The rope between them had snapped somewhere on the ride.
Then the second rope snapped and he plunged out of our view.
Another time, the rope snapped and he plunged into the front row of seats.
They nearly had it to the branch, when the rope snapped.
Everything went well until the thick rope connecting him to the boat snapped.
Before Jeff could make another stroke with the knife, the rope snapped.
And then the rope snapped, like all the others.
With great weight of snow, The tight rope snaps back.
Just as they are about to fall into each other's arms, the rope snaps to.
Suddenly the rope snapped, as it sometimes did; she had learned not to give up too readily.