Tying

Examples

• Where's your law for tying it up then? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• She was much given to tying up her head in a pocket-handkerchief, knotted under the chin. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Robert Jordan went to where Pablo was tying the horses. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• In very early times men must have used some kinds of cords or lines for fishing, for tying animals, at times for tying men. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• While he was tying she cried, I cannot stop it! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Yes, I think I could do it by tying on this pail. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• When Little Dorrit had her work on the table, and Maggy hers on the bedstead, Fanny fell to tying her bonnet as a preliminary to her departure. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I won't take one of the others,' said Bella, tying the knots of the bundle very tight, in the severity of her resolution. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Ephraim McDowell, of Danville, Kentucky, in 1809, and the tying of the great arteries. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• That's wot we call tying it up in a small parcel, sir,' interposed Mr. Weller, with an agreeable smile. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He had fallen into the way of dwelling on such conjectures as a means of tying his thoughts fast to reality. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• He finished tying his rope-soled shoes. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• He resolved to drown him, and walked on, looking about for a pond: picking up a heavy stone and tying it to his handkerchief as he went. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• The man finished tying up the gash, and the boy said, I think I'll go home now, master. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• It is considered the next best thing to tying threads around his finger by way of reminders. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.

Typist: Merritt