Sentence examples for trailing ropes from inspiring English sources

The pilots came in low and dropped thick trailing ropes into the ocean to help slow the balloon before setting down.

One afternoon, a day or two after the first rain of the winter has converted the dry creek bed out back into a sluice of braided, sepia-colored ripples and long, trailing ropes of eucalyptus bark, my widow is startled by a persistent thumping from the far end of the house.

The trailing rope takes on a life of its own, slithering around trees and over rocks, stretching out endlessly.

He describes the body of a venomous cobra, lunging hungrily at Friede's hand, as "a harpoon trailing rope".

The main piece at Kern is a bulky plywood platform trailing thick ropes of sewn cloth; it's part sculpture and part parade float, with a car concealed inside.

In summer, 30 to 60 houseboats go out each day, many of them with their own flotilla of water toys in tow, from a 12-foot trampoline lashed to a railing to a couple of Jet Skis and a motorboat trailing on ropes (for all their upgrades, houseboats themselves still chug along at a leisurely 8 to 10 miles an hour).

Skimming daringly close to the water, an AgustaWestland helicopter roared over the lagoon at 150mph with a whooping, wetsuited figure clinging on to a trailing tow-rope.

Steer by keeping the trailing line (rope) straight, Keep a sharp lookout forward as well note your desired arrival point.

As I settled into the driver's seat for the morning excursion, he added, "Don't trail your ropes or they'll snag".

The Wolverines hosted Lake Braddock last season and had the perennial contender on the ropes, trailing by three entering the fourth quarter.

On the dive deck, I wriggled into my wetsuit, jammed on fins and, easing myself into the water, edged down one of the two ropes trailing on buoys behind the boat.