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• He has been tying up the phone lines for hours now.From the entry tie up
• Removing her name from the mailing list was her way of tying up loose ends.From the entry tie up loose ends
• John's mischief, tying his shoelaces together, irked George at first.From the entry mischief
• Jones' sacrifice fly brought in the tying run.From the entry sacrifice fly
• Many people with dyspraxia have difficulty with tying shoelaces.From the entry dyspraxia
• “I have just spent the last hour tying and untying your hair,” she said levelly.2025 April 17, Claire Devon, chapter 9, in A Bride for the Devilish Duke (Marriage by Midnight; 2), ASIN B0F57WT5HM. From the entry noirette
• One had jumped onto a submerged waterstep and was tying up the skiff.2018, Pauline Gedge, The Oasis. From the entry waterstep
• Bodkins therefore needed to be carried since repairs or rethreadings were necessary on the numerous tying devices.2011, Faye Strumpf, Limoges Porcelain Boxes: A Complete Guide, page 140. From the entry rethreading
• Tying and knotting the net, she had become attuned to unmagic.2011, Tamora Pierce, Magic Steps. From the entry unmagic
• She has threaded rags through her hair, tying it in two Pippi Longstocking braids.2009, Rachel Shteir, Gypsy: the Art of the Tease, Yale University Press, page 140. From the entry Pippi Longstocking
• Make a "round tuit" for each student by tying the ends of a 3-foot rope together.2003, Kara Eckmann, Duffy Robbins [et al.], “Extreme Friendship”, in Rick Wesselhoff, editor, Can I Really Relate? (Custom Curriculum)…. From the entry round tuit
• Two "brown shirts" remove the chains tying the Greyhound to the flight deck pad eyes.1999, United States. Naval Air Systems Command, Naval aviation news, page 23. From the entry brown shirt
• Train outdoor tomatoes, tying them to their supports and sideshooting if necessary.1993, Courtier, Jane, The gardening year, Ward Lock, page 42. From the entry sideshoot
• So I'm putting on my top hat, tying on my white tie, brushing off my tails.1935, Irving Berlin, Top Hat, White Tie and Tails. From the entry tails
• Tying a supposed post-Diest Sands fast sea-level fall to the event of the Zanclean flood is inconsistent with available ages.2018, Rik Houthuys, Johan Matthijs, “14: The Hageland Hills, Legacies of the Depositional Architecture of the Miocene Diest Sands”, in…. From the entry Zanclean flood
• There are various ways of tying rafters to sidewalls, and the choices may vary depending on roof pitch.2013, Rob Roy, “Basic Timber Frame Structure”, in Timber Framing for the Rest of Us: A Guide to Contemporary Post and Beam Construction…. From the entry girt
• The stems of the "lawyer vine" (Flagellaria indica), buz or buzi (W.), boz (E.), are used in house-building, tying fences, etc.2011, A. C. Haddon, W. H. R. Rivers, Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits, page 89. From the entry lawyer
• Effective item placement can often be achieved through tying both the inventory stratification and family grouping approaches together.2011, Max Muller, Essentials of Inventory Management, →ISBN, page 79. From the entry family grouping
• Chiacchia had to relearn the basics of walking and tying his shoes, but is now back competing in eventing.2009 February 23, Katie Thomas, “Equestrian Rider’s Recovery Serves as Reminder of Sport’s Danger”, in New York Times. From the entry eventing
• At around the same time, my maternal grandfather was tying up his bundles in Merket, to the east of Kashgar.2009, Rebiya Kadeer, Alexandra Cavelius, Dalai Lama XIV, Dragon Fighter: One Woman's Epic Struggle for Peace with China, Kales Press, page 7. From the entry Merket
• For as much as the game is about Grady, it's also about tying up loose ends from the other games.2008 January, “Silent Hill Origins”, in GameAxis Unwired, page 42. From the entry fanservice
• Tying a greaseband around tree trunks in autumn will trap many wingless moths as they crawl up to lay their eggs.1988, A. M. Clevely, The integrated garden, →ISBN, page 181. From the entry greaseband
• Friar Goat cured it by tying a bullock’s milt to the soles of the lad’s feet, and burying the milt afterwards.1983, Robert Nye, The Facts of Life. From the entry milt
• He used to fight the larger negro boys when they would bearbait dogs by tying tin cans to their tails.1937, Francois De la Roche, Mississippi Mood, page 129. From the entry bearbait
• In the hall, Scarlett saw a bonnet and put it on hurriedly, tying the ribbons under her chin.1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, chapter XXIII, in Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC, page 382. From the entry bonnet
• DeRosa claimed the move was made to avoid Donald Trump tying them up in knots, but it sounded suspiciously like a cover-up.2021 March 14, Ed Pilkington, “A year of living dangerously: how Andrew Cuomo fell from grace”, in The Observer. From the entry tie in knots
• He's testing out new experiments with knotting and macramé too, tying up dresses and trousers for a look that feels very aughts—and very now.2020 October 19, Steff Yotka, “Dion Lee: Spring 2021 Ready-to-Wear”, in Vogue, retrieved 14 Jun 2021. From the entry aughts
• Couples tying the knot today will enjoy a marriage lasting an average of 40 years, according to an analysis of official statistics.2019 December 15, Nicholas Hellen, “Newlyweds now stay married longer than the Victorians”, in The Sunday Times, number 10,188, page 5. From the entry tie the knot
• I've given myself the task of tying modern feminism in Japan to the trend in the new wave of J-horror flicks . . .2001 September 23, TetsuwanATOM, “Re: Memento Mori”, in alt.asian-movies (Usenet), retrieved 05 Oct 2018, message-ID…. From the entry J-horror
• But why on earth should he take the chance of tying himself up for life to the victim of obsessions and depressions?1997, Louis Auchincloss, “The Atonement”, in The Atonement and Other Stories,, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, page 31. From the entry aboundingly
• Place your thumb on top of the shank and your bent index finger under the hair and pull the tying thread tight to flair it.1988, Poul Jorgensen, Poul Jorgensen's Book of Fly Tying: A Guide to Flies for All Game Fish. From the entry flair
• My sis is tying the knot.1980, Stephen King, The Wedding Gig. From the entry sis
• "You're tying my hands," complained Tommy.1922, Agatha Christie, “Chapter 16”, in The Secret Adversary. From the entry as likely as not
• We made a draining rack in a few odd minutes which saved considerable time over the common method of tying in sacks.1917, R. W. Smith, “Making Pimento Cheese”, in The Agricultural Student, volume 24, page 89. From the entry draining
• With 6:37 left in the third period, Barnhart was able to make back-to-back stops while on the ground, preventing the Redbirds from tying the game momentarily.2019 September 30, Carson Gourdie, The Daily Illini, hockey. From the entry prevent defense
• My one hope as I tie this white belt on you, sir, is that one day you do me the honor of tying on your black belt.2017, Master Taekwon Lee, Jeffrey Nodelman, Ara's Rocky Road to White Belt, page 92. From the entry white belt
• The couple are yet to go on their honeymoon because of their strict working schedules but did find time for a ‘minimoon’ after tying the knot.2012 November 22, James Robertson, “Rochelle and Marvin Humes are having a baby: 'We're so excited to start a family'”, in The Mirror, UK. From the entry minimoon
• The whole day long you kept showing up behind the door, hurling taunt after taunt at me for not tying a rakhi on you, until Mother finally relented.2011, Altaf Fatima, “Do You Suppose It’s the East Wind?”, in Reza Aslan, editor, Tablet & Pen: Literary Landscapes from the Modern Middle…. From the entry rakhi
• Bryce has done his homework, and does a good job of tying together a number of people and situations to reveal an evolving plot to Texasize the United States.2006, Lets Roll, “Re: Vicente Fox OWNS the US Congress”, in alt.politics.immigration (Usenet). From the entry Texasize
• While they are tying to the fork of the tree a sash belt or wool rope used to tighten a rug loom, they sing a song.2005, John Holiday, Robert S. McPherson, A Navajo Legacy, page 266. From the entry sash belt

Meaning of tying

1. noun Action of the verb to tie; ligature.
2. noun The act or process of washing ores in a buddle.

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How do you use tying in a sentence?

Tying is used as a noun. For example: “He has been tying up the phone lines for hours now.”

What is a short sentence with tying?

“"You're tying my hands," complained Tommy.”

What does tying mean?

Tying means action of the verb to tie; ligature.