Sentence examples for lines of rope from inspiring English sources

Originally the prints illustrating the poems were small and used only as covers for the poets' chapbooks, which vendors hung from lines of rope.

A long stripe of fluorescent red, ornamented with shapes suggesting carvings on a sword hilt, crosses the floor; overhead, taut red lines of rope intersect, like laser beams in darkness.

Once you hit seventy, you're in business; the sound of the air meeting the lines of rope ought to approximate the shrieking of the wind in the frigate's rigging — a foretaste of what the novelist Patrick O'Brian might call "a coming dissolution of all natural bonds, an apocalyptic upheaval, a right dirty night".

A high-performance boat used in collegiate and Olympic sailing, it is the sailboat reduced to its simplest form: A giant right triangle of a sail, a few lines of rope and pulleys, and a smooth fiberglass hull that actually lifts out of the water when a sailor catches a good gust of wind at the right angle.

Pinch the three lines of rope together in the middle.

His image of two Vietnamese women hauling in heavy fishing nets is a theatrical mix of dark archway and sinuous lines of ropes contrasted with the lush palm fronds in the background; the women pose as if in a medieval painting.

It's been reported that the trio crossed a line of ropes that a group of Sherpas had set up for another expedition, triggering angry exchanges.

Hang the blanket on a strong line of ropes or strung cloths so that it doesn't fall.

Gently guide the board in turning to point at the back of the boat or the end of the line of the rope.

Scores of rope lines, custard stands, sandwich shops, county fairs, rodeos, veterans halls, nursing homes, and bowling alleys now stand between another awkward New Englander and the White House.

"They get the love and attention here like they wouldn't get in New York," said Kelley Carter, a pop culture journalist who has worked her share of rope lines and writes for publications like Ebony and Jet.