tethered
Example Sentences
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Tethered to the people and places that shaped her into the person she’s become, Del Valle, 54, has been working on this intensely personal project for over 16 years.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2025
Tethered to a small speedboat and being towed towards us was the first of nine migrant boats we would encounter during our 24-hour patrol with the Tunisian coast guard.
From BBC • Aug. 29, 2023
Tethered to IVs and fatigued with restless anticipation, Trinity Landrum distractedly nodded to the legion of scrubs scurrying in and out of her hospital room.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2023
But the Wilsons’ relationship to the Tethered — an oppressed class of people taking down their more fortunate doubles — complicates the audience’s allegiance.
From New York Times • Aug. 29, 2019
Tethered at the end of it, one end of his rope around a large rock, was Buckbeak the hippogriff.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
Vocabulary lists containing tethered
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
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Life Is So Good
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Far from the Tree
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