It’s hard not to believe in fate when you watch a boy climb out of a well using a jump rope. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

My grandmother was sitting in the rocking chair in front of our house, making knots in the sisal rope around her waist. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Essentially ratcheting himself upward, a climber thereby ascends the rope. the rope. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped tugging at her rope when he entered the house. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

They went down the aisle three abreast, Donatelli and Henry moving him along with their shoulders, Bud right behind with the towels and the bucket, up the ring steps and through the ropes. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

When there are storms, Papa will stretch a rope from the door to the bam so we will not be lost when we feed the sheep and the cows and Jack and Old Bess. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z

There might not he a rope, but it’s a lynching all the same. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It clicked and whirred along a conveyor belt, got hooked on a rope, and ascended through a slot in the roof. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Thomas let go of the rope he’d used around his chest and heaved his body to the left, scraping along the wall. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Eventually, he asked the tournament organizers to rope off the area around his board, because the crowds would gather and gape, often for hours at a time, while he was playing. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When we finally reached the hidden grove, I tied Quinby’s rope around a blue willow trunk. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

‘Never mind your Gaffer! Are you trying to tell yourself you’ve got some rope in your pocket? If so, out with it!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She disabled a third siege weapon by sawing through the torsion ropes, which should give the Argo II a clear approach from the north. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

They took turns swinging across the gully on the rope. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

When the rope is taut, Chou ties it in a double knot. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tires hang on ropes from a bar. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d already tied a rope around Jumper’s neck, leaving the loop big enough that it would pull back against his shoulders. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Work that rope loose,” Grandma whispered to me. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He lashed out with his wind rope, searching for strongest, most ornery ventus in the storm. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Surely not by the ropes that looked like Mother’s knitting stretched out. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

A few men pulled the shark up higher by ropes and pulleys, and I followed the length of the shark’s white belly from nose to tail. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Violet immediately tried to scurry back down the rope, but Count Olaf’s assistant was too quick for her. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Their daddy was laughing and said, “I’m sorry, Johnny. I have to admit, I just couldn’t believe it. I brought this rope more to be funny, but it’s a good thing.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Climb the rope to the ceiling in under sixty seconds? Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

I wrapped my legs around the chain, just like I used to do at the ropes course in gym class. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Someone had gone down the roped tunnel and opened the door! The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When the skimmer’s lights had faded, Tally tested the rope with her whole weight. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Tiles in the ceiling of the elementary school would shift like they were made of paper, and for weeks after, debris would be discovered scattered across nearby backyards, roped off with yellow police tape. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Then I remembered the rope in my backpack. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He had on an enormous pair of breeches tied at each knee with rope. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mooring ropes are curled on either side of me. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Two other accomplices faked a fight and drew the guards' attention while the escapee unwound the rope and threw it up over the fence and down. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I gpt out my ropes, tied some knots, and tried to start at the beginning. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

It was hard to believe they were both in school already, much less that they could jump rope, and say the rosary, and play the piano. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dropped a rope ladder over the side. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sam's boat was in the water, tied to a tree by a long rope. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Two twisted ropes of hair fell past her knees, one over each shoulder. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Edging over to my left, I groped for the ropes I’d set up that afternoon. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Especially one who made her own rope necklaces. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

In some places there are swoops of netting, in others ropes hang like ribbons. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Then, Milagros discovered a rope dangling down, she gave it a tug, and a little cowbell jingled above our heads. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Looks as though she stood on the chair, adjusted the rope round her neck and kicked away the chair. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

But they managed to escape by climbing down a rope with the baby Lyra in her father’s arms, and they regained the family fortune, only to be attacked and murdered by outlaws. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Hey, mind if I sit with you? You can kind of show me the ropes and tell me what I missed.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

My arms are so weak, I can barely pull on the starter rope, but the old outboard fires right up anyhow. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

At first I thought it was a piece of rope but then, from its bright green color, I knew it was not. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Stowing the light, I pull out rope, hand the loop to Jay. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Day and night women twisted rope, since they could sell as much as they made, and traders waxed prosperous selling their goods to the workmen. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Snaking down the frozen expanse as if suspended from heaven, a single strand of nine-millimeter rope beckoned like Jack’s beanstalk. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Gavril and Sender handled the ropes while Lev and I guided the board to the shallow bath at the other end of the room. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The cliffs were steep here and very high, but we wove a stout rope of bull kelp and fastened it to rocks at the top of the cliff so that it hung to the water. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The huge men pushed us to the ground in front of them and tied our feet with strong ropes. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Jonathan saw that the other end of the rope was fastened to the soldier’s ankle. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was brought up short by the rope which was wound round the tree—the vacuous brachet meanwhile giving a melancholy yelp— and fell off his horse with a tremendous clang. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grab the slick rope with one hand and Helene with the other, eventually working her body over my shoulder and clambering up the ladder to the deck. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I tied him with rope and then with big thick rawhide string that I cut from a cowhide hanging across the top rail of the yard fence. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s got a lazy eye, and he’s holding the rope that’s tied to Jacob’s neck. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

PPS Since you left us so much rope, I’m going to see if my dad will make another swing in the other tree, for when I have friends over. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

He straightened up and the ropes quivered back into place. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I held Stew Cat against my chest Standing with his back to the storm, Timothy put my arms through the loops of rope, and then roped himself, behind me, to the tree. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

And all the while I wrestled with the tight ropes at my hands, working them loose slowly, carefully, until I was able to free my right hand. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

When she rode close, she saw dead men hanging from the battlements, slumped at the ends of long ropes with hempen nooses tight around their necks, their faces swollen and black. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Maybe I should go down first and get a rope from camp—” As I was in midsentence, Andy abruptly turned away and moved over the lip of the ice slope, leaving me sitting there dumbfounded. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

When I’m done expanding the balls, I hear, “Grab the jump ropes.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

How many years would it take before her jump rope rots and disappears? Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The bright orange tarpaulin was held down by a strong nylon rope that wove its way between metal grommets in the tarpaulin and blunt hooks on the side of the boat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He has no rope ladder, but he says he’ll make one, if he can get some rope. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Finally she showed them a length of slender nylon rope coiled around the bottom and sides of the bucket. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

"Is this the little Du Barry, here at court to learn the ropes?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She watched him for a moment, painting the rigging black, his brush moving quick and sure on the ropes while the shadows shifted along his arms. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Where did he go?—and then Sender gave a hard yank on the rope that tore it from my hands. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He’s thrown a rope with weights at either end right at my legs and they’ve twisted round and caught me, expert, just like a hunter after swamp deer. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Sure you are. We’ll start with the low ropes, then the catwalk, then we do the high ropes, and we end with everyone’s favorite, the zip line,” says Dylan. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Tane stretched his hand through the ropes as far as it would go. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The rope dangled from her fingers, and she narrowed her eyes as the sukkah gave a little shudder. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Now that he was finally in Igbo land, he wanted to see the home of the roped pot before anything else. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He sits under the safety light in his space, knotting his rope, not even pretending to rest. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Let’s run downstairs and give thanks to Mercer. Then we can come up here again and right away name her; she needs a name. And maybe you can find some rope to tether her.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Jangbu, upon learning over the radio that Chen was in a bad way, hurried down from the South Col to assist with his evacuation down the fixed ropes. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Kill And Go tied the men up in pairs, their hands behind their backs and the rope stretched taut between them. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Once upon a time there was a wealthy man and wife with only one daughter,” Nhamo said as she alternately twisted and chewed the mupfuti bark into rope. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m looking out the window while Mrs. Drexel’s cigarette uncoils a rope of smoke. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Now I must prepare the nooses and the rope to lash him alongside, he thought. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bloom retrieved Sunflower and held her while the volunteer mounted up and Joe helped adjust the loose rope. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, holding the rope, you stood at the edge and looked down, and were scared and dizzy. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

At the bottom of the rock steps on the Southeast Ridge I stopped with Mike to wait for Yasuko, who was having difficulty negotiating the fixed ropes. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Long honey waves streaked with ropes of pink spilled down her back. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Edwin said, giving the starter rope a sharp pull. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Mini grabbed hold of the rope, but the quicksand yanked her under. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Vegas moved away, slid along the ropes, picked off a wild left that Billy threw, and missed a jab himself. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

For mattresses, we laid cardboard over the ropes. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He tugged on the rope with his hand. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

In the corner, there are multicolored jump ropes. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Yet I feel my desire for life like a rope knotted and coiled within me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The boat crew had been preparing to cast off the ropes and leave. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It’s what Adah and I might have felt, if we hadn’t gotten all snared in the ropes of guilt and unfair advantage. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Six levels to climb in the dark with her hands slippery from sweat and the fires of hell burning below, with the rope weighing her down and no net to catch her. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Would a clothesline rope circling her neck and yanked with all Alice’s strength make her spit it up? Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rope received the flame greedily; the transports of greed were succeeded by the profligacy of utmost generosity; and soon the whole store partook. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

A young boy, about sixteen years old, on his way home from school, had been strangled with what was believed to be a rope, and his head was bashed in. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t say much, but showed Thomas the ropes until he could start working on his own. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

There was a great creaking of ropes and sails and the Current picked up speed. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It was, instead, being given a sky-ride on the end of a rope by a large winged sow. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

But as Mary Alice was reaching for her jump rope to take outside, Grandma turned up and said, “Not tonight.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I hoped soon she'd be able to rope someone into marrying her. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Creatures of every sort zigzag, bolt, scream, swing, gallop, grunt, and whinny; they are everywhere, swinging on ropes and slithering up poles, hiding under wagons, pressed against sidewalls, and skidding across the center. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She went swinging on that rope just to show him that she was no coward. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

The builder grabbed the ropes that attached to the empty stone-boat and prepared to hitch it to his great gray horse. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

It was nothing but a log raft drawn by thick ropes pulled by twenty men who walked along the bank. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

A horsehair rope will keep snakes away from a campfire. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Someone cut the back rope but the front rope didn’t release. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

But he made it through, the Berg’s momentum and the rope jerking him from the tree’s clutches. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He held up a very slimy, knotted rope. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

One was trying to chew the net, but hippocampi teeth just aren’t meant for cutting rope. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

They went on to a little valley, then, and followed a brook that made one huge curve after another, doubling itself over like a coiled rope. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The manager spent the afternoon leaning on the ring ropes, watching Jose and Angel spar. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hit my toe on a wooden monkey, and almost trip over some long ropes and cables. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Leo was dragged across the deck, half-conscious and groaning, and dumped on a pile of ropes. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Another rope was wrapped ’round and ’round his neck and was pinching his throat narrow and tight. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

It was hanging from the ceiling, suspended by a rope of threads at either end so that actually it looked more like a hammock than a bed. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Turner went back to the lady for a length of rope, but no one came to the door and he wasn’t certain that he had the right house. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Jonathan spun about in the doorway just as the rope, still attached to the old Hessian’s ankle, whipped by. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was about to peel the loosened ropes off my left hand when I felt the warlock’s grip upon my shoulder. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Often I had as many as five ponies, one on each side of me and two behind, on a long rope. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

He showed us a lit­tle girl skipping rope with two other kids. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She was now at the place where he had said to use the rope. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

With thousands of fascinated spectators, including the Queen, peering down into the pit, the BFG was lowered on a rope. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rowing as far as the rope would stretch, they dropped the anchor. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

As the men pushed Wash into the dark garden, the coarse weave of the rope made his neck itch. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Brer Fox slipped over the side of the raft with a wince, then grabbed the other rope that Ayanna tossed to him. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

And the rope continued to pull at her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Quickly, Thomas grabbed other vines, ripping them away from the wall, creating a series of climbing ropes. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

At that point we could easily have gone ahead to install the ropes. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled, but Marco was attached to the crate by the rope. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

A mason with trowel and bucket awaits the king, up on the scaffolding; all the other workmen descend by rope ladders, like a swarm of fleas. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

And then I saw my friends: Tyson, Grover, Annabeth, and Nico all tossed in a corner, tied up like rodeo animals, with their ankles and wrists roped together and their mouths gagged. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Nobody in our office wanted the assignment. Me either. But it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. Just like jumping off a diving board. Only with a rope around your neck.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Securing herself to one of her fixed ropes, she crawled out along a horizontal branch, looking closely at all the flower heads she could find. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

At the base of the captive balloon, Manager Morgan ordered his men to grab mooring ropes and hang on tight. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

By Jesus, I’ll swing at the end of a rope for you. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“This new school is a good opportunity for you, Natalie,” my mother tells her as I watch the boat guy unwind a rope, as thick as my arm, from the cleat. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

They danced with one eye on their partner and one eye on their children playing hopscotch, scullies with bottle caps, or skipping rope. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

But as the rope felt his mass, it groaned and the bamboo stakes began to tear out of the ground. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled Immie’s hand toward her until she was close enough that she could loop a rope underneath the arms, making sure to keep it loose so it wouldn’t leave a mark. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The cousins tugged the rope tight between them, prepared to pounce. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

My legs were rags; I leaned heavily on the rope. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Dylan attaches a rope to his harness and starts climbing. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He had us move to the side of the picture window so the photo would capture the roasted duck with its head dangling from a juice-covered rope. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Setting the kitchen bucket down, I would drop the bucket with the rope. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

One struck the knee of one of the captives, and it burst apart in a gout of blood and bone that left die man’s lower leg dangling by a rope of dark red tendon. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

All of their goodbyes lay like the coiled ropes on the ground, connected and unconnected, curling silently, finished things. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mike hurriedly put his crampons back on and disappeared down the fixed ropes without complaint. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

In her last moments she’d curled over the rope like a sleeper around a pillow, clutching it to her cheek. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He saw Alec struggling against two large men and watched as they tightened the rope further around his neck.The old man’s choking sounds made Mark’s heart want to break open. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Either someone left the rope three hundred feet from the top intentionally, which made no sense, or the rope was cut while that someone was still three hundred feet from safety. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The silk ropes pressed her against his back as they encircled his chest. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Crews of artillerists scurried around the machines, loading the slings, checking the torsion of the ropes. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I use an air rope launcher to connect a thin cable between two buildings. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He’s in charge of the bucket of rope. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beside him, two bloodied men hung from ropes tied to traffic- light posts. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Just like with Javier, the ropes cinch around my head, waist, and feet, holding me steady. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was a rope with barbs attached, something Anya had sometimes seen fishermen use to catch fish. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

As the rope got closer to the tree, more men arrived to help. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"A young man clambered atop the black metal statue," he recalled, "and attached a rope to Dzerzhinsky, but no amount of pulling would bring down this formidable figure." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

As they loosen the rope around the chest, the corpse tumbles off the chair and lands in the dirt. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time we arrived at Teresita’s house, towing the bleating goat by a mecate, an old rope, tied in a sailor’s knot around its neck, the sun was completely out. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Or else she makes wall hangings out of toilet paper twisted like rope, braided and woven with reels of outdated girlie movies, the kind that used to be called “art films.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Oliver waited for the rope to steady, then ascended the rope Navy SEAL-style by locking it between his feet and squatting and stepping all the way up to the top. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Sandi set hers on the table and tried to look pleased: it also was an iron statue of a little girl with her jump rope frozen midair. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Chris laughed and reached over his head where a bucket swung from the rafters by a rope. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I can still feel the burn in my arms from pulling on the tug-of-war rope at the last carnival. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The Silkworm and Miss Spider, after they had both been taught to make nylon thread instead of silk, set up a factory together and made ropes for tightrope walkers. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

He gets up then, and he goes over by the TV set, far enough so the rope is tugging at me. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Taking one of the lead ropes from my pocket, I tied it to her collar. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the bucket had been lifted, she secured the rope so the pail would remain there until James retrieved it. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The crate had a rope attached to it. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

She hurried to untie the tent ropes from the struts, and then tied one end to a tree on the bank. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

So he sang—or intoned, with the harp behind him— twisting together like sailors’ ropes the bits and pieces of the best old songs. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Around her slender neck hung a rope of diamonds and emeralds. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She reached for the rope hanging from the mouth of the iron dragon embedded in the stone wall, and pulled. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The young mouse rushed headlong back to the nest, rummaged in the haversack and found a stout climbing rope. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Some platforms are suspended from ropes or chains from above. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He was always with his captors, held by the rope around his neck. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I looped the rope around the lowest limb of the tree and, bough by bough, branch by branch, made my way to the small, precious orchard. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I figured to be nervous when I was unwinding the rope from the cleat. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our class has done a ropes course and zip line. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Only one obstacle now stood between me and safety: a bulging incline of hard, glassy ice that I would have to descend without a rope. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

At evening, off the fields of Ithaka, they bound me, lashed me down under the decking with stout ship’s rope, while they all went ashore in haste to make their supper on the beach. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rolled them three times on each leg and kept them up with a rope for forever. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Some of them ran along the edge of the cliff, but two sat down behind her as she grimly approached Taisin with the rope. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The rope swung out to hang over a mile of empty space as the wall and dock retreated out of range. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I had a skipping rope once,” I said when he returned. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The difference in weight was enough to jerk him up, hoisting his body from the floor and cinching the rope even tighter around his throat. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She looked away from Kaede; she looked down at her hands; they twisted together as if she were trying to weave a rope around her wrists. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

‘Not too far ahead now! I’m going to be at your tail, and I’ve got the rope handy.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, the tree people put ropes around my trunk and consulted with one another. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He went backwards on his heels, into the ropes. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The contratista tied one end of a thick rope to it and, handing the other end to Gabriel, said, “Here, tie this around your waist. I want you to till the furrows.” The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She yanked it, and heard the splash of the rope tumbling from where it had been hidden among the bridge supports. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

There was an odd quiet moment when we were all staring at a rope in the clouds, heads thrown back—waiting for a sign from heaven. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

It only needed a shark to bite the rope, or a knot to be­come undone, or a large wave to crash upon me, and I would be lost. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

When the velvet ropes that had guided the crowd by creating a narrow street within the room ended, they found themselves going down a staircase to the main floor. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I did, he pulled a twist of rope from his sack, and to my alarm proceeded to tie my hands behind the tree. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

At once the aeronaut lowered his arm in a signal, and the witches let go of the rope. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

A crusted rope, stained green from months of trailing off the barge’s hull, forgotten. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Armed with guns, ropes, and clubs, the report said, they surged toward the school, in the doors and through the halls, dancing and shouting, “Two, four, six, eight, we ain’t gonna integrate.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crops and livestock yield natural fibers for making clothing, blankets, nets, and rope. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She reached over to the guide ropes to pull her bed up to the ceiling. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Then, on each side of Jumper, we tied another rope into the one knotted about his shoulders, and carried the ends of them back to the cowhide. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Sicilian had untied the rope from its knots around an oak. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

As the solitary beaver gnawed through the last strands, the rope parted. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I’m given no rope, no way to secure myself. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He unties the rope attached to the floor bolt. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

She ran in and out of hopscotch games and right through a jump rope, all the way back to the basketball post where she shot again, missing wildly in her glee. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Too bad chemistry teachers don’t keep a stash of mats and ropes handy just in case of emergency,” Z sneered. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Had he clipped into the rope with his safety tether it would have opened under his body weight and sent him tumbling down the Lhotse Face. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

In a moment a rope ladder was lowered. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

She crawled to the stern and pulled on the rope. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked as I tried in vain to loosen the ropes at my wrists. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Somewhere above the trees, the zeppelins were hovering, and men were sliding down ropes, but the wind made it difficult for the pilots to hold the aircraft steady. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

From the pole hung a rope with a noose tied at the end. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was so drunk that I thought for a moment he might fall asleep on his feet, but he snapped to and found some rope and quite deftly tied our packs on the roof. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

It’s draped over everything in the gym, even spiraling up and down the climbing ropes. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“I’ll give you blanket, both bottles, and the coil of rope.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The platform immediately rose, and he grabbed hold of the side rope to steady himself. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

That, too, was perfectly smooth, and, like the entirety of the citadel, it floated, held in place not by ropes or chains but some unfathomable force. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

A lasso—a rope of wind, more tightly wound than any tornado—wrapped around the horse’s neck. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Then there was the problem of getting the rope over the branch in the first place. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I made a wild slash with my sword and cut the remaining ropes. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

From the main rope, handholds extended at two-foot intervals, making a ladder. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

At the top of the walls the last climbing rope had been severed. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Emerging from the hole, they carried the hedgehog in the rope sling across their backs, refusing any help from the badger or the mouse. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

When the bucket had been lifted, she secured the rope so the pail would remain there until James retrieved it. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He immediately roused Makalu Gau, the leader of the Taiwanese team, and the two of them lowered a rope to Chen, pulled him out of the slot, and assisted him back to his tent. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Sefia twisted a couple of locks of hair in her fingers and looked to the book, where it lay in the nest of rope like an egg, ready to hatch. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Papa had tied the halter rope around the mule’s neck. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gen grabbed the ends of her jump rope and pulled them taut. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Each rope was hooked up to a homemade noisemaker out in front of Jorgenson’s bunker—eight ammo cans filled with rifle cartridges. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many years ago, the psychologist Norman R. F. Maier hung two long ropes from the ceiling of a room that was filled with all kinds of different tools, objects, and furniture. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

A few more slices of Grave’s blade and the rope would be severed entirely. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He takes the end of the rope and begins pulling. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The two ropes around his neck jerked him to a halt. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Inside were the two wedding crowns made from rope and, coiled like snakes, the two long braids of hair, each tied with a crumbling black ribbon. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

A third strategy is to grab one rope in one hand and use an implement, such as a long pole, to pull the other rope toward you. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

With difficulty she pulled the rope loose from the tree and rewound it. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When I finally got the rope untied, I tried to pull it away, but found I couldn’t. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Another time she saw Ralph swinging something on a rope, around and around his head, like a lasso. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the shed door Jonathan tied the rope to a post and, with a quick glance back over his shoulder, carefully opened the door. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

She’s tied the yacht to something on the outside—Mark can see the coiled end of a rope—either oblivious or insensitive to the murder her partner has just committed. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

As she watched, the Sicilian pulled at the rope again and again and it held firm. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I went in and found Rufus in bed with his leg sandwiched between the two boards of a wooden splint and held straight by a device of rope and cast iron. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Papa then threw the mattress on top of the car roof and tied it with ropes to the front and rear bumpers. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

But instead he stood there aimlessly holding the jump rope, until Bryant at 165 was having his arm raised after an early first-round pin. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I play with Uhmma’s hair and think, Someday I will have hair that is stronger than rope. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

She moved the antlers, The Gold-Bug, and the raven box from the windowsill to the floor before sliding the window up and reaching for the pulley rope, now slick with rain. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Then I lay the rope over the ceiling hook, pull it taut, and fasten it to the leg of a nearby chair. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first, he hadn’t been able to breathe as he slowly eased Kaitlin down a few inches at a time, but the ropes held. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Mary Alice brought her jump rope to keep herself occupied, though she said jumping rope by yourself was the loneliest job in the world. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re almost there. The metal strips seem secure. They might hold together as long as the rope doesn’t give way. Diana, what do you think?” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

On the way back out, I nearly tripped over the coil of rope Uncle Chester had left behind. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

My teacher slipped away from the head priest’s side and returned holding a long rope. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

At public events, I focused on making personal connections with the people I met, in small groups and in crowds of thousands, in backstage chats and harried rope lines. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It’s like a gnawing, the tug of a rope wrapped around the end of my esophagus. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

There was nothing to tie the rope to. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Another thing I learned: it’s one thing to climb a rope in gym class. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

His lover, with her rope necklace, hanging dead next to him in the tree. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The thread — which was really now more like a thick silk rope — seemed to have divided itself into a long strange web, reinforced with bamboo stalks. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

He already held the hatchet in his hands and began to build a raft from bamboo and Vasudeva helped him to bind the cane together with grass rope. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Stop being chicken. You can steer it Those legs’ll reach the turn bar easy. Just hold on to the rope and keep it steady.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Anytime," the skipper called back, and I could make out his sly smile as he deftly coiled the rope. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

She looked at the tree where she had tied it, and the rope was still knotted around the trunk. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Haldir skilfully cast over the stream a coil of grey rope, and he caught it and bound the end about a tree near the bank. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Tony, he complained, was wearing all the newest clothes and was now sporting a thick gold rope chain on top of it. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

One day I came back from school to find a rope stretched across the front room and men’s white shirts, clean and crisp, hanging in a row. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I’d pushed the dresser against the room’s only door and tied the window shut with a length of rope despite the fact that it was too small for a grown man to fit through. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His chest and arms were thick and roped with muscle, testament to the athlete he’d once been. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Tarzan let out mighty yelps and swung from limb to limb on vines that looked suspiciously like ropes decorated with sweet-potato vines. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Billy rolled the finished rope on the floor under his foot to make it round and hard. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

They shackled his ankles, tied a rope to a hook in the ceiling, and hung him upside down. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

We think there must be better ways but we never learn them—always the whip, the rope, and the rifle. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“No, like all scabby and gross. She was biting an old rope. She tried to make me stick my hand in some box.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Shrugging, they turned and left their rope hanging where it was. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

He yanked at the knot, loosened it, pulled the rope free—and the boat shot forward. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She moved the antlers, The Gold-Bug, and the raven box from the windowsill to the floor before sliding the window up and reaching for the pulley rope, now slick with rain. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“You go ahead—on the rope—with the stick,” he gasped. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

There was a whirring sound as the rope retracted into the device, yanking him to Alec, who had a hand outstretched. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The only way across was the rope bridge, and the planks were much too far apart for sheep hooves. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Two Guardians, not the same ones that have taken away the rope, come forward now from behind the stage. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

We paddled to the rope and Bronwyn reeled it down, and after a minute Olive appeared from the fog above our heads, one end of the rope knotted around her waist. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The silk rope slipped from her hands and fell to the ground. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was wearing something that looked like a woman’s coat and was absently twirling the rope tied round his waist. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

When three days is gone past, we’ll have another roping and discuss all there is to do. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The laughter is like pealing bells that don’t need a hand to pull on the rope; it just goes on and on until you are weak with it. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rope to the lifeboat tautened with a jerk rather than with a tug, and the rocking of the raft became more pronounced and er­ratic. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

On January third the sun came out—and so did Shadrack with his rope, his bell and his childish dirge. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Long ago in China, knot-makers tied string into buttons and frogs, and rope into bell pulls. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A length of rope was wrapped tightly around his ankle: a snare. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was holding the taut rope in his teeth. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were all shuffling through a maze of guide ropes, like weary overgrown children at some nightmarish amusement park. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Within a year I sneaked my rope out of storage and was back on the rock. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Suspended by the silver rope that now seems endlessly long. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He is saying many times, acting like crazy man, so I tie him on rope, quickly, otherwise he is jumping down into Tibet.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

A giant brick wall surrounded the Night Zoo, but there was a section of the wall where creeping vines hung down in thick ropes. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Sigurd tied another barbed rope on the outside of the tarp before Anya realized what he was doing. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He learned back when he sailed boats as a kid, and he still carries pieces of rope in his briefcase. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Phoebe leaped up and grabbed hold of one of the ropes. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

A high-yellow dream child with long brown hair braided into two lynch ropes that hung down her back. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

He climbed the rope that hung on the wall and disappeared through a hole in the ceiling. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

I was sure they were just teasing me again, until I heard the creak and pull of the rope ladder. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

By 1925, Hale had shed his past, but there remained a faded photograph from the contest; it showed Hale and Grammer sitting proudly on their horses, holding up coiled ropes. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

His silence was elastic, slowly curling a rope around her neck. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I could tear my bedsheet into strips and twist it into a rope of sorts and tie one end to the leg of my bed and try to break the window. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rain was still falling in a light patter from above, and he felt the rope tremble as Kaz took hold beneath him. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It wrapped around me and squeezed my body like a sponge, then tossed me into the choking air—and I fell headlong into a rope net filled with writhing fish. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I shall be better soon. I feel better already. Wait! You can’t do anything without a rope.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Attached to the back by a short length of rope was Zane’s skateboard, piled high with four powder blue suitcases strapped down tight, each one stuffed to bursting. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, you keep an eye out sharp,” Judd says, “and if you see him, you throw a rope around him, drag him over. Hear?” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sought out a handsome tree on the edge of the forest and threw the rope over the lowest branch. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I lean back in the lounging chair I constructed from bent saplings held together with rope made from the inner bark of the basswood tree, and enjoy the primitive forest. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he slowed and settled, his limbs were free again, and the rope was thrown aside. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

After a bit I shimmied up the frayed rope to see how climbable the tree was. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Then he jumps on the weblike rope ladder on the mainmast. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

When Smith led him out of the stall, he didn’t even need a lead rope; the horse would follow his trainer wherever he went, nuzzling his pockets. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I go up to the attic and cut down one of the ropes for the laundry, bring it into the apartment, and tie it to the heater in Mr. and Mrs. Diamant’s empty bedroom. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

But the man had the strength of ten men—he was half out of his ropes, his hands were free. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The women, drenched and terrified, were flung wildly about, held only by the ropes that tied them to the masts. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

A couple of boys grabbed some ropes made from ivy vines and lowered Alby and Newt into the Box so they could retrieve the girl’s body. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She was dressed like a rock climber, with a rope around her waist and a headlamp and everything. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

"When there are bad storms, Papa ties a rope from the house to the bam so no one will get lost," said Caleb. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z

"Best put that down," he says, and he pulls on the rope and lifts me up. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

I hauled up bucket after bucket of cold well water until the rope blistered my hands and the blisters burst and bled. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We did an hour of exercise, some combination of roadwork, skipping rope, calisthenics, or shadow boxing, followed by fifteen minutes of body work, some weight lifting and then sparring. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course it’s Finnick, who seems to have spent his childhood doing nothing but wielding tridents and manipulating ropes into fancy knots for nets, I guess. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He held a rope in his other hand, and he was pulling several rafts full of people and animals. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I fling the rope and rock out into the water. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. Richardson said that when I feel that way, I should grab one emotion like a rope and pull myself back to the moment it first hit me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He’d brought the two coils of rope from the locker and he measured the diameter of them with the span of his hand and that by three and then counted the number of coils. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He tightened the rope around his arm and patted George on the shoulder. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

Whit was clearly reaching the end of her patience rope. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Inside her locker, dangling from the coat hook, is a thick rope, the kind we use in gym. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I dare to release the rope I’ve gripped since we left Turkey. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

As one man reached the end, he dropped the rope, and raced back to grasp it again at the end of the line. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The main rope tensed, while the security rope, which I had de­liberately measured out longer, hung limply. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

White Deer and Uncle were on Red Rabbit’s left on one rope. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rope dangled from the gallows an arm above. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Only one way to find out,” Ruthanne answered, already shinnying down the rope ladder. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She finished the rope ladder and barricaded the base of the lucky-bean trees. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered vividly the Bakers' brand of meanness when they wouldn't let me jump rope. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

But will I just wake up one morning and find that rope between my legs? Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

His hands are tied behind him with roughly woven rope cutting through the flesh of his wrists. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And just so you know, I could do the rope in under two minutes—which hardly any other sixth grader could do — and so what if I had to use my legs. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

The boy nodded and thrust out the hand which held the billy goat's rope halter. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

‘So what you soldiers has to do is to creep up to the giants while they is still in the Land of Noddy and tie their arms and legs with mighty ropes and whunking chains.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are dozens of performers throughout the tent, bathed with light from glowing round lamps that hang high above amongst ropes and chairs and round cages. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

With his part of the rope, he ran around Mr. Flux in the opposite direction, doubling the loops around his legs. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

There was no way to return her gloves to her pack here on this tiny precarious place, so she fixed them under the rope on her shoulder. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The rough hemp rope that binds his feet together is so tightly tied that it draws blood. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She clung to the rope and scrambled to regain her balance. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Arliss was racing around the cabin, dragging a short piece of frayed rope. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Kit gathered her heavy skirts about her and clambered down the swaying rope ladder, the men in the longboat good-naturedly shoved their bundles closer to make room for her. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“A climbing rope is designed to sort of attach you together, and you never let go of it,” he said. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

It reminded me of the girl orphans jumping rope. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lucas took a rope from JimmyTrotter and led the cows up to the house. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The tops of her hands were roped with muscle and veins, but her skin was wrinkled and soft. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Donatelli leaned against four black- taped ropes, and turned his bulldog face to Alfred. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ropes were far enough apart that if you held the end of one rope, you couldn’t get close enough to grab hold of the other rope. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

What you do is tie the grapple—it’s like a big fishhook with four barbs—to a length of rope. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Overstuffed suitcases tied with ropes or hastily taped together had given way, and people’s underwear, baby diapers, and ratty shoes pushed through the stressed seams where everyone could see them. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

And Buddy accompanied me to the rope tow and showed me how to let the rope run through my hands, and then told me to close my fingers round it and go up. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Yet even as they were bundling him Outside, saddling the horses in the rain, and tying his hands with a length of coarse rope, Tyrion Lannister was not truly afraid. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The dormice were huddled miserably together, their necks looped cruelly together on a rope. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Will stamped on it at once, hard, crushing the man’s fingers between the hilt and the lead, and then wrapped the rope more tightly around his hand and stamped a second time. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

One by one, the threads of his rope snapped beneath Grave’s dagger, and Nox, sensing the vibrations, looked up at the assassin in horror. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Using ropes they hauled up a line of hose and a twenty-five-foot ladder. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

A pink jump rope looped behind her neck like a stethoscope. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I knew that if I kept going that way, I’d touch or fall over the length of life-line rope that tethered the raft. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luggage was lashed to the fenders and roped to the roof; the trunk was so stuffed it could not be shut; inside, on the back seat, two television sets stood, one atop the other. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

She walked up to her sister and kicked the jump rope out of the way with a sigh of irritation. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He tied one end of the rope to the boat, threading it through a gap between some boards near the top. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The loop of rope at my waist is gone. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The shark swung over and the old man saw his eye was not alive and then he swung over once again, wrapping himself in two loops of the rope. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Char reeled back, losing his grip on the rope. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

But he pulled himself along the elevators to the end and there he found a gap that went in up by the hinges where he could feed his rope through. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you want to tie down a loose cannon, you can’t give it much rope, follow?” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“No,” he cried, “mercy. This is not right, I’m not the king, they—” Ser Godry gave a pull on the rope. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The ropes were really stretching my friends now. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Just to be safe, she tied a new ball of string to the end of her rope ladder. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It is only after she is behind her rope with one foot chained to a stake that the menagerie is opened to the public. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The BFG grabbed the dangling rope and was hoisted out of the pit just in time. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A sergeant was leading a cart horse over the back of which was draped an officer, unconscious or dead, his feet and wrists secured by ropes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

There are a couple of charpoys up there—beds woven out of thick scratchy rope that are like shallow hammocks. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

When Poppy was a boy, he’d been lowered into a village well on ropes because his aunts and uncles wanted to know what was down there. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

"He says in the morning it turned into them things like ropes in the trees and hung in the branches. He says will it come back tonight?" Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Using axes, the men chopped away at the rope that tied the two canoes together. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Growing alarmed at the crowd stacking up at the South Summit, Beidleman roused Harris and Boukreev and strongly suggested that the three guides install the ropes themselves; hearing this, I quickly volunteered to help. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

She could have at least kept hold of the rope! Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Down in the water, Petra and Sosie helped secure the ropes to the sides of the ship for the eventual haul. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Any fascination could mark a newborn: melons, rabbits, wisteria, rope, and, more than a shed snakeskin, a wild woman is the worst of all. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch for a minute while he picks up a length of rope, makes a noose, and then pretends to hang himself for my amusement. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

What good were ropes against strength like this. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Leaning back like someone on a rope tow, she was pulled unsteadily into the trees. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He comes in second to last on the rope climb. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Always good to have a piece of rope with you. Oh, how about this?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He climbed down and pulled on a long rope to get the dog to follow him. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, taking the length of rope from her bucket, she fashioned a loop at the end, and with one expert throw lassoed the doorknob at the far side of the room. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Both put their feet on the wood and push, each pulling one end of the rope. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was standing the same way, only her pajama bottoms were inside-out and she had the jump rope looped around her waist like a sash. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I was just as glad; it made me hope that the Rebels were at the end of their rope and would have to give up pretty soon and end this terrible war. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trees and brush had overgrown the path down to the T-shaped wooden dock, and where there weren’t plants in my way, there was a rope, along with a sign that warned DO NOT ENTER. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

There, hanging by unseen ropes, was the angel, played by Marcus, wearing white wings and carrying a sword and a lantern ...” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Behind it was a web of rope stretching sixty feet high, making Fabyan look like an oversized spider hulking beneath it. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Above from the crab apple tree the frayed end of the rope swung gently. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Some workmen were lowering a man on ropes into the depths of the dry moat. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Which I can't, they're numb and bloated from the rope cutting into my wrists, and finally I stop trying and just sit there letting my eyes open up in the dark. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

That first day, my mother and I were met by a mob of hundreds and hundreds of red-faced white people, some of them carrying ropes. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

General was a pleasant looking man who wore his grey hair at shoulder length and had a neck hung with beaded ropes. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Climbing the giant swells, the boat clung to the sea anchors like a mountain climber to a rope. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Why does that peasant have a rope around her neck? The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Jonathan attempted to follow, only to become entangled in the rope. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Osh, waiting above in the skiff, grabbed the rope and hauled me aboard where I gasped and kicked like a sea robin on a hook. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“You gotta get out of here,” he says, stepping over the rope. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“If this one doesn’t work, the rope will break for sure.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Then Nathaniel, coming back down the road on a run, slipped the rope from the mooring and as they pulled away from the wharf leaped nimbly to his place with the crew. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He coughed and spit, his neck burning from the rope, then tried to sit up. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I had to let her out of the ropes right now. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

"Forswear your oath and murder me, and you will watch your little Beth strangle at the end of a rope." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The innkeep's body turned slowly on its rope whenever the night wind gusted. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

This girl had a watermelon head and this way of walking—or stomping—that looked like she was skipping rope on the moon; she kind of hopped into the air with every step she took. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“No, I don’t mean you. Someone. With a rope, I think. Or a strap.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The ropes of weed tying the hostages to the statue were thick, slimy, and very strong. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I slid my hands up, right into place inside the looped rope handles at either end of the crate. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Making us necklaces out of scraps of old rope like it said in the song, not knowing the real meaning of the words. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Harley was already untying the rope around the burro’s neck to use for a hobble. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Pete had been twisting and screaming all get-out, but those men seemed to double their strength when they seen the lynching rope coming. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone lowered a rope from above, the end of it tied into a big loop. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

And now he noticed that the ropes that held the swing were frayed and the picket fence that had looked so bright and perky before was really flaked, peeling, even leaning to the left. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were foot scratchings all the way up a straight line, which meant, most certainly, a rope, an arm-over-arm climb up a thousand-foot rope with occasional foot kicks for balance. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

It looked like a thick piece of rope, a long piece, maybe twenty feet. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

When his legs snapped together under the rope, he fell over, his sunglasses smashing on the pavement, hat rolling off his head. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

A man pulled me by my rope outside to the courtyard. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

You try to climb Mount Everest, they’ll tie up your ropes. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He scolded me for not giving my jump rope to a little girl on the playground who didn’t have anything to play with. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The rope—the rope to which Jonathan had been tied—remained tied to his ankle and flayed about like a writhing snake. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The old soldier swung a pack from his back onto the ground, opened it, and pulled out a rope. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

They had fifty feet of rope from scraps knotted together. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Now he was against the ropes with Vegas punching him in the body, jolting nausea into him in sharply swelling waves. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Not me! Your pa's put a price on this head o' mine. No, thank you, Prince! I don't fancy doing a jig from the end of a rope." The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Omar and Small Boy hauled equipment from the trunk: four lamps, one flashlight, rope, shells, and a pint bottle of liquor. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

David let loose the ropes—sheets—that held the boom so the mainsail could luff easily and went below for the jib. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

With each group came cries of relief, relatives diving under the rope to lead off their husbands, wives, children, parents, siblings. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Me, clasping tight, holding, feeling the rope burns, my aching arm. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He wanted to show them the photos of Kainene and the roped pot, but then he thought better of it. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The knights drop the ropes around the children’s necks. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Outside, the flag rope snapped and clattered in the wind, and the rooks cawed as they wheeled around the ramparts. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Matt ran a rope from the sleeping bag to a tree. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ropes started tightening, pulling my friends from both ends. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He grabs the rope in front of me—puffing, pulling hard. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I stand with my back to the bedpost and wind the rope around myself, feet first. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They slipped the ropes free of the pulleys and rehooked two of them to the front of the block. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I woke up sweating, my arms stretched over my head and gripping the rope of my hammock. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

It looks like mostly rope tied into wooden stakes driven into the rock at either end, with tight wooden planks running all the way to the other side. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

In these close quarters, I was unable to back up without the risk of ensnaring myself in the ropes or breaking my ankle in one of the gaps between the floorboards. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Inside the circle of men, the women in long dresses and ropes of beads had joined arms and were dancing around one older woman who was wearing a regular cotton dress. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The rowers in the ship’s boats had loosed their tow ropes and turned back toward the cog, stroking hard. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Minho went to the Cliff with a group of Runners, taking ivy ropes and rocks to test the invisible Griever Hole one last time. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She dropped the ladder and reached into her bucket for the rope. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The store was running low on plastic sheeting, duct tape, rope—anything that would protect windows from the winds. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Then he crouched on the wharf, the bit of rope in his hand and gave instructions about boats. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pollard somehow hung on, Howard kept his grip on the lead rope, and they pulled Seabiscuit to a halt. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The slap of the rope on the flagpole above was the only sound. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Their belongings were piled haphazardly in the truck bed, held in place with ropes. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

The afternoon Gitl organized a rope and the children all played jumping games after dinner. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was just me and the rope and the sky. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had crossed a newly repaired hanging rope bridge and stopped for a midday meal. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Halfway down the street, he slipped into a building with grimy windows and a swinging metal sign overhead: a frothing mug surrounded by a circle of twisted rope. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“I’d really like to. I think I could steer, by pulling the rope. I didn’t try this time, because it was so new.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

I waited a moment, and then, very gently, I gave all four of my ropes a little tug. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Counting, Ten, twenty, thirty, forty deep into the winter until one afternoon gravity releases me and my feet fly free in the ropes, fifty, sixty, seventy, eighty, ninety . . . as my grandmother watches me. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Anya clawed at the barbed rope, then tore at the bag to widen the opening. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I managed to take hold of the rope and pull myself off the ground. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I grasped hold of the rope, toes skidding across the floor before I regained my balance. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

John shouted back, but Pa headed into the field, hollering and waving a coiled rope to scare the cattle east. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

My sister moved to the front of the dinghy and untied the bow rope. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The boys moved like a couple of dancers in a well-rehearsed routine until most of their rope wound around Mr. Flux, mummy-style. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Her movements were restricted, since a piece of rope was around her wrist, leashing her to an iron stake in the ground. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She follows cables and pipes, railings and ropes, hedges and sidewalks. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I brace my feet against the seat and cling to the rope. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

And with that the man tumbled a long rope ladder over the side of the ship. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s take the stairs,” I say, as if there’s some other option to get outside, like a rope hanging from the hallway window or one of those aircraft emergency slides. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He imagined the deportation team arriving instantly, with snarling dogs, and ropes. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

By disparagement, by starvation, by repressions, forced direction, and the stunning hammerblows of conditioning, the free, roving mind is being pursued, roped, blunted, drugged. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The extra rope, ten feet or so, I looped around the footrest oar. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She still had a rope around her waist, frayed green nylon. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The ropes that the Cloud-Men had been using for lowering the rainbow got tangled up with the silk strings that went up from the peach to the seagulls! James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was dingy from all the handling and, to judge by my tugging, seemed as tough as a real rope. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jonathan, chilled and damp, made no resistance to the chafing rope. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

On the night of Thursday, May 5, officials of the National Cordage Company, a trust that controlled 80 percent of America’s rope production, placed itself in receivership. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“You might as well find a sturdy tree and a rope, Odenigbo, because that’s an easier way to commit suicide,” she said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Kneeling, she untied the little boat, tossing the slender rope onto the seat. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I’d been holding them up with a length of rope I had dug out of some trash. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Two brightly painted but well-worn drums, the skin pulled tightly across the top, decorated with rope and beadwork. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

A pink jump rope lay coiled like a snake near the foot of the narrow twin bed—evidence of her latest obsession. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

That means the back end of the skiff gets low in the water as the outboard tries to push it forward, then it comes up hard against the rope and slows down. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t climb the gym ropes, I couldn’t swing on the swings, and I couldn’t do a pull-up. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

There was a little looseness in the tarpaulin as the rope went from one hook on one side of the stem to the next hook on the other side. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dragon, too, looked at the U-shaped bridge, with its fragile ropes. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

A cracked wooden begging bowl and belt of hempen rope completed her garb. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Setting the book securely inside a coil of rope, she climbed to her feet and dusted off her hands on the thighs of her trousers. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

When we cross the town square, the Indian ladies, with long black braids that look like rope, try to sell us nopales. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“That’s my jump rope, Virgil! I grabbed it before we left the house!” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

When at length all the Company was gathered on the east bank of the Silverlode, the Elves untied the ropes and coiled two of them. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Another is to take a third length, such as an extension cord, and tie it to the end of one of the ropes so that it will be long enough to reach the other rope. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I was in a dim, narrow chamber filled with water, with no way back up the giant’s long, smooth throat; no rope, no ladder, no footholds. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She was barefoot and wore a rope knotted around her waist. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Foods like frijoles and papas, clothing, plows, tools, nails, machetes, ropes, leather goods, baskets, comales for the toasting of tortillas and such, cleaning rags, buckets, and jeans jeans jeans, which have taken over. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Having forgotten his song and his rope, he just stood there high up on the bank ringing, ringing his bell. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He placed one of the golden ropes into my hands. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Fifty feet of rope, a ten-foot plank, and some big steel barrels, what sometimes they call drums. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She stared up, narrowing her eyes to see the face better through the ropes, but it was hidden in dark shadows. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

And he saw the adversary stealing the fruits of his master’s fields and paddocks, carrying off chickens and leading goats by ropes. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Ruby pokes with annoyance at her roped foot. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

He says that when he’s trying to solve a problem at work, he takes out the ropes, ties them into knots, unties them, and then ties them again. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

As it turned out, not once during the entire expedition would I ever have reason to rope myself to another climber. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Hassan lugged his mat­tress, rolled tightly and tied with a rope, on his back. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Curled up like a Polish sausage, a rope cutting his wrists, he laughed. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stonesnake had passed the rope around the smooth spike of rock he was waiting on, but as soon as Jon reached him he shook it loose and was off again. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Too exhausted to cope with the complexities of the rope work, Fischer slid directly down an adjacent snow slope on his butt. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually we managed it by using the strap of my travel- sack as a makeshift rope. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She hauled the poles up into the lucky-beans with Crocodile Guts’s rope, and experimented with various configurations until she had a floor that was more or less level. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry could feel her digging at the rope’s tough fibers to work the knots free. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

After a few moments she felt secure enough to creep forward and tie the rope to an acacia. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he glanced about at the bare furnishings, the hanging ropes of garlic bulbs, the bed straw, the chest of stolen goods. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

My hands go to the length of rope dangling at my waist, and as Asher and Ren attack the Demons, I dart toward the surface and slow my board down near the dragon. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As she was about to put her full body weight on the rope—which would have pulled Beidleman off—Mike Groom intervened in the nick of time and gently scolded her for being so impatient. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I imagine worse things, impossible things—her body hanging from a rope, somewhere deep in the forest where nobody goes. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Aden, you hop out. Help Jimmy tie up to the mule. Johnny, you and George get back and hold the tail still. I’m going to guide the rope from here.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you ever see an Indian paddling along some quiet unspoiled river with a great big piece of rope dragging astern?” he asked. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

I don't know, but, fact is, I went over to the rope and said, “I’m going.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gear waits for us on picnic tables—helmets, harnesses, and ropes. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Usually it was full of kids playing ball, jumping rope, or swinging around the creaky jungle gym. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I could see now it was ropes that were keeping the Preacher’s arms spread out to the sides. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

They’d kick him a few times to get him back on his feet, then they’d yank on his neck rope and start running again. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

They were really big pieces of blue canvas, tied together with ropes to hold in the poison fumes. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Daddy hangs a rope across the room to hang the clothes till they dry, stiff and hard. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

The queen herself was seen summoning the winds, Unfurling her sails and frantically paying out the slackened ropes. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

“All right. That’s cool. Try to relax everything in case I drop the rope.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

‘It’s a long drop, but it’s safe to come down. Maybe ... uh, you have a rope you could fasten so we can get back up?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Fischer was the last climber up the rope, and he looked extremely wasted. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Lula Gates and I celebrated by jumping rope all the way home. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I tied a rope around his neck, halfhitched a noose around his nose and pitched the rest of the rope across his back. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bees zoomed among its bright and sticky leaves, higher and higher toward heaven, and a rope ladder disappeared among the foliage. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look down and see rope wrapped around my chest, my arms, my legs. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

That was her, stomping along the crosswalk in front of our van, looking like she was skipping rope on the moon. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The scaffolding was made of poles lashed together with rope. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

“I fell to me knees and I prayed like fury. When I opened me eyes, it was gone. No rope, no dead man, and the trapdoor was closed.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The roped pot stood out immediately; he ran a finger over the picture and ached to touch the delicately cast metal itself. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

A gust of wind blows out of the desert, knocking us hard against the cliff face, and I almost lose control of the ropes again. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Mr. Bonetti nailed a rope to the side wall inside to give us something to hold on to. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

They watched a bandit loop a rope around my youngest aunt, Lovely Orchid, and prepare to drag her off. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

On December 7, 1776, he set the dockyard on fire, wiping out 20 tons of hemp used to make rope, 6 tons of ordinary rope, and about 6,000 feet of large-size rope. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He writhed, and tried to get his mouth to his ankle and bite the rope. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

There was the white rock with the golden ropes tied tightly to it in order to capture the sun and hold him firmly to the world. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I see his eyes follow the rope to the crate, and he goes over to it, sitting in front and waiting for the door to open. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Now he gripped the ever-shrinking remainder of the rope with both hands. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

To drop the jump rope and sprint onto the mat, ready to go. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I grip the wheelchair handles as we go down the ramp, my muscles tight as rope. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

My attention was on High John as he laid Ayanna down on the broadest part of the giant crow’s back and secured her with rope. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Their hands were tied behind their backs, and around their necks there were ropes that were tied to the cart, too. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picked up the rope floating near his hind legs and began to pull again. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Mark was scared that would snap the men out of their dazed state and cause them to retaliate, but they actually dropped their ends of the ropes in response. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

"Had to find it, didn't I? Can't lay your hands on a coil of rope all in a minute." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she saw rough hands picking apart ropes and twining them together again, with salt in the air and a breeze in the sails. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

All around him, suspended from the tree like misshapen fruit, were other new items: stolen shirts, socks, a length of rope, a tin cup, an extra blanket, sacks of food. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Only money can make the rope stretch, only money. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The driver, who has arrived with the coil of rope, glances down and his eyes grow wide. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

All kinds of hazardous clutter could be floating in your path—boards, driftwood, coconuts, ropes—and it wouldn’t have taken much to wreck the propeller blades on the old Evinrude. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He took up the rope and made it fast over the stump nearest to the brink; then the other end he tied about his own waist. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The twins crawled out from behind their rock with a length of rope, Miig watching their six with his revolver behind them. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“If the Dursleys wake up, I’m dead,” said Harry as he tied the rope tightly around a bar and Fred revved up the car. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The deacons lowered the casket into the ground and dropped the ropes in afterward. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Three pairs of rolling, mad eyes; three noses, twitching and quivering in their direction; three drooling mouths, saliva hanging in slippery ropes from yellowish fangs. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Every day for two months the line of bullock carts came in laden with bricks and stones and cement, sheets of tin and corrugated iron, coils of rope and hemp. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed his words like they were a rope to hang on to. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

And even that rope had frayed and been reknotted in precisely the same spot, and she knew it intimately, having been tied up in that very sledge for several agonizing hours. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They crept inside, stepping over frayed curtain ropes, a lute with no strings, a plastic pitcher, and an old broom. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

He poked his finger into the little lopsided cage of twigs and twine that dangled from his rope belt. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Bones climbed up a stage rope and perched on a beam near the ceiling. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The anchor had bitten deep as he slept, and he strained on the rope to pull the Frog forward and tug the anchor loose. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d used some rope to strap the tin to her belt, and before she stepped out of the shade of the sill, she rubbed a little more on her palms. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Their hands and arms are tied to their bodies— the men’s with ropes, Mary’s with white cloth. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of the gun or the lynch rope, they reached for the telephone. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

No one was saying much, just Watching as Mr. Tripp circled the raft, tightening a rope, checking the barrel tops, and trying to make it about as shipshape as Aeneas would have made a warship. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Ha, take that, rope, and that! No rope can keep Ragear prisoner for long, he, he, he! Poor old Shadow, if only you could see your lovely rope now!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The second man ties a rope to our boat. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

When it came time for Pagliuca to take the afternoon readings, the wind was so strong that he tied a rope around his waist and had two colleagues take hold of the other end. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Dunno. That rope’s a bit dodgy. Could snap if we pull too hard, and then we re piranha food.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

It was “all right” in the camps, he gathered, so long as you had good contacts and knew the ropes. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

We actually might need the rope, and whatever other stuff he has hidden away in those pockets. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

They have a pungent, leathery, underneath smell, like old rope, like damp dogs. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was a metal floor about thirty feet square, surrounded by a rope. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked down the length of rope once more to the sidewalk, where Marigold was waving at him. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I reached the raft, let out all the rope and sat with my arms wrapped around my knees and my head down, trying to put out the fire of fear that was blazing within me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He finally gets the knots loose and pulls in the rope just as the engines come to life and the boat starts moving away from the Lincoln Building. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I started toward Tess and the white man who had just tied a rope around her neck, fastening her into the line, saw me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Nox swung wide, the rope wrapped around his middle going taut as he collided with the castle wall below. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She and Zack are sitting in the middle of the floor inside a lopsided circle made from rope. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Just kicked me across the deck if I be clumsy, laughed when I be twisted in the ropes and sliding pure froze in the water that washed aboard. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

We go to tie up Mr. Prentiss Jr. with his own rope and find that the electric shock has blown the wooden stock right off of his rifle. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Pax had whined and chewed at the rope the rest of the afternoon. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I see myself wrapped in rope and lying on the train tracks just like in Grandpa’s old black-and-white silent movies. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Dad tossed a rope, which I hitched to the bow cleat. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Do not get roped into this,” Mom cautioned me as we scrolled through story after story about what Carlotta had said. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

When the two arcs open wide like jaws Nenny jumps in across from me, the rope tick-ticking, the little gold earrings our mama gave her for her First Holy Communion bouncing. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, grasping the two side ropes for balance, she carefully stepped onto the rope bridge and began to walk. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Kaz managed to endure it all the way past the iron railings of Zentzbridge, the grating covered in little bits of rope tied in elaborate knots, sailors’ prayers for safe return from sea. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Ropes appeared as if conjured, thick ropes used for tying ships to the docks. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were already a good four, five hours into Fang’s tomorrow, and I didn’t know if he was dead or alive, if he was home lying in bed or swinging from a rope. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“After I show you the ropes up here, you and I meet with Mr. Curtain so he can explain some things to you.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a completely different thing to climb a rope attached to a moving pig's wing while you’re flying at a hundred miles an hour. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Draco paused to examine a long coil of hangman’s rope and to read, smirking, the card propped on a magnificent necklace of opals, Caution: Do Not Touch. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

She blew on the end of the hair dryer and shoved it nozzle-down into her rope belt. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“I just don’t trust him,” Milo brooded in the plane, with a backward nod toward Orr, who was curled up like a tangled rope on the low bushels of chick-peas, trying torturedly to sleep. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He was standing next to a rack of jump ropes, tossing a basketball back and forth from hand to hand, and occasionally spinning it on one finger, but only for like half a second. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

‘But Sméagol said he would be very very good. Nice hobbit! He took cruel rope off Sméagol’s leg. He speaks nicely to me.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

They like to throw her into snowbanks and rub snow into her face, or, when snow is lacking, to tie her up with skipping ropes. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Art took the pieces of rope in his hand and made a show of looking at them carefully. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Every few steps, Anya had to tug gently on the rope to get Zvezda away from whatever plant he was nibbling on. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

In a locker behind the wheel pedestal he found coils of nylon rope and steel bottles of gas and a toolbox made of fiberglass. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

They got themselves in a mess, trying to lift it Then Gawaine suggested that it had better be dragged with rope. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three trunks were stacked against the far wall; there was an old wheelbarrow, garden tools, a coil of rope. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat silently, in his hands a long coil of rope he had taken from what little gear remained to the companions. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

If it weren’t for the ropes and the sacks it could be a kind of dance, a ballet, caught by flash-camera: midair. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Well, I know which end of the oar goes in the sea, and there's no one better with ropes and knots." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I took one hand off the rope to stroke his nose. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

His upper body rocked like a metronome when he walked, swinging his ponytail of ropes side to side across his back. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He weaves the rope in and out of his fingers. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The rope was rough, and tying it was awkward. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Here Cora stalked a section of a frigate’s deck, around the mast, various small barrels, and coils of rope. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Jimmy was an attorney who had been roped into the trial by the state for no other reason than that he was Harold Wolpe’s brother-in-law. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Being a rat, he immediately began to nibble at the rope. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

She remembered her father putting her on the rope ladder the first time. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A giant wooden raft the size of a boxing ring floated in the night sky, a rope dangling over its edge. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

When the rope was free and in his hands he turned and looked toward us. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she left Camp Four at the front of Fischer’s group, Lopsang abruptly pulled her aside and girth-hitched a bight of rope to the front of her climbing harness. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“No, Grandma. I’m staying here. I’m not gonna be the rope in this tug-of-war of yours anymore.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

And they added also coils of rope, three to each boat. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Mr. Flux took a step closer, almost in range for some rope wrangling. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Soon Percy had made a makeshift rope harness and strapped it around the whale’s upper body. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

They’d found him caught in a mooring rope, Officer Rariden had said, but could a mooring rope really have caused something like this? The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The Varangian walked to a tree and removed a rope that had been tied to a branch. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He stroked the rope’s end and shook it gently. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“The batteries are dying. We can turn it back on in a few minutes, once we’re ready to try out the stretcher and the ropes.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“I’m so sorry,” she said, repeating it three times, her voice raw, a fraying rope. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

They’d each been given the opportunity to select one object to aid them in their ascent—rope, spikes, special boots—and sure enough, Cain had gone right for the rope. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Jesper could leave the rope for him, pray the rain and the cooling incinerator was enough to keep the bottom of it from burning away. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

My hands grip the rope and the wet rubber. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

They’re carrying boxes and cardboard suitcases tied with rope and belts. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the other, he held the noose he used to rope the souls of the dead. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mr. Rudyard tied the dog to a tree, using the end of the long rope. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This reminds me of the circus, Robin,” she said as she picked her way over the taut ropes of the tents. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last he mastered her arms; Grace Poole gave him a cord, and he pinioned them behind her: with more rope, which was at hand, he bound her to a chair. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Yank on the ropes, watch the silly wooden soldier jump and twitch. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several men made their way to a small island of rocks, just above the canoes, and threw a rope down. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

One end of the rope attaches to the harness, and one of us tethers, holding the other. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

For her the drums were not an all-embracing rope of fellowship, discipline and transcendence. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She heard a high-tension crackle and hum from the lights, whose cables swung in the wind, scattering the rain and throwing shadows up over the rocks and down again, like a grotesque jump rope. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

But even cutting the jackets in strips might not make enough roping to tie all the logs together. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Finally a thick voice behind him said, "Seven hells, it's the dwarf," and the cage jerked to a sudden stop and hung there, swinging slowly back and forth, the ropes creaking. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He had hanged himself with rope from a beam high up in a neighbor’s barn. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I think this time I’ll just take my cow without signing the forms or paying the twenty bucks,” Joe observed calmly, casually tying the other end of his rope to the pickup bumper. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It caught on the ropes that supported it about a foot from the ground, and Vikus stepped aboard. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You find some rope. I’m going to go get you a present.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Each shooter takes a turn firing at a series of birds as they are released individually by ropes attached to the boxes. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

We took Richard down into the church basement, threw a rope over the railing that ran around the gym, and were stringing him up when Reverend Abbott came along. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Pasang Kami, a Sherpa on the Japanese team, freed Smanla from the rope, then continued down the ridge. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The newcomers then offered gifts to the chief: small ropes of sparkling beads unlike anything Amari had ever seen, casks of wine, and lengths of fine cloth—so shiny and smooth that Amari marveled. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Can’t you ask your dad? Maybe he’ll say yes this time,” Amy prodded as we sat on the picnic table bench in her backyard, resting after playing jump rope and riding bikes. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Then she lowered herself and sat on a thick pile of rope, leaning back against the cabin wall, and took a few deep breaths. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The land would move once more, the sea-anchor ropes would snap to tautness, and the roller coaster would start again. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The lifeboat and the raft had already separated as far as the rope would go, about forty feet. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Supreme lifts the ropes so I can climb into the Ring and hands me a mic. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I walked toward Junior, still carrying the knife and rope, trying to figure out what to do. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Tad grabbed one of the makeshift ropes and pulled on it. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

His other hand grabs my hair, winding it into a rope. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He wrote, “I got us a rope ladder, just in case.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

One man tightly wraps the rope three times around the corpse’s chest. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ash unhooked the rope that held it shut, and pushed it open. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the bottom of his suit jacket, she could make out several bits of knotted rope. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

My hands grapple for the rope at my waist. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He reined them in, still whinnying and bucking, but they couldn’t break Jason’s ropes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Now, there was only the thick, greenish-brown carpet of foliage, the sticks and twigs and sinewy roots of the trees, like ropes coming up out of the ground. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The last set was so rough that it took six hours to empty the canoes, lug their cargo, and run the canoes down the river using ropes. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Captain Reed jogged across the Current of Faith, avoiding coils of rope and redheaded chickens that squawked underfoot. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

By then, poor Nasser thought he'd been roped into an intricate con. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

He sat there for a moment, panting, holding the rope in his cold hands. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

A warrior’s mother collects this material, makes the rope, and ties the arrows in a bundle. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

The slave’s body jerked and strained against its ropes. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

In my weakened state I can barely climb the rope. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Not right at once; he would wait until he had learned the ropes of the place. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He swayed in the air, a good eight feet above the ground, revolving slowly, the green vine rope creaking. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then I decide it doesn't matter, if I move, the rope will surely wake him. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“If only you could see how ridiculous you look when you threaten people. Like a little girl telling me she’s going to strangle me with her jump rope.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Nox grabbed the rope, but even that wasn’t enough to lighten the blinding impact on her torso as the rope went taut. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I know”—she was getting excited—“it could be a magic country like Narnia, and the only way you can get in is by swinging across on this enchanted rope.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

The tent emerged in a lumpy mass of canvas, rope, and poles. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She tightened her grip on the rope and lifted her second foot from the ledge. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Her father had taught her to climb, to trust the rope, the swing, and finally, to trust in her own skill, to believe that if she leapt, she would reach the other side. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Travis says a bad word, pulls over, and grabs a silver spring and a piece of wet rope from the glove compartment. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Our one lifeline in this stormy sea and Papa is cutting the rope she’s been playing out. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The satyr lunged past Seth and slashed the rope with his knife. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Then the two men laughed together and the merchant said, “Shall we tie ourselves together with a double rope?” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Elinor thought a gallows and a rope would have looked more suitable. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I felt the rope in my hands, I looked out, and then stepped off. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a rope handle on the inside, but the hinges were stiff and it was very heavy. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He clapped his hands once, and the ropes binding Harry fell off. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Cluny himself lent a claw, pulling on one of the lead ropes. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“To keep them quiet. Anyway, I didn’t need help. I’ve worked with rope all my life.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I got me a second rope and tied it tight around his middle, just back of his withers. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hooked the handle of the bucket onto the rope and let it down into the well. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was walking without feeling the burning dust, his hands tied behind his back with a rope that a mounted officer had attached to the head of his horse. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

And while they were down there the rope came loose and they drifted out to sea and got stranded with no oars. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I walked slowly and carefully, expecting at any moment to feel the rope with my cane, or have it hit against my ankles. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Silently, they placed their coiled ropes underneath them and sat in a line with their knees around the man in front—tobogganers with no toboggan. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

He made his end of the rope fast about another tree, and then ran lightly along it, over the river and back again, as if he were on a road. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He was passing the rope through his fingers thoughtfully. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Shackleton took the tiller ropes and commented, “Pretty juicy,” and both men managed a weak laugh. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

The old man paused, holding the rope and bottle of wine, then shrugged and began to dig around in his packs. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

For a few weeks, everyone was busy teaching newcomers the ropes. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Around his neck was a piece of rope about three feet long. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pilate called Reba and together they flew through the house to find the comb, but when they found it Hagar couldn’t get the teeth through her roped and matted hair. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clinging for dear life to the rope, he launched himself over the edge of the eaves. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

His arms, his legs, his whole body were like thick rope. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And on top of the tinsel, popcorn, strings of it, ropes of it, wrapping around the tree like a mummy. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

When Blore returned from the house with a rope coiled over his arm, he found Armstrong where he had left him staring down into the depths. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

The two girls turning the rope kept it going and the jumper kept jumping—making a point of ignoring me. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“Maybe they can tie it down, with a rope or something.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She's found a row of large bells that dangle from thick rope. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

As he reached the opposite bank, he dumped Gregor on the ground and joined Luxa and Henry, who were frantically trying to hack through the silk ropes supporting the bridge. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Grover tried to get up, but ropes sprang from his black- satin bed, too, and lashed him down. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Milkman did as he was told and took King’s shotgun, a piece of rope, and a deep swig from the bottle they were passing around. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rope near the mouth bound the shark like a rubber band around a fat wrist, separating the head from the rest of the body. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“You’re right, squirt. You can do the wipers,” he says, throwing the rope into the backseat. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Squinting down, struggling hopelessly at the ropes binding him, he saw the shining silver dagger shaking in Wormtail’s remaining hand. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

One settlement man still clings to a rope trailing in the water. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled the rope again and the motor hesitated, popped, and then roared to life. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

Except for the stacks of crates and giant spools of rope, it was empty, cavernous, echoing. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The Devil’s Tongue was a very useful knot, and when Violet tied the cloth strips together, end to end, it formed a sort of rope. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Then he ties that wiper to the second wiper and throws the rope through his window and jumps in. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

The sailors don’t notice me approaching, and when I’m right alongside the rope ladder leading to the boat’s deck, I cut Hel from the beam. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The golliwogs controlled it with ropes and yodeled melodiously for right-of-way. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seth continued unwinding the rope, sending the bucket ever deeper. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

They walked along the shore while his uncle studied the treestumps, puffing at his pipe, a manila rope coiled over his shoulder. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The friendly man untied the rope from the least sorry of the rowboats, put the rope in Johnny’s hand, wished him luck and went back to his shack. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kaz secured another coil of rope to the roof’s edge and prepared to rappel down to the shore. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He slumps over the ropes propping him up, and his torso slides down the stake, and every now and then Volkheimer comes out of the shadows, looming fantastically huge, and the prisoner straightens again. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The demon had propped himself on a barrel and was leaning against the mast, his bad leg elevated on a coil of rope, that cursed walking stick resting on his lap. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Just hang on, I’m going to get you out of these ropes. I just don’t know...” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He wound the rope until it was tight around the windlass, seized the bucket, and started down the hill, spilling soup as he went. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The tiny girl clung madly to the rope, her eyes bulging, but Kate could do little to calm her. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The men at the ropes paused, some looking that way, some looking to Lee, and he called sharply, “Let go! Cast off!” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he clipped his safety tether onto the fixed rope he tossed his ice ax down, then left it lying on the rocks as he embarked on the first rappel. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Professor McGonagall waved her wand again, and a length of shimmering silver rope appeared out of thin air and snaked around the Carrows, binding them tightly together. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Her hands have rope burns from when she pulls in the steers. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

They fell to the floor like useless ropes. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Char pushed SEEf’s hands aside and tightened the rope again. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Ona!” she cried, pointing to a group of little girls skipping rope. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The door swings open and I let go of the rope. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if they can prove he cut those fences, he might be meeting the end of a rope.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I vowed to do that one day, slip free of the ropes that held me. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He caught glimpses of ropes and chains and other odds and ends as Minho’s flashlight crisscrossed the closet. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The soldiers crept forward with their ropes and chains. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But instead of ripping the ropes out of their hands and smashing the canoes against the rocks, the force of the current kept the canoes pinned underwater. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

I was afraid to look up, I was afraid to look at her face, I knew I’d see the Wool Pooh’s rope tied around her waist. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We store the forward mooring ropes there,” he tells me. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Kwang himself was talking, laughing, pointing, taking every hand he could, slowly roping through the crowd down the church steps toward the street as if carrying himself on a human vine. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two carry carnations; one urges along a beagle on a rope. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“You trying to be Sherlock Holmes? We got the mooring rope and that fishing gaff with Carl’s blood on it—those things speak for themselves, don’t they? What else does a body need?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

His upper body rocked like a metronome when he walked, swinging his ponytail of ropes side to side across his back. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Lyra saw that three witches were holding a rope looped around a rock, anchoring the great buoyancy of the gas bag to the earth. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

They teased Skipper John, as they nicknamed the dummy sailor, from their stools as they fiddled with the hemp rope. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Released the rope in time,” the Spaniard said. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

You exchanged pleasantries and the key, which he used to let him-self out and then placed back in the bucket for you to pull up with the rope. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next morning when I get up to see Shiloh, I put the rope on his collar and lead him to the other side of the hill again, out of sight of all but God. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a shimmering silver rope studded with diamonds that she braided into her hair, and there were diamond pins to fasten her hair in place. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ash looped the reins over the rope, and then walked toward the line of marquees. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gave James the empty suitcase to carry and slung the bag over her shoulder, holding it by the rope that pulled its neck closed. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shackleton hauled on his end of the rope, but one man’s strength was not equal to the force of the ocean pulling the floes apart. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I wondered what Jesse had thought about after he’d stepped off the edge of his desk and dangled on the end of the rope. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She’s standing on a street I know but do not recognize, among piles of smoldering autumn leaves, holding a coiled skipping rope, licking one half of an orange Popsicle. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I give the rope a pull and then let it go, and the wipers slap up and down. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“If you want to speed things up so much,” the man in black said, clearly quite angry now, “you could lower a rope or a tree branch or find some other helpful thing to do.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Ten feet above ground, there’s a rope bridge stretching upward from one platform to another, higher platform, across the glade. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The three Hessians were standing together, deep in conversation, the younger one still holding the rope. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Tying off* a secure knot, I let out the rope and fought my way back to the barn. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Then she lowered it until she heard a splash and the rope went slack. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Their eyes were sunken and red, and they had the wild look of men driven to the end of their ropes by pain and exposure. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

A sailor helped Joana down a rope ladder into the lifeboat. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Many Osage students at Mollie’s school tried to flee, but lawmen chased after them on horseback and bound them with ropes, hauling them back. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Luna, can you help us get these ropes off?” said Harry. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The rope is thick and brown and smells of tar. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Last time I saw T alive, I was showing him the ropes. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

My right hand hits the door handle when, slowly, I stop and turn again to the woman hanging from the rope. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

It must say something like, ‘Use the ropes to lower the boat, and head downstream.’ The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The man held what looked like two huge rifles with grappling hooks on the ends attached to big coils of rope. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Then, after a bit, she found she could aim with the noose of the rope, that she could choose a log or a bush and catch it precisely on most of her attempts. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I slipped a hand through the opening and worked the rope. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He threw me a rope and I tethered his boat to mine. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He grabbed the rope he’d bought in Seward, quickly made a noose, and fastened it around the giant’s scaly dragon foot. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

A long rope of root formed an almost-bench above the mossy ground, and after testing its solidity, she sat on it to think. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Tied around its neck was a rope, which Jabir was holding on to. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

‘Never travel far without a rope! And one that is long and strong and light. Such are these. They may be a help in many needs.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Immediately below it were row upon row of threadbare clothes dangling from sagging ropes suspended across the ceiling like a gigantic spiderweb. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Using the long drawstring of her reticule as rope, Cassiopeia lashed herself firmly to a potted fern. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I select a rock, slightly bigger than my hand, and tie it to the rope’s end. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Here the rooftops are too fragile for my air rope launcher. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The sun and salt and wind and currents had melded the bags into ropes and clumps. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would not be good news to learn that we are all roped together intellectually, droning away at some featureless, genetically driven collective work, building something so immense that we can never see the outlines. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nhamo checked Crocodile Guts’s rope again and the smaller rope she had made. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three of the porters take up the other ropes, and I ask for the fourth. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Two people tie a rope around the cow’s neck and hold it so that the jugular vein pops up. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Settling herself on a wide limb, she leaned back against the trunk, knotting a rope around her so she wouldn’t fall. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He wanted to tell her about the roped pot. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

They have identical birthmarks, diminutive caramel crescents over their left eyelids, and their braids hang in duplicate ropes down their backs. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rope was looped around a cleat that was inside the barn. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The river was six hundred feet below, down steep slopes and twisty passages, she explained, and the last part required climbing down a rope. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I worked for a few minutes to release my arms from the loops of rope around the palm trunk, and then slid out from under Timothy’s body. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rope ladder was hooked over a branch. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t give them any more rope to hang me with than they already have.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I tell her I’m washing all my blankets and linens and I want to nail up some rope to hang them in the attic so they won’t get dirty again or wet in the rain. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“That old rope you kids been swinging on broke.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Backstage between the wings stood the prop table where Nadia kept the big red bow and rhinestone collar, the hair dryer, the rope, and the treats that Stage-Annie uses to entice Ginger. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hearing Blake's signal, he tossed a homemade nylon rope ladder over the wall. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Nico tied the ends of the ropes together, making a halter. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

We slipped back to our positions and went to work again with the ropes. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beside the stump, dressed in crude rags, sat a wiry old woman gnawing at a knot in a bristly rope. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

An image flashes through my mind of the frayed tire swing rope over the river that snapped in two one summer when I tried to kick too high, sending me plunging into the water. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

For eight hours a day, he dangled on a rope in the furnacelike heat of the canyon, pounding at the wall of rock in front of him. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Up and away with all speed. Break the ropes that hold the boats to the shore.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How you going to rope a cow without a saddle horn?” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know why the Sealord seized the Goodheart. She was carrying slaves. Hundreds of slaves, women and children, roped together in her hold.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I’m just trying to figure out what the rope is for when the door opens one last time. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The rope goes suddenly tight around my waist and I clamp tight with my gloved hand—it doesn’t take much strength. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

It hearkens back to the long-ago rope, swinging in the slight breeze. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hatch door was halfway closed and Alec leaned out and over, trying to pull the rope up, his face almost purple from yelling. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Loud, flapping pieces of cloth, larger than a hut, were attached to the poles by ropes, some of which were thicker than her whole body. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

A damp rope of hair lands on my neck. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He waited there, holding the vine rope steady, easing Kira through the mud and up the bank. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Among the sellers with their ropes, cages, and water tanks were the sellers of little girls. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Standing in the doorway, Muriel held the rope out to Grandpa. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The boy on the cot jerked against his ropes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His rope was improperly tied; his bell had a tinny unimpassioned sound. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He had rigged his harpoon long before and its coil of light rope was in a round basket and the end was made fast to the bitt in the bow. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone had left a long rope around her neck. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they bleated and wailed as I grabbed a coil of rope and ran for the door and across the windy yard to where Mr. Kendall lay on his belly beneath the hornbeam tree. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He knelt down and inspected the ropes and flares, nodded to himself, peered out at Jorgenson’s bunker, nodded once more, then took off his helmet and sat on it. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d seized the rope when Lyra dropped it, and now he wrapped it around his left hand for protection against the knife. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rope tying her to the tree dug into her waist, and she spent a few moments unknotting it while she studied the boy, asleep in the same position he’d been in the night before. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It’s for letting it be some darn town squirt I slapped you you will will you now I guess you say calf rope. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rope grew taut, and whoever was on the raft pulled us up. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Because only a single rope snaked up the Lhotse Face, however, it wasn’t easy to pass slower climbers. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I gently lifted the bonobo’s hand, but he tugged it away, turning his head to stare quietly out the window, his fingers making knitting motions over his rope. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The last was made of rope and wood, and the wet salt wind made it sway underfoot like a living thing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A length of rope from aisle four, right by the machine that made spare keys. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

A system of ropes and pulleys carried the baskets of stone and trench debris up to the ramparts. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Groom, just as surprised to see Beck as I had been, got out his rope and began short-roping the Texan down toward the South Col. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Some voices called, and she saw a crew member pull loops of rope loose from the moorings. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Once we were inside, Bertha locked the screen door and I untied the rope. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Lilliput! That’s a cute name,” says Gen, as she positions her rope for jumping. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

As soon as Jonathan was close enough, the Hessian leaned forward and quickly tied the rope around Jonathan’s ankle, then tied a tight knot. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Police officers strung ropes to keep back the crowd who came to the area to see Garfield off. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He cast around, half looking for vines or grasses he could weave into a rope. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

My mom screamed when she came to pick me up and found me playing with a limp, scaly rope I’d somehow managed to strangle to death with my meaty toddler hands. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He leaned over his telescope basket and untied the rope that held it shut. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Billy Buck worked at the hair rope in the evenings before the fireplace. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly she saw Paco Ortega get up off a coil of rope on the boat’s prow. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

At the sight of the rat Warlord, he released the rope and scuttled underneath the stairs, where he hid trembling. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you see, Fiver? Don’t you see? We bite the rope and off we go: and General Woundwort doesn’t know!” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shirley’s ponytail bobs in time to the ropes hitting the sidewalk. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

There were a few more shouts, and she looked down long enough to see that Grave was causing a backup because he couldn’t manage to toss his rope around the gargoyle’s neck as Cain had. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Captain Campbell turned as the men tossed thick ropes from the dock to the occupants of the next boat. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Con was waist-deep in the river he threw the rope in Kaede’s direction. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Outside, Tiller said, “Nothing much to it. Just hook this here rope to the handle, careful-like, and then you lower it down.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Jason stressed about controlling a team of fiery horses with wind ropes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The soldiers led Sunjin and his mother away, pulling roughly on the ropes that tied them together. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

On the third morning, Nhamo threw the bedding out and ventured down the swaying rope ladder. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

About this time Old Uncle Alfred would be beating at the air in front of a mirror or skipping rope. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

After several hours of swinging from the oak tree in their netted trap, Jack and Sarah heard the leaves stirring and then the sound of a saw meeting rope. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

She fastened the rope to a bundle of reeds and sat back to rest her aching arms. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ben yawned, stretched, and led the way through the shop to where huge coils of rope were stacked. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only thing, I can’t cut the rope because my hands are lashed to the oars. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I ducked under the rope tying off the path to the lake and made it all the way down the trail before I realized anything was amiss. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The buds turn yellow, the skipping ropes come out. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

At night, in their bedroom, she’d seen her sleeping brother press against his rope mattress as though angry with it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know you. I don’t know you,” he stammered as I worked on the knots in the rope. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The evening wind blew harder and harder as she climbed higher and higher, and several times Violet had to stop climbing as the rope moved in the wind. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Alfred plunged forward, the months of shadowboxing taking over now, left. . . left. . . right to the face . . . hook . . . and Angel was reeling against the ropes, a drop of blood oozing from his nose. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the ropes writhed uneasily, and suddenly Lenina saw that they were snakes. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dug my knees into the crusty snow as best I could and threw the end of the rope down the crevasse. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Helene had yanked on my belt—she must have attached the rope then. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Nor why they called the ropes that held the sails “sheets” and not ropes. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am the captain, my heroes, and I command that Gareth runs back home to fetch some rope.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he came within range, Brian gave the word, and we jerked back on the ropes. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He looked down at the rope, which pinched tightly. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

One of the skills was a seated rope climb, where we sat next to a dangling rope and climbed it for about ten feet using only our arms. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The vine rope would also serve to get me safely down to the beach. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were solid black trunks and flimsy tan suitcases bound with thin rope and more laundry bags than she could count. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Do not ever touch Gregorys rope again, or you will be sorry. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

On his hands and knees, he drags the aerial around the circumference of the cellar, as though roping Volkheimer into the golden armchair. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The people dancing on its deck didn’t spot the rope stretched from bridge to shore. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Ear and Eye watched warily as he tied a series of knots in the rope that the trembling maitre d ’ fetched from a storeroom. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Robin could see the iron wheel under the window which turned like a windlass to let out the rope. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

He untied the frayed ropes and unwrapped the fabric that covered it. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

A violent gust rips my hands from the ropes, halting our descent. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The only time during school hours I had crossed the boys’ yard was when a flatbed truck with a giant thing covered with canvas and tied down with ropes had parked across the street. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘There’s a strange boy making rope out of baobab fiber. I walked past him several times, but he wouldn’t look up.’ A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rub my eyes, yawn, and adjust the ropes we brought to tie the wood, slinging them over my shoulders. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The street had to be roped off, the policemen had to keep the crowds back and children had to play hooky from school when there was a piano moving. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were also not all that attractive, since the four linemen he’d roped into helping with the project had painted about as well as a couple of monkeys. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Could you just go and try the rope, Hazel-rah?” added Blackberry, when he had finished. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Davos waited wet and dripping, his wrists chafing where the wet rope dug into his skin. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Actually they seem like three unwilling children who’ve been dressed up and dragged to a party when they’d rather be jumping rope, ha! I quite sympathize.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

With a jerk the older soldier grabbed the rope away from the younger one and marched Jonathan along the road with them. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was at the end of a tunnel with a rope strung across it; a sign hanging from the rope said, “Caved In. No Entry.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then, letting go the rope, he quietly dismounted. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sheed snapped his section of rope like a whip, and it lassoed Mr. Flux’s left arm. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

And then the boat slid down on its ropes and splashed into the water. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Now’s a stupid time to cry,” said Rita, busily using a sacrificial knife to cut through the ropes that bound her brother. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Delsa and Norma ran after us, but Papi scooped them up, one on each arm, and carried them to the rope swing. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He had climbed down the kelp rope once before, but he would have trouble pushing even the smallest of the canoes off the rocks. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why a rope?” he wondered and then thought, “Because a restless dog cannot rattle it in the night.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A bristly rope tied to a bolt in the floor is all that’s required. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

The men cheered louder and worked together to throw the ropes over the King and his horse and tie them tightly. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had, for a moment, an image of himself, fists flashing, rendering Vegas helpless against the ropes. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

One is to stretch one rope as far as possible toward the other, anchor it to an object, such as a chair, and then go and get the second rope. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Turning his head, which is gently bobbing under Flora’s exertions, Mr. Go looks at the line forming before the velvet rope. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He tucked the rope under his body and started paddling. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

Moving methodically he checked the last couple of ropes and climbed back onto the wagon. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She buys mismatched teaspoons, percale pillowcases, colored candles, soaps on ropes. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

They tied the rope to the back of a cart. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I press my hands against the wall, then reach for the rope at my waist. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

At night, I toss restlessly in the tiny box that is my room, the rope of my pallet digging into my back, the roof and walls so close that I can’t breathe. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The knots fell apart in my hands, the rope fell apart, and he wrapped his fat hands around Astelle’s neck and squeezed until the room crackled with the snap of fragile bones. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

As they did, the old soldier edged forward, the rope trailing, and yanked open the door, then leaped to one side. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

When I see what it is, my mouth goes dry: a wooden frame, a rope hanging from the highest beam, a noose tied in the rope. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The startled horses reared and pulled at the ropes that tied them to the trees. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also, there’s a particular kind of rope used to bind the arrows. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a month of this we’d bring out the saddle, and the horse would toss its head suddenly and with such violence that the halter would snap or the rope break. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“If he’d tried to rappel down the ropes like that,” says Beidleman, “he would have immediately popped out of his harness and fallen to the bottom of the Lhotse Face.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

When I got the rope hitched I take a breather and decide what to do next. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

So now Odysseus made his shirt a belt and roped his rags around his loins, baring his hurdler’s thighs and boxer’s breadth of shoulder, the dense rib-sheath and upper arms. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I see that they is waiting for us to finish before attacking me and turning me over to their master, so they is fussing with rope and one has a machete. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Enrique has seen smugglers ask migrants to grab hold of a long rope to cross the river. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Next, white cotton hoods will be placed over their heads, then the noose of the hangman’s rope. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

He found the fish traps hanging from the rope, but he couldn’t reach them. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

By late April, a line of ropes had already been fixed between the head of the Cwm and Camp Three, halfway up the face. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Their quarrels cut through the quiet slapping sound ropes and rigging made against masts. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever affliction he might be hiding, she could see no sign of it, only slender lock-pick’s fingers, and a shiny rope of scar tissue from some long ago street fight. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He was so weak he couldn’t even stand, and the rope cut into his neck, turning his face blue. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Here he bought himself a powerful flashlight, a jersey, a length of rope, and a box of chalk. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Lem bent on a rope, lowered a bucket, and pulled. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

But what was Zane supposed to do once Marigold started shimmying up that rope? A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

From the other side he can tell that Alec is climbing him like a rope, using both hands. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

A slow song comes on and I think the long rope of intestines inside me is tying up into one huge knot. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

It lowered a rope ladder, but Annabeth stood in a daze, staring into the darkness. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She thought of what would happen if the rope snapped. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He strained against the ropes and made the noise I had heard in the hall. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He kicked and pulled himself to safety, using the same rope to which Mark clung for dear life. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Some of them came up from Tubman Quadrangle with their roommates and rope for Double Dutch. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The closest crate was right on the edge, beneath a bundle of rope. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt along the ropes that bound his forearms to the trunk until I found the knots. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

And one of the streaks fell on the hanging box where Coyotito lay, and on the ropes that held it. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helene plays for time as I frantically untangle the ropes and straighten the descender. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Kaede began to creep down the slope, the rope snaking between them like an umbilical cord. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Jule rinsed the rope and scrubbed it with a brush she found in a small box of supplies. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The mercenary had already tied one end of his climbing rope around the gargoyle’s neck; now she seized it and tied the other around her own waist. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He continued to lean against the tree even when the rope was off him until one of the patrollers pulled him around and tied his hands in front of him. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I heard the Klansmen pulling on the rope over Mr. Harvey’s head and shouting orders to each other. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Instead, upon a signal from Michael Froelich, they took horn their pockets a piece of rope, which they pinned on their shirts in the place where a medal would go. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I remember. The dogs, the rope...They tied me behind a horse and I had to run, but I couldn’t...Then they beat me...But...but...” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The girls taught me many games my brothers did not learn from the boys—hopscotch, handstands and even walking on my hands, jump rope, and cross-clapping that went along with songs. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

And with them she could control the rope. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Dad's expression was a mountaineer's, the moment his rope snaps. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

They both grunt from the effort, heaving their weight back so the ropes slide over the railing, and then reaching forward to grab again. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

A waterskin hung under his arm on a leather strap, and ropes of dried seaweed were braided through his waist-long black hair and untrimmed beard. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

To this day, I love a rope climb. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I reach for the ropes, now hopelessly tangled. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Crocodile Guts’s boat was still jammed into the reeds, and the mooring rope was still attached. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

After lunch, I practiced walking him with the rope tied to his collar. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Inej had secured a rope to the roof and dropped down a line for them to climb. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Their hands were handcuffed behind their backs, and their feet tied straight out in front of them with a length of bright yellow rope. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

They glanced at their prisoners, then at each other, then back at the ropes. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I could sever the rope in one shot, didn't I do as much in the Training Center? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The flames spread as Davos watched, creeping out over ropes and sails until she trailed a head of yellow flame. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

What if they hang me with a rope before God’s time comes? March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The ropes are thick, heavy—fourteen feet long for double Dutch. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Touch this rope and I’ll gut you,” she warned the mercenary, and readied herself. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

My stomach was tied up like knots on a rope waiting for Dad to get home, to see what he’d say about the six words when I told him. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

The rope was short as it lacked what he had cut away to lash the fish. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ceiling’s gone and the rope is tied tightly around one of the rafters. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Servants park lunch carts beside us brimming over with cheese towers, spires of tomatoes, and piles of sweet rope bread and sliced meat. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The man in black looked around for a rope to secure the giant, gave up the search almost as soon as he’d begun. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He had never heard it called Texas roping before; he knew it as steer roping, because they used old stringy Mexican steers rather than more expensive cows or calves. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He walked her to a post with a rope and tied the rope loosely around her neck. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Dad was tied to the bed with ropes and belts. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Hornet threw him the end of the rope and then she jumped down herself. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jeanne manages to loosen her noose a little, but when Jacob tries to do the same, the knight with the lazy eye yanks the rope so tight Jacob goes choking and staggering to his knees. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

There are white silk ropes in them, with tassels on the ends; there’s a lot of attention to fabrics. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

My head spun as if I were on a rope swing, twisting dizzily. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tied the bucket in place using rope and the tarpaulin hooks on the side of the boat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Clay held the rope while his friends laughed and cheered as the little boy swam for his life. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I will search for a rope on the morrow, he resolved. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Tore out of there and left the tire swaying on the rope. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Land. I saw it when I was up at the end of that rope.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I leaned over the gunnel and with my thumbs pushed from under one of the hooks the rope that held down the tar­paulin. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The girl screamed as the cannibal lifted her off the ground and began to tie her arms and legs with a rope he had with him. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

He took away the thick, coarse rope and gave her a thin, woven cord that whistled when she spun it out into the cold air and snapped a twig with its tiny noose. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She bent over Ida Nee, and the baton became a silver rope running through Beverly’s fingers. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

A rope on one end, a carpet square on the other. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hooks at the rope ends were clinking against the poles. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They looked like something from the future, slender silver ropes flung over the broad water, beautiful and strong. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He unties everything and secures the rope more strongly. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the match was held to a candle and the candle sputtered to life and Despereaux saw that there was a rope tied around the man’s ankle. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

We got rope from the garden shed and tied it to the collar. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

It’s still alive but not strong enough to fight, or to keep me from looping the rope around the stern cleats. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I had drawn a figure of a woman with wild hair and evil eyes and a rope around her neck. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

He didn’t answer, so someone dragged him, with a rope around his neck, as we chased the attackers. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

A piece of old plywood, a rope, and a great imagination. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I wrap the rope around the post and my body, all the way up to my neck, and knot it tightly. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she pondered how she was going to climb down from her precarious perch, she suddenly felt the rope around her waist slacken. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He could climb ropes only if there was a mountain of mattresses underneath. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

More and more people gathered around the rope. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Roosevelt and the others below, who were up to their armpits in water and slipping on the mossy rocks, tied the rope to the outermost canoe. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

If the Gestapo come again, Helena can go down the rope, if she’s brave enough. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

As the storm continued, a large buildup of ice on the sea anchor’s rope had kept the line swinging and sawing against the stern. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

We had to wait while they prepared this and that—threw open a gate to the lower lane to shock & entertain passers-by, hoisted the blade & ropes in place, etc. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The rope moved a little and the straw rustled. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

King PeDinore’s hone stood patiently while the rope was wound round its legs, and Merlyn and the Wart had to catch the brachet and unwind it before the conversation could go on. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the doorstep at her feet there was a satchel made of finely tooled leather, drawn shut with a gold silk rope. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I stand on deck, not knowing what to do, I watch the sails shred then heal, shred then heal above me, the scars on the fabric becoming as thick as the ratline ropes. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The boom jerked back and forth, ropes flopped like sick snakes, the sails looked sloppy and loose, and she rolled from side to side on the smallest swell or wave like an old washtub. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maintaining the wind ropes took all of Jason’s concentration. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The motion shifted the wooden platform that the pulley was attached to, which in turn caused the ropes to move. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The boys helped her to the floor while Kate secured her rope to the beam and climbed down to join them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Reach into the brambles and pull the rope to open the door. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

‘Your rope might prove useful again, Sam,’ he said. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Their eyes were yellow, as were their broken teeth, and they wore thick ropes of pebbles around their necks. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She saw only the dark blond hair, a blue dress, and slender hands clinging to the ropes. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Security was achieved not by roping myself to a teammate but rather by clipping my safety tether to the fixed line and sliding it up the rope as I ascended. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

If he had possessed the steel nerves not to become rattled in public before, now he was: “I’ve reached the end of my rope!” he shouted to the audience of five hundred. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know enough, I don’t know the ropes, I might be challenged. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out of the shadows a ladder was let down: it was made of rope, silver-grey and glimmering in the dark, and though it looked slender it proved strong enough to bear many men. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

All of us started walking past him as he continued waving his hand as if he was pulling us with an invisible rope. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The dog ran ahead of him, at full cry, but held back by the rope that his master had looped around his shoulder. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was sitting on our front lawn, staring at the rope swing Dad put up when we were kids. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Between them a rowboat floated in the black water, held by a rope knotted around a rusty hook. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Now, if I only had that paddle,” she said aloud to herself as she walked along the rope, “I could hold it out in front of me for balance.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Ancient followed, however, giving a tug on his donkey’s lead rope. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Octavian, you are a gem of rare price. You are worth every ell of the rope that they shall hang me with.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Little kids play double Dutch in the empty lot, their braided ropes thwacking against the cold asphalt. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

On a day as windy as this, I kept a post at the buoy rope, making sure it held fast, while Osh emptied the pot. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

It smells of old-lady perfume and missing cats, and my hands and feet are still tied by a rope to his waist. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

I wrapped the rope loosely around Junior’s hands and tied it off in a slipknot that could be easily undone. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mr. Canton and Mr. D’Ulney, and my father and I, we held the ropes that lowered Joseph into our family, beside the high white pines. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Four miles from their starting point, they had to rope up for security. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

He’d been tied up with rope, interrogated, and driven to this prison. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It was a single long piece of heavy rope tied to the beam over the north doorway. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to throw out a rope and climb down,” he shouted. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Baba dropped the rope and lifted both hands high. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

But the ropes held him and that danger was safely passed. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know what they will draw: skipping ropes, jolly snowmen, listening to the radio, playing with a dog. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The neck scarf and the rope belt around his flannel trousers may have been playful Romany touches. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“If any of you survive, make sure I have an open casket,” Jesper said as he hefted two slender coils of rope over his shoulder and signaled for Wylan to follow him across the roof. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The sailors cast off the rope and drew in the gangplank, and the water around the ferryboat churned white as the paddle wheels on its sides began to turn. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

They dashed to the nearest skiff, where they dropped their things and tackled the ropes, untying lines, hoisting sails. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He looked up and gave one last pull to the rope as if in farewell. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Among them were the presence of two different guns, the bloody rope discarded by the tree, and the near physical impossibility of shooting oneself in the head with a shotgun. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The hairs on the back of my neck stood up, and an invisible rope snaked around my arms and legs. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I carried one end of the rope in one hand and the packet from Uncle Chester’s trunk in the other. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Later I tied one of the buckets to a rope and bailed the boat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

But if I do try to help, there’s a chance I get one of them ropes secondhand, if you know what I mean. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Hermione moaned, darting out from behind her tree, seizing the rope too and adding her weight to make Buckbeak move faster. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She looked down and shook her head, and the boys reeled her down to the ground, where she stepped back into her weighted shoes and untied the rope. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Only the regular tugging of the rope at the raft told me that I was still attached to the lifeboat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He prepared the harpoon and made the rope fast while he watched the shark come on. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fact that no expedition had been to the top yet this year concerned him, therefore, because it meant that ropes had not been installed over much of this terrain. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

We kept it there with a tow- rope to cool it and slow the bacteria from turning it bad. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he had dreadlocks, which is what some black people have, but he was white, and dreadlocks is when you never wash your hair and it looks like old rope. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

More were at work on their boats, polishing brass, sitting on deck splicing ropes, hosing down the sails. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

A rope had been tied to a rock. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Then the two of them went outside, and through the window I could see them pull on a rope looped over a branch. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Celaena’s warning cry was carried away by the wind as Grave set about sawing Nox’s rope from its tether on the gargoyle. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Jay tethers the rope to a boulder, then wraps it around his waist. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“There’s that place across the river where you could ski. The place where they have the rope tow on that steep hill across from the railroad station. You could go over there.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Michael Kahale took in the scene - his boss’s robes tangled in the trigger rope, Octavian’s jewellery fuming from proximity to the Imperial gold ammunition. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

A huge log, with no ropes to hold on to, stretches between trees. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

If you stretch out a bullet, it begins to look like a length of rope, and if you coil the rope into a loop, it becomes a ring, like Marburg. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Edwin helped Garvey pull the boat up on the rocks and tie the rope off to a large rock. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

And the rat began to climb a rope that hung against the wall. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

His immediate superior, the foreman who had been patient with Shin as he learned the ropes in the factory, slapped Shin a few times when he saw the ruined machine. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

That’s when the rope dropped from the sky, a thick length of rope with knots tied into it, expertly, every foot or so. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He laughed with disdain, spat on the ground, and pulled a rope from his doublet. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry felt the ropes fall away and turned, rubbing his wrists, to see Ron running around the cellar, looking up at the low ceiling, searching for a trapdoor. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I took hold of the rope and pulled. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sails rose on the tall masts and two of the men began to pull on the rope that held the anchor. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

A month or two later, a crow landed on the shoulder of an old woman who was sitting making rope in the shade of her house. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their long gray tails dangled like a series of ropes among the leaves. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Twisting my hand frantically I succeeded in catching one more hook with the rope. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Exercising extreme caution, I continued descending the tightrope of the ridge, but fifty feet above the oxygen cache the rope ended, and I balked at going farther without gas. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The walls of the low house were four feet thick, and the round pole rafters were tied on with rawhide ropes which had been put on wet. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She lifted her upper body from the tunnel lip, spun the noose, and let the rope fly. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I bind myself to the tree with a nearly falling-to-pieces rope. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then Timothy began weaving a rope that would stretch all the way down the hill to the beach and fire pile. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its only drawback was its single pull rope, which meant he’d have to do the dragging by himself. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“We found him in the lagoon, caught in a gondola’s mooring rope.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

It contained a thin strong rope, a padded grappling hook, a vial of oil, some lockpicks and a dagger: Shadow’s usual burgling kit. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

There were so many people crowded around the newsstand that the police had to keep the aisles to and from the subway trains open with ropes. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

In some towns police were authorized to disable passing cars with ropes, chains, wires, and even bullets, so long as they took reasonable care to avoid gunning down the drivers. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the main deck, she plunked herself down among the spare ropes and buckets of tar Horse and Archer had left on deck. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Nobody was admired more than so- called free soloists: visionaries who ascended alone, without rope or hardware. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Herders roped off alleys to pen their goats, which stared out of the dimness with rectangular pupils. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she touched one finger to the goat's forehead, between its yellow eyes, and let go of the rope. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

To Amari, Clay repeated, “Tie the boy with the rope. Make sure it is secure.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coarse rope bound my wrists over my head, the fibers gnawing into the skin. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

There was a time when my heart would play jump rope when I saw him crossing over to our house. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

He thought someone had thrown a rope inside his house for another evil sign, but then it moved! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alec suddenly burst into a flurry of movement, grabbing the rope and pulling it as he leapt to his feet. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Alice shinnied up a rope she had made of basswood bark, and I followed. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

A thousand feet up the immense slant of the Lhotse Face, I ascended a faded nylon rope that seemed to go on forever, and the higher I got, the more lag- gardly I moved. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

When I couldn’t stand it any longer, I looked back and found a heap of cut ropes. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Below him, Jamie has the rope tethered, wrapped around her waist. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

All ten of us climbed under the ropes and allowed ourselves to be blindfolded with broad bands of white cloth. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat on his verandah and securely tied all the ropes at his waist. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

So, before the morning was over a Jew came stumbling through the snow with a rope around his neck. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

But only slightly higher, at 19,000 feet, the ropes brought us to the base of a gargantuan, perilously balanced serac. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The principle of twisting and winding hadn’t caught on in their world, so all the cords and ropes were braided; but they were strong and flexible, and Mary soon found exactly the sort she wanted. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Well, in this adventure book I read once, the hero was in a very similar predicament. So he removed the curled handset wires from several telephones, bundled them together, and made a safety rope.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

It was hilarious to watch the aunties and uncles, lying on the ground, laughing until they cried and blaming each other for letting go of the rope. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The man in the gray suit began uncoiling the thick length of knotted rope from the corner of the basket. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He said, and tugged against the ropes restraining him. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Amaranta Úrsula returned with the angels of December, driven on a sailor's breeze, leading her husband by a silk rope tied around his neck. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“It’s dangerous. What if a wind catches you, or the rope snaps?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The captain, as was his custom, was standing in the stern, merrie rope in hand, shouting orders about lowering the sail. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

He laid his diving rock and his basket and the two ropes in the sand by the canoe. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

A boy who sat in his seat with the window up, thick ropes of hair sprouting from his head like antennae. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

If he would just relax, let the rope go, I’d be able to give him all the food he wanted. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Too fast and the man would lose him, yet if he moved too slowly a black silk rope would wrap itself around his neck, taking his breath with it and all his tomorrows. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The crowd started cheering and clapping even before Willie slipped gracefully through the ropes into the ring, and sat down on a three-legged stool. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could read and write a little bit, I could color or jump rope alone, but mostly I played with Bera-Bera. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

One could see that the rope had been gnawed in two. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gradually he took to dropping the rope until the pony followed him unled wherever he went. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Vanessa scooched closer along the wall and Bridget followed, like they were attached by an invisible rope. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Tally realized she was wearing her baggy black expedition outfit, muddy from crawling up ropes and through gardens, from falling among the vines. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I reached for the rope without thinking, trying to seize it from Sender’s hands so that I could haul Yakov up and keep him from drowning. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then he strode through the cordon of officials and began to pass the athletes, separated from them by a rope line. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

In the store we collect ladies’ lightly used stockings for use in parachutes and ropes, and tin and steel for scrap and metal drives. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Everyone, arm yourself. Leo, get us close, but don’t land—no more contact with the ground than necessary. Piper, Hazel, get the mooring ropes.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Peeling off the inner bark, I braid it into a tough but slender rope. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It shook its head and began to climb the rope. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

His lifeless head nods in agreement with each yank of the rope. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

And Uncle Al’s not the only one with that idea—a handful of farmers hang around the edges of the lot, trailing lead ropes. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She insisted on walking and gripped the rope that hung behind the wagon. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I was all eyes and ears; my heart was skipping rope. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I felt around it but the rope was no longer tied to it He'd cut the raft loose! The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I climbed back to the tire-swing rope and was just about to shimmy down when I heard a man's voice and a woman's voice. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

As Katz raced past me, I seized hold of the rope tethering my wrists to the pipe overhead and swung myself forward, kicking out with both my feet. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

There’s a section with big rolls of silage, too, packed up to the ceiling with thin rope, and another section with huge sheaves of wheat ready to be ground into flour. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

My wrists were secured by a rope to one of them. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Her hands were calloused and blistered from working with rope. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

One of the riders in the chute reworked his grip around the rope. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Lupin straightened up, rubbing his arms where the ropes had cut into them. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I didn’t say anything as I kneeled by Ayanna’s feet and held on to the rope tied around her ankles. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The puppies played with bones like Eskimo children played with leather ropes. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

What if our ancient ropes do not hold? Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

The rope was thick in my hands, and I could feel the holy prayers that it held. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Captain Fitzpatrick grabbed a rope and swung down through the fire to the main roof below, where he lay with a fractured leg and internal injuries, half his huge mustache burned away. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

At that very moment, Minli cut the last rope and rubbed the dragon’s arm. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

And her rope broke and her face hid her thoughts. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll stay on the boat no matter how bad the waves are. If anything tries to get me, I’ll untie the rope,” she said. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could do nothing as hands found her wrists and bound them together with a rope that chafed against her skin. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

A rope of bloody saliva forming a shape like an undiscovered continent drooled upon the leather and I wiped it quickly away. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried again, yanking the rope, digging at the knot with his frozen fingers. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

The Villac Uma dropped the rope to the ground, and I followed his gesture. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The man holding the lead rope shoots a succession of glances at me as he struggles to maintain control. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

And as the dinghy rocks in the growing current, I see the rope holding it to the pole begin to fray against a cluster of sharp mussel shells. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

She moved around like a tin soldier, her legs stiff, trying in vain to grab the rope with her teeth. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I fumble for the rope with the knot in it. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Able-bodied seamen or mates who failed to leap when Dad barked an order did in fact receive a flogging with a piece of rope. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

So we started tying him up outside with a rope when we left. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I laugh, too, and it makes pulling the rope even harder. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Mollie saw workers—tool dressers, rope chokers, mule peelers, gang pushers—toiling furiously. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Anya retrieved her rope and fortified the booth’s top four corners. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The rope was set aside, to be used only if an emergency exit from the second-floor window became necessary. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The outburst nearly broke Kate’s concentration, but her throw was true enough—with a perfectly timed twitch of the rope, she adjusted its path. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Their friendship grew stronger, like a rope that thickened little by little. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Perhaps Nox could take the rope, and she’d just scale the wall with her bare hands. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Inside, it’s just wide enough to fit a rope pallet and a crate that serves as a side table. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

On the school playground, the youngest children delighted in interracial games of tag or hopscotch or jump rope. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

If he held the gun improperly, he would end up moving in the wrong direction, or would turn around and around and crash into the ropes. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Startled, the three men stared up at the top of the waterfall and tugged on the rope. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

People at the bottom of the rope were shouting up to me, “Okay, Simone, you're good, come down now. No, seriously, come down here!” Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The rope went taut with a jolt that drove the breath from him. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The boy gasped for air, clutching onto the rope of the crab basket. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

LeVisqueux dumped the contents of his knapsack on the floor: a rope, some pinions, a pair of pulleys, and a stack of nylon tote bags with drawstring tops. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Demetrius and I tried it without ropes on a dare six months ago and nearly broke our necks. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Despite daily maintenance, there was a very real danger that any given rope might pull loose under body weight. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I was like fifteen or twenty feet in the air, swinging from the rope up toward the ceiling and laughing. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He was fussing around, tucking the furs into place, tightening the tension rope across the body of the sledge, running the traces through his hands to untangle them. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

They said they remembered that she was playing with a rope. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once in the menagerie, she stands behind her rope, happily charming the crowds and accepting candy. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Children’s repertoires include countless game-songs and rhymes for play, jump rope, etc., that have been passed down and modified for generations. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The rope bounced in front of his nose. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Pima’s shack was gone, but the shadows of the girl and her mother were still there, fighting the storm, trailing ropes, struggling to hold onto a blurry shadow. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

She was writhing in terror, trying to bite through the silk rope at her wrist with her teeth, but it was too strong. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Brian explained how we could make a catapult, like the medieval ones we’d read about, by piling rocks on the mattress and rigging it with ropes looped over tree branches. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I hold on to the ropes for my life. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

In a New Zealand television interview following the expedition, Hall somberly described how he took their favorite climbing rope and lowered Ball’s body into the depths of the glacier. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Jason and Frank dove down to save the others, but they’d only found Nico and Hazel hanging from the rope ladder. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The rope and iron wheel were stored in an innocent-looking chest. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

He had to keep hold of the rope to allow it to guide him through. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

She dropped the sword so she could grab hold of the moving rope with both hands. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Look at that rope of pearls round her neck. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

The triangle at left, defined by the mast and two ropes, includes the dead and dying. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z

A girl wore a striped vest and stood next to a silver pole with a velvet rope hooked to it. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

"Now let's try you on the rope tow." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

At least he caught the rope on the first throw so he wasn't additionally humiliated. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She’d cried in torment while I’d removed the rope from her wrist and sat rocking for a few minutes by the edge of the pond, one hand in the other, staring into the water. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The rope was long enough—and strong enough, and the four gargoyles perched beside hers would provide enough space to run. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Then tears come; and, like the rain on the ropes, they brace us up, until perhaps the strain become too great, and we break. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“He’s off the ropes, ladies and gentlemen. He’s moving towards the center of the ring.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

With fingers weakening in the cold, Anya tugged futilely at the barbed rope on the outside. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

His fine purple robes snagged on the trigger rope, but Octavian didn’t notice. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Virgil remembered the last time he’d jumped rope in gym class. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Once he rescued Mr. Damon from Victoria Falls while she stood around and sulked because all she had to do was hold the rope that held Jem. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He’d ease the handle of the cane over toward the imaginary leeward rail, and two of us would haul in an imaginary rope. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sent it loose and the loops unwound between her gloves as the rope shot out like a snake she had once seen unwind itself in pursuit of a mouse frozen in terror. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When you get enough, you loosen the rope and the blood stops flowing. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she landed without breaking and I took the rope from her neck and closed her eyes. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Turner caught the rope Willis threw out to him and knotted it in as good a knot as he could to a ring in the bow. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He began'to hack at the ropes binding Ron, and after several minutes’ hard work, they broke apart. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He looped the rope to the bucket handle and tossed the bucket over the edge. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Hazel’s afraid to leave the rope,” he said to Bigwig. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rope broke then, disturbing her peace, making her aware of flesh and something so free she could smell its bloodsmell; made her aware of its life below the sash and its red lip rouge. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I beat bags and skipped rope and grunted and sweated all over the place. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The volunteer won’t be able to play tag or jump rope with the other kids before or after school. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

And then I’m in the dream again, just outside the ropes of a boxing ring, and on the canvas, in the haze and lights, my grandfather faces off against a hollowgast. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The sound of him pulling at the ropes. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Papa’s strong shoulders weren’t just about him being able to pull wet ropes into his boat. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Inside, they opened the suitcase they’d delivered earlier and took out tools: camera and film, spotlights, rope, and a roll of black plastic. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I untied her rope and walked her over to our tent. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A new set of ropes leaped out from the top and bottom of the beds, wrapping around Grover and Annabeth’s ankles, then around their armpits. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

One more time she twirled the rope and sent it out. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Holly’s cloak was fastened with a silver clasp, and Frenya had a girdle of hempen rope wound about her middle from her hips to breasts. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Finally she gets this idea to cut the rope on the ragged edge of the boiler. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Dri emptied the wrenches and rope and hammer from the plastic milk crate, and then she lined the crate with the patch of tarp we’d just cut to form a sort of bowl. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

As KGB officers surrounded Tolkachev, one of them forced a thick rope between his teeth, to prevent him from biting down on a suicide pill. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She lays the axe in with the pile of wood and strings her scarf through the rope to make a handle. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He began to teach her to use a rope, to knot it and twirl it and fling it so that it caught on a rock or a branch. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The rope chafed his wrists raw and seemed to grow tighter as the night wore on. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Hanging upside down, hands and knees clutching the knots along the rope, Tally pulled herself up into the dark framework of the bridge, then stole through its iron skeleton and across to New Pretty Town. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

As I walk, Marv throws his voice out and ropes me back to face him. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Even if they built the strongest rope ladder in history, Frankie wasn’t sure how she’d be able to use it when she was weak and had only one usable arm. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Every little girl needs a skipping rope,” he said with a smile as he replaced the odds and ends and hauled the junk box out back. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Grasping a hanging rope he began hauling himself up, claw over claw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The second time Con threw the rope Kaede caught it, rough and wet, in her right hand. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Tucking the long dagger into his belt, he wrapped the climbing rope around his shoulder and said aloud to himself, “Right, Cluny, you and I have a score to settle.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Tying them in place took her some minutes more, and once she’d secured herself, she chose what looked like the most promising branch, coiled her spare rope again, and set off. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Its ropes had been looped over the posts and its slanted gangplank slid ashore. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He sat down as far away from the Hessian as the rope would allow, and with his back to him. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

My body caught on a rope submerged across the lagoon floor. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The ropes creaked and strained, but Lee had no fear of their giving way. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The augur rushed about, tripping over gears and anchor spikes, fumbling with the ropes. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She dropped the note back in the bucket and pulled the rope to raise it up to the boy’s room. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Tristran and the driver unhitched the horses and roped them to the oak branch. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Jus’ try an’ slip the rope ’round his sting, so he won’ hurt any o’ the others!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Hammie had shot my rope straight off my waist and caught it. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

After I’d done my morning chores, I put Quinby in her harness, attached the rope, and loaded her into the wheelbarrow. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“Liza sent you her pulling rope to use,” he said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The boat’s rope must be floating deep, loose inside the water. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

The man slipped a soft circle of rope over Fred’s head. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I try to climb to my feet, struggling against the ropes, alarm and a powerful headache both clanging in my head, but there’s no getting free. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Lash my left hand to the left oar and tie the rope with a good knot. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

As I clipped into a fixed rope and prepared to rappel over the lip, I was greeted with an alarming sight. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

She stood up and reluctantly handed the rope to Clay. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Here is the difference between us: Gregory’s rope saves him. And your thread will be the death of you.” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

I cut a notch on each side of the shell and connected them with a length of rope. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I had to climb by putting my elbows in the ropes of the net and pushing up with my legs. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

His duct tape and rope halter had disintegrated. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

"But let's get one thing straight. You're going back to school if I have to hitch a rope to the bumper and drag you there, is that clear?" Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

I took a breath, fingered the first rope, and gave it a sharp little jerk. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have in my hand four lengths of rope of the sort fishermen use for mooring lines. May I ask you to inspect them, please?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

A rope ladder hung over the side except when Henri was at home. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The young man with the ruffled collar held about a hundred-foot length of rope in his hands. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled himself forward along the rope, scratching the skin off the palms of his hands. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

She wore a long one-piece dress, tied around the middle with a piece of rope. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other end was tied to the rope handle of the wooden bucket below, midway between the fire and the greystones. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She's put the flashlight on the floor, aiming up so she can try to untie the rope. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

So one day I left the boat with the net, a rope and some blankets. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He watched her charming Lancel with eyes as green as the rope of emeralds around her slim white throat, and smiled a small sly smile to himself. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

There were two beds pulled up to the ceiling through a clever construction of ropes and pulleys. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The big knights pin Jeanne’s and Jacob’s arms by their sides, and two other knights take ropes from ’round their waists and begin to fashion ’em into nooses. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

We made the frames with two- by-fours; then we drilled holes in the sides and threaded ropes through. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then the guy said something like, ‘Be careful. The ice here is steeper than it looks. Maybe we should go down and get a rope and some ice screws.’ Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The Marines cut the rope from his neck, and gave him water and all the C rations he could eat. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

When he has to step over a rope or an air-tnbe on deck, it is hard work—like climbing a watt. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sundog’s a mean devil sometimes. He busted his rope and went right through a gate.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man steps over the rope and disappears behind the elephant. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She reached a comfortable spot where three branches forked, tied the rope securely, adjusted her harness, and rested. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z