Sentence examples for the noose from inspiring English sources

'the noose' is a correct and usable term in written English.
The phrase can be used to refer to a rope loop, usually made of rope or other materials such as leather, used for tying or hanging, especially as a method of capital punishment, such as hanging. For example: "The prisoner was sentenced to death by hanging, and a noose was placed around their neck."

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the noose

noun

An adjustable loop of rope, e.g. the one placed around the neck in hangings, or the one at the end of a lasso.

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The noose is tightening.

And so the noose tightens.

The noose missed.

The noose shook him.

They looped the noose around its neck.

He pointed to the noose.

In 1999, Trinidad brought back the noose.

The victim's father then removed the noose.

"The noose is closing," General Sylvester said.

He must have felt the noose tightening.

As we do that, the noose tightens".

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