Example sentences for: tied

How can you use “tied” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In late September of 1908, the New York Giants and the Chicago Cubs were tied for first place in the National League pennant race with about a week to go in the season.

  • "Having foolishly tied his hands behind his back by eschewing ground action, Mr. Clinton may be looking for an easy way out," it warned.

  • The secular regimes promised a glowing future, often tied to sweeping ideologies (such as those promoted by Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser's Arab Socialism or the Ba'ath Party of Syria and Iraq) that called for a single, secular Arab state.

  • And if the money is tied to state tests, then the whole incentive structure--and the idea of making valid comparisons among states--collapses.

  • Commentators variously tied the incident to recent spates of workplace shootings, school violence, and hate crimes.


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