How to Use grappling hook in a Sentence

grappling hook

noun
  • Some are topped by round tubes, which are less vulnerable to grappling hooks than sharp edges.
    — Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2017
  • The attackers climbed the walls with ladders and grappling hooks.
    — Cody Cassidy, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 June 2023
  • The grappling hook is by far the most satisfying part of the demo, though.
    — Ars Technica, 26 Feb. 2025
  • There are machines with the ability to cast nets and extend grappling hooks, too.
    — Jon Gertner, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2023
  • For instance, there's now a grappling hook to swing around on and give enemies a harder target to shoot at.
    — Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • But the spike is also the grappling hook and battering ram that the virus uses to attach to and invade host cells.
    — Adam Rogers, Wired, 1 Mar. 2021
  • Batman uses it to launch something like a grappling hook, which is connected to a cable.
    — Wired, 24 July 2022
  • Rather than strut on a stage or descend via grappling hook, West opted for a more natural entrance.
    — Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2019
  • Another held a series of grappling hook swings over a boiling underground lake.
    — Steven Strom, Ars Technica, 27 Mar. 2018
  • The game’s most notable change is the addition of the grappling hook, which can be picked up in regular spawn locations on the map.
    — Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2021
  • The only thing not practical about Kim and Ron's crime-fighting attire is the grappling hook gun.
    — Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping, 24 June 2022
  • The campaign, and Endgame, will feature some fun bells and whistles like grappling hook traversal and wingsuits.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The treaty says nothing about such provocations — or about grappling hooks, nesting dolls and cyberwarfare.
    — Jon Gertner, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2023
  • One such piece of equipment, the grappling hook, is the star of the show, featured not just in the game’s marketing and trailers but also in the in-game cutscenes.
    — Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2021
  • Throw in a Halo Infinite-style grappling hook that can be used for traversal or combat.
    — Ars Technica, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Your kit also contains special attacks, a grappling hook for zipping around the environment, and stealth kills.
    — PCMAG, 21 Mar. 2024
  • The kit included a magnet with a 3,500-pound pull force, protective gloves, a rope and a grappling hook.
    — Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Even so, Rusted Moss separates itself from the crowd thanks in large part to a unique grappling hook mechanic.
    — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 29 Apr. 2022
  • There would be a little action figure of himself, with a grappling hook that would actually shoot up, through a spring mechanism.
    — Jack Handey, The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2021
  • Here, Master Chief uses his new grappling hook to attach to a distant point, then fling himself forward quickly.
    — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 6 Dec. 2021
  • There’s a grappling hook to make use of, but other than that, my scoundrel Kay Vess simply runs, jumps, and climbs up bright yellow grates and ledges like anyone else.
    — Ash Parrish, The Verge, 19 June 2024
  • Instead, the protagonist gains old abilities such as a Spider Ball or grappling hook.
    — Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Other available badges let Mario jump higher, grab distant walls with a piranha plant grappling hook, or climb up walls with a useful vertical jump.
    — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Without enough de-mining equipment and vehicles, Ukrainian forces have sometimes had to resort to going out with ropes and grappling hooks that troops pull across fields.
    — Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Rise introduces a grappling hook that revolutionizes the series’s plodding movement schemes.
    — Luke Winkie, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Aiden can use over 3000 parkour animations, a grappling hook, a host of melee weapons, and even zombie-like skills himself to contend with the undead.
    — Brittany Vincent, BGR, 31 Oct. 2021
  • Once reserved for those who couldn't pay their electricity bills or wanted to grow weed inside, snagging some free power via grappling hook is now a military operation.
    — Joseph Calamia, Discover Magazine, 30 June 2010
  • The mode also supports the incredibly cool trick of attaching this sequel's new grappling hook to any other Master Chief in your squad.
    — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 15 Sep. 2022
  • This device also unlocks new platforming opportunities - there's treasure hidden where only the grappling hook can get you.
    — Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • In 2021, when every other action franchise is integrating a grappling hook, take this as a refresher.
    — Luke Winkie, Vulture, 4 May 2021

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