Five stories above them, the knot came loose; the rope snaked down.

"Only his body is old," she answered as yet another knot came loose in her hands.

The last knot came loose, and the package opened.

The tricky knot at the coping of the roof came apart.

I was thinking desperately of trying the glass once more, when my fingernails finally found the right purchase and the knot came apart.

The first attempt failed when the knot came loose and he fell to the ground.

A knot of men came from the shore at a staggering run, carrying another who was crying.

He did as she said, she pulled, and the knot came apart.

He waited as a knot of Cubans came walking out on the pier toward him.

Little knots of men came together; a few sprinters began running.