How to Use lasso in a Sentence

lasso

1 of 2 verb
  • The cowboy lassoed the horse.
  • The loop is lassoed around the lock and then pulled tight.
    Andrew Northshield, Popular Mechanics, 19 Dec. 2018
  • The men used rope to lasso the young deer, while Kutznig ran about a mile on the beach.
    Saryn Chorney, PEOPLE.com, 18 July 2017
  • The roper must then catch up to the calf, lasso it around its neck, dismount the horse and run to the calf.
    Tess Demeyer, Dallas News, 2 Dec. 2020
  • The mandate was to lasso viewers and herd them to Paramount+, where the shows will complete their runs.
    John Jurgensen, WSJ, 2 Jan. 2022
  • Terrified, the townsfolk lasso him and send him back to the farm where he was born.
    The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 15 Dec. 2017
  • Casey Hayward had an end zone pick to lasso the Broncos’ first drive.
    Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Dec. 2020
  • Relaxed and warm, head outside to meet the reindeer and try your hand at lassoing a pair of the antlers.
    Smithsonian, 18 Sep. 2017
  • My wife is doing her best to lasso the children for a trans-Atlantic Chat With Dad, to no avail.
    Jason Gay, WSJ, 20 July 2018
  • At the top of the hour, a five-minute display features thousands of sparkling lights lassoing the tower.
    Rick Steves, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2017
  • Richard Barnes Glimpsed from the edge of the path to the Twombly Gallery, that corner lassos your attention, pulling you south across the yard to the first of the building’s three courtyards.
    Alexandra Lange, Curbed, 1 Nov. 2018
  • Further down the line another black metal ban woulds be lassoed around the center of the roll and crimped.
    Jeff Darcy, cleveland.com, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Lane Livingston of Seymour lassoed the title with a 38.0.
    Brett Hoffman, star-telegram, 31 July 2017
  • The officers were eventually able to distract the pig long enough to lasso it with a leash and place it in the back of a squad car.
    Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 19 Nov. 2021
  • The rider attempts to lasso the calf the instant it is released from the chute, so a winning time may be under two seconds.
    New York Times, 2 Jan. 2022
  • Once a ride is completed, jockeys will replace the feed bag on the animal, lasso it to a street sign ... and just walk away.
    Leah Garchik, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Bumgarner competes in the team rope, where two riders lasso a calf.
    Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, 24 Feb. 2020
  • Chafin, a country boy from rural Ohio who lived in an RV last spring training, mimed lassoing the others.
    Stephanie Apstein, SI.com, 29 Aug. 2017
  • The Nenets lasso the reindeer by the neck and strangle it swiftly, believing this brings less suffering, spilling none of the treasured blood.
    Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2020
  • Bolstered by remix after crowd-pleasing remix, Lil Nas X’s catchy cowboy tune has lassoed the top spot for a record-breaking 17 weeks.
    Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2019
  • The paniolo were brave men whose job was to locate and lasso wild cattle, sometimes forcing them into the ocean to wear them down.
    Sandra Dallas, The Denver Post, 13 June 2019
  • This may include lassoing your student loan debt to pursue bigger dreams down the road, such as buying a house.
    James Brewer, Forbes, 17 July 2023
  • Kids who were among the 125 visitors at Plaisance Ranch in Williams were greeted by junior tour guides who showed them how to lasso a cow statue.
    Jeastman, oregonlive, 18 July 2023
  • In ribbon roping, a male partner lassos a calf with a ribbon tied to its tail and Charlize runs to pull the ribbon off then runs back to the starting point.
    Jon Bleiweis, baltimoresun.com, 15 June 2017
  • This feud continues until the hand, returning in a black glove, gets tough with artist, punching him and dropping strings to lasso his head and arms.
    J.r. Jones, Chicago Reader, 31 May 2018
  • The actor, who is part man, part lassoed sunshine, got serious about the highest office in the land during a new GQ profile.
    Kenzie Bryant, Vanities, 10 May 2017
  • While this bombardment could spell trouble for Earth-dwellers, the Earth’s magnetic field lassos the particles and channels them up above the poles.
    Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 24 July 2023
  • And a pale blue dress, which looked like Burton had managed to lasso a bit of sky and bring it to earth, was created from hand-pleated and hand-cut silk gauze organza.
    Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2019
  • The leather fringe of chaps flaps in the wind as two cowboys launch off of a ski jump racing to lasso a cowgirl, saddle a horse, then schuss across a Budweiser-logoed finish line.
    Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Proenza Schouler sent models down the runway in sleek blazers that were lassoed by thin belts, which gave them a peplum-like appearance.
    Alexis Bennett Parker, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2023
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lasso

2 of 2 noun
  • One of the officers then roped her in with a lasso and walked her off the highway.
    Mallorie Sullivan, Cincinnati.com, 14 Dec. 2017
  • Any foe ensnared by this lasso, we are told, is obliged to confess the truth.
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 5 June 2017
  • The children play cowboy with a rope fashioned as a lasso and a wooden cutout in the shape of a steer.
    Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 13 Mar. 2023
  • The lore was a loop at the end of a rope, a lasso endlessly tossed, catching nothing.
    Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2022
  • Peterson stood at one end of the pond with a lasso and drove the deer toward Hays at the other end, Sgt.
    USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2019
  • Sellers roped them all with the kind of vocal lasso that genes and Music Row don’t hand a gal.
    Milwaukee, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 July 2017
  • Wonder Woman wields her lasso again, but the film around her rings false.
    Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 21 Dec. 2020
  • In this case, the lasso will be a more efficient option.
    Sandra Gutierrez G., Popular Science, 8 Dec. 2020
  • Part of his role was to use his lasso skills to capture wild animals in Africa.
    James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2018
  • Here’s where Magna’s trust speech comes in handy — Kelly drops her lasso and nuzzles one.
    Richard Rys, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2021
  • Some made the lasso, but couldn’t move themselves up the poles, whereas others just hung out on the ground below.
    Tess Joosse, Science | AAAS, 11 Jan. 2021
  • Normally the jet stream winds around the vortex and acts as a lasso of sorts, keeping the cold air trapped inside.
    Jeff Berardelli, CBS News, 20 Feb. 2021
  • The tangy notes of the sour beer lasso in the Aperol’s sweetness and the two juices echo that dynamic, with the lemon tempering the pineapple.
    Liza Weisstuch, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Mar. 2018
  • Of course, the snake had reason to be ornery, since cult leader Cyrus had injected it with crank and waved it over his head like a lasso.
    Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 June 2023
  • This is quite the new skill: In one shot, Wonder Woman appears to hook her lasso to a lightning bolt and use it to launch herself across the sky.
    Eliana Dockterman, Time, 9 Dec. 2019
  • Its fundamental tool is the lasso, formed by passing one end of a rope through a small loop (the honda) at the other end.
    Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 14 Oct. 2015
  • Piece by piece, the trailer rolls out the classic Wonder Woman symbols: First the indestructible bracelets, then the sword and the shield and, of course, the lasso of truth.
    Michael Gold, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2017
  • There is also piales en lienzo where a charro on a horse throws a lasso at the rear legs of a horse without bringing it to the ground.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2021
  • Presumably that would involve having Gal Gadot once again wield the lasso of truth.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Ehrenreich, so much fun as the loopy lasso-swinger in Hail, Caesar!, plays Han with a (literal) wink and a softy touch.
    Brian Raftery, WIRED, 23 May 2018
  • Boon’s clip and the raw footage match up and expose Pesina’s lasso story as a fabrication.
    David L. Craddock, Ars Technica, 8 Oct. 2022
  • Wonder Woman and her lasso of truth are responsible for one of the funniest scenes in The Flash.
    Nigel Smith, Peoplemag, 17 June 2023
  • For his part, Andoh’s voice works as a kind of lasso, drawing the rhythms into a packed unit through an allegiance to meter.
    Randall Roberts, latimes.com, 3 Sep. 2017
  • Also, is that Enzo with a funky mustache wrapped up in Da'Dream's magic lasso?
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 13 Oct. 2020
  • The lone cowboy taming the land with lasso and fortitude may fit the myth of the West, but the reality was quite different.
    Johnforristerross, Longreads, 2 July 2018
  • Wild cow milking, meanwhile, lightens the mood of the arena as ropers on horseback lasso one of a herd of cows, while teammates will chase it down and try to milk the cow.
    oregonlive, 31 Aug. 2019
  • In other versions of this story, Pesina has said Boon suggested the lasso.
    David L. Craddock, Ars Technica, 8 Oct. 2022
  • In Old Town Scottsdale, the iconic sign of a cowboy with a lasso welcomes visitors.
    Neetish Basnet, The Arizona Republic, 4 Apr. 2022
  • Wonder Woman’s lasso, which forces people to tell the truth, was a version of the lie-detector test Marston helped invent.
    Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2017
  • First, choose the magnetic lasso tool (click and hold the lasso icon in the left-hand toolbar, then pick Magnetic Lasso Select).
    John Kennedy, Popular Science, 22 Jan. 2021

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