- present participle of tie.
tying
Example Sentences
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Barely a week after tying the knot with Taylor Swift in July, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce was back at work inside Johnny O’s Gymnasium in Florida.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
The couple have called the St. Charles property home for more than a decade, having purchased it one year after tying the knot in 2014.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
There were several nail-biting finishes as 12 of the 14 games were decided by eight points or fewer, tying the NFL record for the most one-score games in a day.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
The comedian and actor who made his name on an unprintable dirtbag-left-adjacent podcast made the case for tying private equity to bad sandwiches during a recent interview with sports journalist Pablo Torre.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
A shimmering snail’s trail wrapped the enormous wolf, tying his legs, rendering him immobile.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
