1
: a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn
2
: something that snares like a noose
noosed; noosing
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Examples of noose in a Sentence
Noun
the representative was forced to resign after getting caught in a noose of lies and corruption
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Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 28 June 2024
In 2014, the University of Mississippi chapter was closed after three members were accused of tying a noose around the neck of a statue of the first Black student to enroll in the then-all-White Southern college.
—Stepheny Price, Fox News, 9 May 2024
Anemona Hartocollis, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2024
The drawing shows a white hand, marked with a dollar sign inside a Star of David, tightening nooses around the necks of a Black man and an Arab man.
—Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2024
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Noun
The second story is about Eichmann’s prison guard, Haim (Yoav Levi), a Moroccan Jew who takes pains to make sure his charge is unharmed and delivered to the hangman’s noose in as good a shape as possible.
—Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 28 June 2024
In 2014, the University of Mississippi chapter was closed after three members were accused of tying a noose around the neck of a statue of the first Black student to enroll in the then-all-White Southern college.
—Stepheny Price, Fox News, 9 May 2024
Verb
Last week, a cartoon was circulated on Instagram by pro-Palestinian student groups, showing a hand marked with a star of David and a dollar sign holding nooses around the necks of a Black man and an Arab.
—Anemona Hartocollis, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2024
The drawing shows a white hand, marked with a dollar sign inside a Star of David, tightening nooses around the necks of a Black man and an Arab man.
—Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2024
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“Noose.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/noose. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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