The cord parted, and is flying loose behind now.
But he held his corded hands there until the tightly-twisted cords parted.
The Group Captain tugged the cord and the curtains parted with a squeak of metal rollers.
At that, we shattered two lens-halves and had to go to a third before the strong cord parted.
The cords finally parted; his arms came free.
The cord parted leaving bleeding gouges in her fingers.
When the cord parted, a feeling like the shock of combat ran up the daggerto his hand.
But night fell before the frayed cord parted.
He grasped it and the cord parted.
A cord parted as the Malay stood up.