TIED in a Sentence

Learn TIED from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
274 example sentences for TIED, such as:
1. He's tied up with his new book.
2. My money is tied up in a trust fund.
3. Add a length of ribbon tied in a bow.
4. I'm sorry, she's tied up at the moment.
5. He tied up the bag and took it outside.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of TIED
tie
 n.  neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
 n.  a social or business relationship
tying
 n.  the act of tying or binding things together
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Mammy plucked a large towel from the washstand and carefully tied it around Scarlett's neck, spreading the white folds over her lap.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
2  That meant four mornings a week in the sweltering, stinking hospital with her hair tied up in a towel and a hot apron covering her from neck to feet.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
3  From it she took a pack of letters tied together with a blue ribbon, addressed in Ashley's hand to Melanie.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
4  She sighed as she carefully tied the ribbon about the packet, wondering for the thousandth time just what it was in Ashley that eluded her understanding.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
5  The ribbons that tied under the chin were as wide as her hand and they, too, were pale green.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
6  Last week my old boots wore completely out, and I would have come home with sacks tied on my feet if we hadn't had the good luck to shoot two Yankee scouts.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
7  She wrapped the bright lengths about his slender waist, above his belt, and tied the ends in a lover's knot.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
8  Grandpa Merriwether rode in on a gun carriage, his bare feet tied in quilt scraps.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
9  Anything was better than being tied here waiting for a baby that took such a long time coming.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
10  She knotted two long towels together and tied them to the foot of the bed and put the knotted end in Melanie's hands.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
11  She tied the other end to the back of the wagon, as securely as her awkward fingers would permit.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
12  "Well, he can have it," said the sergeant, who was satisfied enough with the jewelry and trinkets tied up in his handkerchief.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
13  She was alarmed, too, for the cow and the horse and wished they were hidden in the swamp, instead of tied in the woods at the bottom of the pasture.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
14  Let other soldiers limp by in rags with their feet tied up in sacks and strips of carpet, but not Ashley.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
15  "Cheer up," he said, as she tied the bonnet strings.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
Example Sentence: (64 in 5 pages)
1  Add a length of ribbon tied in a bow.
2  The press agent tied himself in knots trying to apologise.
3  Our company has tied up with another firm to support the project.
4  The little money that was available was tied up in bureaucratic red tape.
5  He tied up the bag and took it outside.
6  I'm sorry, she's tied up at the moment.
7  The victim was tied to a sacrificial altar.
8  They had their hands tied behind their backs.
9  I got myself tied up in knots when I tried to explain the legal system to them.
10  The bank claims its hands are tied by federal regulators.
11  My money is tied up in a trust fund.
12  Her hair was tied up with a yellow ribbon.
13  He's tied up with his new book.
14  In addition there is one other institution which symbolizes the continuing dependency of agricultural workers upon local farmers - the tied cottage.
15  Love does not involve giving fancy parcels tied up with big red bows.