Example Sentences

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You would see them trundle up and down Spinner's Walk trailing wires and lights, their gaze rolling towards the hospital gates on Clarence Road, their necks noosed by camera straps.

From The Guardian • Sep. 19, 2014

You would see them trundle up and down Spinner’s Walk trailing wires and lights, their gaze rolling toward the hospital gates on Clarence Road, their necks noosed by camera straps.

From New York Times • Sep. 19, 2014

The astonished fishermen noosed the two animals, hauled them aboard, took them ashore.

From Time Magazine Archive

I willed them to move, but my conscience noosed around my ankles and pulled down hard.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

If it can not be reached, the orbit may be availed of to draw the head forward until the nose can be seized or the lower jaw noosed.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.