tether

Example Sentences

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They have sleeping bags that tether to the wall to keep them from floating around the capsule.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

She said she had been at the end of her tether, feeling dizzy and her headlight had gone out.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

Crunch, as a sensation, sometimes works like a gentle tether back to appetite.

From Salon • Jan. 29, 2026

“It’s how you pay your landscaper and how you pay for your haircut. You can use tether basically for anything,” said Di Bartolomeo, the co-founder of the crypto lender Ledn.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026

I’m guided by the pure Anne within, but on the outside I’m nothing but a frolicsome little goat tugging at its tether.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank