1.   The rope snapped under the strain.

2.   The tow rope snapped twice on the way and was getting shorter and shorter before we eventually got to Darlington.

3.   But their hopes were dashed when the rope snapped and the Bettina Danica was pushed further on to the rocks by the rising tide and the heavy swell.

4.   But the rope nearly snapped.

5.   The rope snaps, he falls into the stream below, escapes and makes his way to his home.

6.   Their ropes occasionally snap from overuse and the corrosive effects of window-washing detergent.

7.   A crane was unloading the slab from a truck when the ropes hoisting it snapped.

8.   On the first day of bouts Thursday, the ring caved in, and on Sunday ropes snapped during practice.