ropes (in)

present tense third-person singular of rope (in)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ropes (in)
Verb
  • In the popular television series Teen Wolf, Cho was one of the only Asian American leads on a teen drama during that time period.
    Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Fueled by rage and an insatiable desire for freedom, Isaac persuades Charles to keep the plantation.
    Ed Meza, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Authenticity, not polish, is increasingly what persuades.
    Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Immaculate snows that fall over a table go on falling anecdotally forever.
    Hua Xi, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In Butterfly, Perabo plays the head of a powerful private intelligence agency called Caddis — and her character betrays the show’s protagonist, David Jung (played by Kim), to seize sole control of the company.
    Lizzie Hyman, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • But then one betrays the other by penning a book based on the life of the other, calling into question whether great art is worth the cost.
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Designed in China and fueled by kits sold or rented to threat actors around the world, these attacks are disguised as unpaid toll, undelivered package or motoring offense lures.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • About an hour ferry ride from Milazzo, Vulcano lures visitors with its active volcano, Gran Cratere, and open-air mud baths just steps from the port, where bathers slather on the mineral-rich goodness before rinsing in the sea.
    Nicky Swallow, Travel + Leisure, 19 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • There are also several moments in which the self-reflexiveness of Clooney’s casting effectively baits us into believing that the Cary Grant of his day is baring his soul for our edification.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Everything about the scene seduces the viewer into what dining while traveling in the most luxurious fashion could be, and once was.
    Kristin L. Wolfe, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • In his youth, the blue-eyed Stamp was widely considered one of the most handsome men onscreen, and Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini used that to peculiar effect in Teorema (1968), casting the actor as a nameless and wordless visitor who seduces an entire household.
    Rhett Bartlett, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In contrast, focusing on weaknesses traps people in a cycle of fixing deficiencies; over time, this limits performance by missing opportunities to generate truly forward-looking solutions.
    Gamze Acar Bayraktaroglu, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The utility has a fraught history with the California Coastal Commission, whose former senior scientist dubbed Diablo Canyon California’s largest marine predator because its intake system traps copious ocean larvae.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2025
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“Ropes (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ropes%20%28in%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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