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

That has led a widening array of companies to change business models, raise gobs of cash and tether their fortunes to the fate of AI behemoths.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

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

From Salon • Jan. 29, 2026

But he added something of his own—and it was this that helped tether his high style to something more conversational.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith