tying

Example Sentences

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Instead, they’re frozen in their grown-up strangeness, Dad picking at his nails and Aunt Melissa tying her dish towel into knots.

From Literature

This approach allows Shell to capture attractive value in the LNG chain without tying up significant capital, Sawan says at International Energy Week in London.

From The Wall Street Journal

In 2014, its then private-equity owner Golden Gate Capital sold off the chain’s real estate, tying Red Lobster with rent payments and leases, many of which continue almost indefinitely.

From The Wall Street Journal

And two innings later, Jonathan smacked a triple into left field that scored the tying run.

From Literature

Her father said she also applied a tourniquet, tying a piece of rope tightly around her arm.

From BBC