The rope above him whipped from side to side.
The rope whipped free out of reach of everybody.
The rope sang and whipped from the water.
When it reached his ankles, he stopped turning, and the rope whipped itself into another knot.
The rope whipped through the eyebolt and was gone.
The rope whipped back to coil around Alex's shoulder.
A rope whipped across his calves; then the noose was dangling high in the air.
Then, as the steer wheeled to run, Hopalong's rope shot out like a bullet and whipped around the big horns.
Even the rope snaking down the cliff wall whipped and flailed.
In two more, the rope whipped tight against the tree.