Explore Noose through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like loop or fix. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Noose meaning
An adjustable loop of rope, such as the one placed around the neck in hangings, or the one at the end of a lasso.
Using Noose
- The main meaning on this page is: An adjustable loop of rope, such as the one placed around the neck in hangings, or the one at the end of a lasso.
- Useful related words include: loop, fix, fasten, intertwine.
- In the example corpus, noose often appears in combinations such as: the noose, noose around, with noose.
Context around Noose
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 7 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Noose
- In this selection, "noose" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, orange, tightening, attack, tightens and once stand out and add context to how "noose" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a noose hung from and after the noose attack. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "noose" sits close to words such as ache, advani and afi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with noose
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A noose hung from the branch of a gnarled tree. (10 words)
Currently, privacy laws are tightening the noose around third party cookies. (11 words)
Purdy, who said "get a noose" also faces an intimidation charge. (11 words)
In a Facebook post, Dustin applauded whoever put the noose in Wallace’s garage and goes on to say he wished Wallace would have been dragged around the pit with it for destroying the sport by being vocal in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. (46 words)
Gradually, each spy discovers the existence — but not the identity — of his opposite and, as the noose tightens and the tension ratchets past the cracking point, each man struggles furiously to unmask his rival before he himself is revealed and destroyed. (41 words)
Meanwhile, he solicited everyone’s support, said while “the noose is tightening,” their resolve has grown stronger, asked them to pray, to spread the word and invited all to live, in-person Sunday church services at 9, 11 and 1 tomorrow. (41 words)
Could you have pictured in 1968 or 1974 White boys pushing at N.A.S.C.A.R. a Black guy’s car in solidarity, because he was disrespected with a noose? (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
But it was also very illegal and could land you on the next convict ship to Australia – or in the noose.
Detectives learned he had also exposed himself to a schoolgirl in Asquith Avenue, Morley, four days after the noose attack.
Gradually, each spy discovers the existence — but not the identity — of his opposite and, as the noose tightens and the tension ratchets past the cracking point, each man struggles furiously to unmask his rival before he himself is revealed and destroyed.
Jussie Smollett wears a noose in body cam video taken by the Chicago Police Department the day Smollett reported the attack in January 2019.
Much of its appeal lies in Tom Hiddleston's Loki, imprisoned in Asgard for his crimes in previous MCU movies, only to wriggle his way out of the noose once again.
Police said the man, a resident of Chandrawal village, had posted a message on his Instagram account with a picture of a noose and wrote: “Today, everything will end”.
The disgraced financier hanged himself in his jail cell with an orange noose he fashioned from “a sheet or a shirt,” the report said.
Financial aid, trade agreements, and diplomatic relations, all powerful tools in the European arsenal, could have been wielded to enforce a reversal, or at least a slackening, of the tightening noose.
The DCP, who had worked as an adviser to former Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala, was reportedly found dead in his apartment, with a noose around his neck dangling.
A black student found what appeared to be a noose fashioned from toilet paper on their dorm room door in October.
A noose hung from the branch of a gnarled tree.
Another photo is a close-up of one of the bedsheets that had been tied into a noose.
Could you have pictured in 1968 or 1974 White boys pushing at N.A.S.C.A.R. a Black guy’s car in solidarity, because he was disrespected with a noose?
Currently, privacy laws are tightening the noose around third party cookies.
In a Facebook post, Dustin applauded whoever put the noose in Wallace’s garage and goes on to say he wished Wallace would have been dragged around the pit with it for destroying the sport by being vocal in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Meanwhile, he solicited everyone’s support, said while “the noose is tightening,” their resolve has grown stronger, asked them to pray, to spread the word and invited all to live, in-person Sunday church services at 9, 11 and 1 tomorrow.
Noose tightened around them when they were for murder of Shahzad Lal of Sendhwa.
On Sunday, Trump retweeted a post of a painting by Utah’s that showed Democrats with pitchforks, clubs and a noose with the words, “Democrats continue torching America” superimposed on the image.
Purdy, who said "get a noose" also faces an intimidation charge.
Strange, I’m 70 and whenever I see a noose I always think of the wild west and horse thieves.
Common combinations with noose
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the noose 29×
- noose around 16×
- with noose 5×
- noose was 5×
- of noose 4×
- hangman's noose 4×
- noose in 3×
- noose and 2×
- tightening noose 2×
- be noose 2×