- present participle of tie.
tying
Example Sentences
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JD Power released its airport-lounge rankings, with American Express Centurion and Capital One tying for first in customer satisfaction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Nneka Ogwumike missed what would have been a tying shot with 52 seconds left before the Valkyries made it a two-possession score to close it out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Buying a new home seemed like a good idea until I realized that I would be tying up my capital for five years.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
There was no physical evidence tying him to the killing, and a dozen people testified that Brooks was at a family party at the time of the shooting.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
Newton’s calculus—his method of fluxions—did just this by tying together concepts like position, velocity, and acceleration.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
