Collocations for "noose"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "noose" in context.
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noose
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- tied a noose around his neck
- tied the rope into a noose
- hanged herself in a noose
- tightened the noose around his neck
- the noose tightened around her neck
- could feel the noose tighten
- rope burn from the noose
- the hangman's noose
- [tied, hung] up by a noose
- was hanging by a noose
- looped a noose around his neck
- made a noose out of [cord, tubing, metal]
- the [debt, job] was like a noose around his neck
- noose the [prisoner, murderer, criminal]
- was noosed by the [executioner, governor, warden]
- [blindfolded, hanged] and noosed
- the [animal, deer] was noosed (and sedated)
- noosed by [handlers, hunters]
- noose a [rope, coil, scarf]
- noosed a [rope] around her [neck, throat, legs]
- was noosed around the [neck]