How to Use rope in a Sentence

rope

1 of 2 noun
  • Tie the end of the rope to the post.
  • She made a knot in the rope.
  • The hostages were tied up with rope.
  • It will take a few weeks for new employees to learn the ropes.
  • We used rope to tie down the furniture in the trailer.
  • The veteran cop showed the rookie the ropes.
  • His jowls had dragged ropes of drool.
    — Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
  • That is a leash with a longer rope.
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • His pants were tied with a rope, jibaro-style.
    — Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 9 Feb. 2026
  • For this one, bring the rope in front of you and jump over it.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 2 July 2026
  • The lifting rope can be tied to the horns.
    — Maurice H. Decker, Outdoor Life, 17 Sep. 2025
  • In one room hung his first climbing rope.
    — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Knight broke the hold by hanging on to the rope.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
  • Move away from water, and avoid wet ropes.
    — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 27 May 2026
  • His thing is to find the talent and give them rope.
    — Heather Abbott, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2026
  • But youth needs a helping hand to show them the ropes.
    — Andy Naylor, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Use stretch cords or ropes to secure it in a roll.
    — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 May 2026
  • Use stretch cords or ropes to secure it in a roll.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
  • The ropes were long, at least thirty feet or more.
    — Literary Hub, 1 May 2026
  • Rollins jumped up to Rhodes on the top rope with him next.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Panther capped off the match with a toss from the top rope.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Then, when the rope comes back around, jump with the other leg.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 2 July 2026
  • Both of their hands and feet were bound with rope, per the outlet.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 10 May 2026
  • Griffler’s plane towed us high above the foothills on a thin gray rope.
    — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The men used two cinch ropes to lash an air mattress on each side of the horse.
    — Dolores Brown, Outdoor Life, 17 June 2026
  • My first piece of jewelry was a rope bracelet.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 9 Jan. 2026
  • That can be a really fine rope to walk right there.
    — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 25 June 2026
  • One lady was being pulled by a rope.
    — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Cut ropes into 1/2-inch pieces.
    — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Then there’s a rickety rope and wooden slat bridge.
    — Judy Stecker, STAT, 27 Feb. 2026

rope

2 of 2 verb
  • The dog was roped to the fence.
  • He tried to rope the calf.
  • The boats were roped together at the dock.
  • Mountain climbers often rope themselves together for safety.
  • The hiker was roped to his son, so now both were in peril.
    — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 24 Jan. 2026
  • So how’d Limón get roped up in this mission in the first place?
    — John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Police had all of the entries to the scene roped off with crime tape.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 15 Feb. 2020
  • Dubón roped a grounder down the left-field line for a bases-clearing double.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
  • The brand’s bold artistry and expressive culture roped her in.
    — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 9 Dec. 2025
  • When the steer changes directions, the heeler (right) ropes the back feet.
    — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Blake expertly roped the two mule deer for the officers, who then pulled them out of the canal.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 1 June 2023
  • His first hit, a double roped into the right-field gap, set him up to score the tying run in the sixth.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
  • In that event, a cowgirl riding a horse attempts to run down and rope a calf that is given a head start.
    — Tess Demeyer, Dallas News, 2 Dec. 2020
  • Paparazzi await, enough for security to rope them off.
    — Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Will Chris Wallace be able to rope in anybody who matters in the first place?
    — Kyle Smith, National Review, 15 Mar. 2022
  • The crew will convert the six-seat lounger into a bed under the stars and rope it off for privacy.
    — Sue Bryant, Town & Country, 17 June 2022
  • Park officials said the man was roped into the mountain, which kept him from falling to the ground.
    — Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 17 Aug. 2025
  • The heeler then tries to rope both hind legs, with a penalty being assessed if only one foot is caught.
    — Josh Criswell, Chron, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Ashford lofted the ball to Tullo, who tight-roped the back of the end zone boundary.
    — Dennis Victory, al, 12 Apr. 2020
  • Nicky was innocent until her mother roped him into that life.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2025
  • All four of the pitches Rozanitis saw were roped, though the third got the end of the bat to line out to center.
    — Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 1 May 2026
  • Could we have been roped in to a conceptual performance?
    — Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Rangers told him the helicopter was no longer flying that night and told him the only way down was to rope up and descend.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 2 Apr. 2022
  • Verdugo roped a leadoff double against Sonny Gray in the first.
    — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Nearby, medical waste had been dumped by the waters, and police had to rope the area off until it was cleaned up.
    — Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Aaron Judge laced a single and Torres roped a double, stringing three hits against the ace.
    — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 18 Oct. 2019
  • In the northwest Valley city of Surprise, playgrounds are roped off.
    — Paulina Pineda, azcentral, 24 Mar. 2020
  • The legal dispute has managed to rope in a host of celebrity names, some who might be dragged into court to testify.
    — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 28 Apr. 2026
  • All that was left was for Hudson to rope their friends in and whip up a script, which took them roughly a month from conception to show.
    — oregonlive, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Padres third baseman Manny Machado roped a ball to left field in the second inning.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2025

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