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How to use tie in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Tie means a knot; a fastening. Example: “Occasions that reinforce the ties of kindred.”

Examples of tie by meaning

nounA lace-up shoe.

  • Oxford ties; Derby ties

nounA connection between people or groups of people, especially a strong connection.

  • the sacred ties of friendship or of duty
  • the ties of allegiance; the ties that bind
  • Occasions that reinforce the ties of kindred.

nounA structural member firmly holding two pieces together.

  • Ties work to maintain structural integrity in windstorms and earthquakes.

nounThe situation in which two or more participants in a competition are placed equally.

  • It's two outs in the bottom of the ninth, tie score.

nounAn equalizer, a run, goal, point, etc which causes participants in a competition to be placed equally or have the same...

  • I thought he needed another takedown to tie and pull ahead, so I ordered José to let his man up.2010, Scott Glabb, A Saint in the City: Coaching At-risk Kids to Be Champions, Tate Publishing, →ISBN, page 146
  • Eger, the other novice in the championships, also took off successfully scoring a tie with the Ruha ETO.1971, Budapress News Service, Budapress Bulletin, volume 10, issues 27-52, page 8

nounA meeting between two players or teams in a competition.

  • The FA Cup third round tie between Liverpool and Cardiff was their first meeting in the competition since 1957.

nounA curved line connecting two letters (⁀), used in the IPA to denote a coarticulation, as for example /d͡ʒ/.

  • Wikipedia: tie (typography)

verbTo twist (a string, rope, or the like) around itself securely.

  • Tie this rope in a knot for me, please.
  • Tie the rope to this tree.

More sentences with tie

  • Why do you always wear a tie? Don't be such a square!From the entry square
  • The contestants are all tied; no one has the lead position.From the entry lead
  • Kelly Queen was whining that the boss made him put on his tie.From the entry whine
  • He acted in good faith to restore broken diplomatic ties after defeating the incumbent.From the entry faith
  • For the school science project, each student will blow up a balloon and then tie it closed.From the entry blow up
  • I would have liked to stay later and tie up some of the loose ends.From the entry loose ends
  • The robbers tied up the bank employees before forcing a way into the vault.From the entry tie up
  • Duhhh, I'm Jasmine, I can't even tie my shoe laces right!From the entry duh
  • That last-second shot ties the game 99-99 and sends it to overtime!From the entry overtime
  • He's a leaver, not a stayer: he'll never be happy tied down in one place.From the entry leaver
  • She is a rover and dislikes any sort of ties, physical or emotional.From the entry rover
  • Joe tied his horse to the hitching post before going into the bank.From the entry hitching post
  • I have always wondered why shoe salesmen think I can't tie my shoes by myself.From the entry by oneself
  • He tied a complex knot so that others would find it hard to undo.From the entry so that
  • This paragraph does not tie in with the greater themes of the story.From the entry tie in
  • School uniforms for boys may include a school tie, jacket, cap and a pair of formal trousers.From the entry school uniform
  • We tied the rope fastly this time; we didn't want it to get away again.From the entry fastly
  • I'm sorry, there's nothing I can do. My hands are tied.From the entry have one's hands tied
  • Marie tied back her long hair to keep it out of her way when she worked.From the entry tie back
  • He tried to tie his shoelace but was all fingers and thumbs due to his nervousness.From the entry all fingers and thumbs
  • The grommeted drop cloth didn't tear where it was tied down.From the entry grommeted
  • You can tie your own shoelaces – you're a big girl now.From the entry big girl
  • He’s nine years old, and can’t even tie his own shoelaces!From the entry can't even
  • The kayak was tied to the roof of her car with two come alongs.From the entry come-along
  • Additive number theory has close ties to combinatorial number theory and the geometry of numbers.From the entry additive number theory
  • That evidence ties him to the boathouse at the time of the murder.From the entry tie to
  • The constitution prescribes how to resolve a tie in the electoral vote.From the entry electoral vote
  • Some of the most yuriful matches ever played have ended in a tie.From the entry yuriful

Meaning of tie

  1. noun A knot; a fastening.
  2. noun A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.
  3. noun A necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black tie.

Full definition of tie

Questions about tie in a sentence

How do you use tie in a sentence?
Tie is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Occasions that reinforce the ties of kindred.”
What is a short sentence with tie?
“Wikipedia: tie (typography)”
What does tie mean?
Tie means a knot; a fastening.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tie (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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