The cord twisted itself and cut a thin red line in her brown flesh.

Blade saw the men wince as the tightly bound cords cut into their flesh.

Oily cord was cutting into her all over.

She'd pushed out all the pain, given birth to it, cut the cord.

But with the cord to Damascus now cut, the high nobles fully expected to be allowed free rein by 'their' emir.

She was tied to the bedstead so tight the cords cut into her hands, sir.

According to the statement released by the university, Taliaferro's spinal cord was bruised but not cut.

She tried to ease into a different position so that the cord would no longer cut into the already open wounds.

Those cords have cut me like wires; but my feet are getting warm again.