Men on board worked lifelines and tended knotted lines, grapnels, and lifebuoys, as she struggled against the elements to maintain proper position for a rescue.

She could read the particular tightness in his shoulders, the knotted lines of his stance.

Hanging about the walls were long knotted lines of the used pillowcases collected from previous projects.

"Out here," Avelin said, and leaned sideways briefly to touch the knotted lines to the west of the city.

His face creased up in knotted lines again and the vacant blue eyes clouded over.

In Bones Alley the Mouser returned to his pouch the knotted line by which they'd descended from the lamp-hook.

When they reached the edge, Locke saw that the boat was tied up with one knotted line that would allow them to climb down.

The Shadow joined him with swift jerks of his sinewy hands, that brought him racing down the knotted line.

Throughout the afternoon, as the destroyer closed the oiler, all hands on board prepared knotted lines and cargo nets for use in picking up survivors.

Knowing it was his last-ditch hope, he yanked the collapsible grappling hook and knotted line from its place on his combat harness.