noose round

Frequency: 5.01.2 per million words

Indicates the noose is positioned around something, e.g., a neck.

noosePREPOSITION

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round

Examples (10)

  • The noose tightened round her neck.
  • He felt the noose closing in round his chances of escape.
  • A noose was prepared to go round the prisoner's neck.
  • The financial difficulties formed a noose round the struggling business.
  • They carefully placed the noose round the thick rope.
  • She felt a metaphorical noose of despair tightening round her heart.
  • The investigator sensed the noose of evidence growing tighter round the culprit.
  • In the old western movie, the hangman adjusted the noose round the bandit's neck.
  • The heavy chain formed a crude noose round the ancient log.
  • The scandal formed a noose round the politician's career.