11.   Regulations forbid them from erecting bulwarks, using rope with lead or venturing into corners of the bay the fishermen know like their living rooms.

12.   Slowly, gently, I let go of my breath and used the rope to hold myself in place when I needed to pop my ears.

13.   The burglars use ropes to lower themselves through the roofs.

14.   The only hazard when using a rope is that if you twist too tightly, you can break the rope.

15.   The rope was used as a motivational tool, which obviously worked.

16.   These days, he uses a rope.

17.   They talk about you as if you are a punch-drunk palooka, using the ropes to keep your feet.

18.   They used a rope to strangle them.

19.   This easy version of peppermint candy cane cookies uses twisted ropes of cookie dough, one colored red, the other flecked with a little coconut.

20.   Plows continue battling the snow to clear the road and, using heavy ropes, to haul the buses through the snow drifts.