Example Sentences

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In climbing there is some aspect of unroped travel.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 2, 2022

Although the proximate cause of Mr. Zhang’s fall is unknown, he appeared to have been unroped, according to one park official.

From Washington Times • Aug. 26, 2022

“From all accounts, it appears the individual was unroped, was looking out to something, and then people witnessed the actual fall,” the park’s chief ranger Ben Welch told The News Tribune in Tacoma, Washington.

From Washington Times • Aug. 26, 2022

In my memory, I never actually left Slate; I just kind of drifted away like a rowboat unroped from the dock.

From Slate • Sep. 11, 2016

There they unroped the Crochan from the tired horses and Gurgi brought out food from the wallet.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander