Sentence examples for length of rope for from inspiring English sources

Legman was a handsome man, with thick dark hair, blue eyes, and a strong nose; because of chronic poverty, he was typically dressed in threadbare clothes with a length of rope for a belt.

"As Angie shook her hand," Mr. Morton writes happily, "Jennifer could have been excused for wondering whether she was extending her long slim fingers in friendship or sizing up her next victim, like a hangman judging the length of rope needed for the drop".

The day's class began with a lesson in cordage: turning virtually anything, from a cocktail napkin to the soft and pliable inner bark of some trees, into a length of rope useful for lashing branches together to build a shelter, to make a fishing line, or to string a bow.

He was also "particularly incompetent", and was "notoriously unable to calculate the correct length of rope required for each individual hanging; he frequently had to rush below the scaffold to pull on his victim's legs to hasten death".

Hold onto both strands of rope with your right hand as you reach across with your left to pull up another arms-length of rope from the stack.

The packs (see Table 1) include coloring pencils, a length of rope, playing cards, a tennis ball for playing handball or similar games, and activity cards, which describe simple games or activities to play.

What's that length of rope doing there?

Mekas produced a length of rope and ran it through his fingers.

As if from thin air, Guy whips out a length of rope.

We found a length of rope and used it to lower ourselves.

He next removes a length of rope, which he fastens to the lever so that the rope hangs nearly to the floor.