How to Use jump rope in a Sentence

jump rope

noun
Definition of jump ropenext
  • Get out your kids' old jump ropes, and see who can jump the most.
    — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 May 2018
  • The children gathered at the base of the stairs to jump rope on the curb and play hand games.
    — Omar Tate, Bon Appétit, 3 Sep. 2020
  • The subjects jump rope, slouch in chairs, sway on a stylish dance floor.
    — Kathy Berdan, Twin Cities, 7 June 2019
  • The jump rope—robots don’t just go and jump rope on their own.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Also in Prospect Park, a group of girls played a game with a jump rope.
    — New York Times, 2 Sep. 2017
  • Jen likes to jump rope with the kids in the driveway or walk with them while they scooter.
    — Lori Nickel, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 June 2018
  • After a short lesson under the tarp, the class moved to the parking lot to jump rope.
    — Loren Holmes, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Feb. 2021
  • When the plane flies over the top, a computer whips the cord up like a jump rope, and catches a small hook on the tail.
    — Jack Stewart, WIRED, 3 Apr. 2018
  • Carr, sporting a T-shirt, shorts, and a two-day growth of beard, joined the line of girls and gamely tried to jump rope.
    — David Quammen, National Geographic, 12 June 2019
  • Hex-bar dead lifts, jump rope, land mines, crunches, band curls.
    — Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Think back to grade school and the days of walking on the balance beam, or doing jump rope, or four square.
    — Peter San Nicolas, Ramona Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Every line on our street was down, inviting a bad game of jump rope.
    — J.d. Crowe | Jdcrowe@al.com, al, 23 Sep. 2020
  • North West's new braids are long enough to serve as a jump rope, and her mom Kim Kardashian even put it to the test!
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Their eyes got huge, even for something so little as a jump rope.
    — Rick Armstrong, Aurora Beacon-News, 24 Dec. 2017
  • Her advice to other grads looking to copy her swag and rock a jump rope in lieu of cords?
    — Zoë Weiner, Teen Vogue, 15 May 2018
  • Girls found a sliver of shade beneath a handball wall to jump rope.
    — Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Mark a line on the floor using a jump rope, strap, resistance band, tape, or chalk.
    — Genevieve Gyulavary Dpt, Outside Online, 9 Apr. 2023
  • There was also a jump rope with the same dark monogram handles ($670).
    — Blue Carreon, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Stokes likes to jump rope and do some sprints and lateral hops, for about five minutes.
    — Amy Marturana, SELF, 16 Nov. 2018
  • Players have pretended to play baseball, jumped rope and even took part in a game of hide-and-seek.
    — Alysha Tsuji, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2017
  • Stand with feet together and a jump rope handle in each hand with the rope behind your heels.
    — Mallory Creveling, Health.com, 14 May 2021
  • Colorful plastic jump ropes are still around and cost $3.99 and up.
    — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Dec. 2017
  • This tangle-free jump rope Still trying to get your cardio on from home?
    — Melissa Lee, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2020
  • On the other side of the mechitza, Kay has fashioned a jump rope with black napkins and is using it as a dance prop.
    — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 14 Dec. 2017
  • Pick up a doorway chin-up bar and work on those pull-ups or remaster the sweaty art of jumping rope.
    — Zachary Lewis, cleveland, 18 Mar. 2020
  • Imagine a jump rope is a light wave traveling through space.
    — Juliette McGregor, Discover Magazine, 1 July 2015
  • Lisa and that jump rope gave me finger fatigue around level four.
    — JeneÉ Osterheldt, kansascity, 6 May 2015
  • Shay likes to jump rope, go for hikes, and meet up with her buddies for indoor cycling classes.
    — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 15 Mar. 2023
  • But our 2021 list also has classics like gel pens, a beach towel, a jump rope, and that old standby, cash.
    — Lindsey Hunter Lopez, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2021
  • The couple left with a positive attitude and even did some jump rope with Keoghan as night time fell over Medellin.
    — Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2024

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