My brain was pretty tied up with other matters, to be honest. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Peewee pulled the net over the back end of the truck and tied it down. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had buttoned up the collar and tied the belt, apronlike, in back. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the shed door Jonathan tied the rope to a post and, with a quick glance back over his shoulder, carefully opened the door. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I even tied on my mask in a vain attempt to keep my nose warm. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

When the pieces were cleared, he was tied with four other players for fourth place, just one point away from the winner, Arthur Bisguier, a fellow member of the Manhattan Chess Club. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She reached into her backpack and pulled from it a yellow scarf, which she tied around her neck. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

They would be gentle, formal, everyone gathered in the musty living room: her elderly uncles and granduncles, their wives, some cousins, and perhaps a baby tied on someone’s back. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Every day, bodies were found tied to trees, some times burned beyond recognition. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He reached his arms for his father, now tied, being lifted onto the deputy’s horse. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Then he tied the radio back up under the overhang with its carrying strap so that anybody coming into the shelter would be certain to see it. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Also, a skirt, and a colorful scarf tied over her shirt. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Whenever they saw a hilltop or a roof rising above the water, Malcolm stopped, tied up, built a fire, and one or the other of them attended to Lyra. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

They walked to one of the small windows and there, tied to the sill, was one end of a line that stretched along the ground and into the distance until completely out of sight. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Yossarian tied a hard knot in the second shoelace and sprang to his feet. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Wrapped in paper and tied with a ribbon. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

They took off their jackets and sweaters and tied them around my waist and neck. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frantic, I tied my sleeping bag to the end of one of the curtain rods and waved it for all I was worth. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

His black hair was tied in a ponytail, and he looked young—though it's hard to tell with non-humans. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

We tied the blanket corners together into giant knots. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

The pages and covers are black, tied together with something that looks like a big black shoelace; there’s a package of black triangles with glue on them to stick the photos in with. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s knotted and tied round and round at the top. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

She tied a piece of string around Dismay’s neck and wove some long stems of lavender around and through it. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She’s tied the yacht to something on the outside—Mark can see the coiled end of a rope—either oblivious or insensitive to the murder her partner has just committed. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The little mare is saddled and tied down at the molasses press. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Father tied the horse to the back of the wagon and walked along beside me to help manage the oxen. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

His wrists, legs, and ankles were tied with cords. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

On second thought he took his pants back off and tied them on the handrail as well. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wore green pajamas and her hair was tied back in a puff of curls. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

She kept her brown hair tied back from her face, and Moss thought the earrings looked good on her. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I ran my fingers over the bow tied around the beast’s neck, over its frightening claws, its dangerous tail. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Nya took the hollowed gourd that was tied to the handle of the plastic container. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was so drunk that I thought for a moment he might fall asleep on his feet, but he snapped to and found some rope and quite deftly tied our packs on the roof. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Worst fog I ever did see. You couldn’t tell which way to go....Later on they tied me up again. I slipped the knot.” The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

He stooped over and tied it around the old dog’s neck. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he rolled everything up into a bundle and tied it onto one end of a wooden match. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

I didn’t need to guess who was going to be tied to it in an hour or so. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She tied her shoes, threw a wool cloak over her skinny shoulders, and knotted it under her throat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Just this perfect Now. after g’reenville #1 After the chicken is fried and wrapped in wax paper, tucked gently into cardboard shoe boxes and tied with string . Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I had not run a boat but rowed one on Icefoot Lake in Kerm; and there was a rowboat tied up in the outer dock between two launches. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

And then, with his money tied up in his fine Sunday cambric handkerchief, he walked up to the village of Wall and bade good morning to the guards on the gate. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

A mouse with a needle tied around his waist, a mouse with no tail. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

If I hadn’t of got my tubes tied, it could of been me, say I was ten years younger. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the beginning of the third quarter, the score was tied at 34. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Aron came dashing around the house, carrying a cardboard box intricately tied with string in fancy bow knots. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was pulled up arid tied to a tree, and the oars were shipped in the wet bottom, beside a long pole with a steel hook at the end. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

At the same time I couldn’t leave Songololo — who knew why they’d tied her up or what they had planned for her? Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He felt weighted down with sadness, as if there were stones tied to the hem of his robes. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Come Sunday morning, they are tied to the braids hanging down past our ears. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

She pointed to the stalled loom and the broken warp thread that must be tied. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I tied the balloons to the kids’ arms and sent them outside. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He peeled off his gloves, tucked them through his belt, tied one end of his rope around his waist, the other end around Jon. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

My skirts are gathered between my legs and tied like pantaloons so they do not drag in the dirt. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

As Donna crept toward us I filled the kerosene lamps, activated the hand pump to the well, and tied down everything movable. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

A cardboard star was tied to a bulb. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She became a familiar figure in the fields—a slender, muscular young woman, with her skirts looped up around her waist and a vivid bandanna tied on her head. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every one of my sisters was tied up on the floor beside me. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Exactly. He tied up to Carl’s boat and left a line on it. That seems to me pretty clear.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

When the ferry tied up at the dock, I was tempted to stay on board and wait for the return trip. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

It was dark and heavy and he tied it back with bookbinder’s twine and spared it very little thought. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Today I didn’t even braid my hair, just wound it in a knot and tied a sock around it. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sorry, I got tied up,” Gregor said, flashing a smile at them. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

The rag tied around his nose and mouth is damp from sweat and tears. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But halfway through the first quarter, with the score tied at 10, Coach sent me in. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

He bent over and tied the lace of his left sneaker while his father, still raised up on one elbow, watched him like a monitor. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

They look like two little waterfalls of hair, with a pink and a blue ribbon tied in a teensy pigtail on top of their heads. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Numbers and “science” have appeal for these people only if they’re tied to them personally. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

About two-fifteen she entered Minnie Franken’s beauty parlor, stayed an hour, and came out with her hair pinned up in tight curls and a silk scarf around her head and tied under her chin. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She tied her hair back with a scrunchie and kept reading as her grandfather snored on. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

By the time we were tied up at 20 apiece, I was exhausted. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

At seven o’clock, the four members ascended to the clubroom, tied their badges round their heads, and took their seats with great solemnity. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other tied a thick rope to a loop on the metal neck ring. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ben sat on his desk, put his gym shoes on his chair, unlaced them, then tied them tighter. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put the bowl of bread pudding into a basket, tied on my cloak, and wound up my hands in rags to keep the frost from biting. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anya helped her pour the potion into a separate flask with a stopper, and Mama tied a tiny wooden spoon to the flask’s neck. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were fully adjusted to the darkness now, and it took only seconds to find the fishing line tied to its usual rock. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

A clutter of small boats were tied up along the fish market, off-loading their catches. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He was wearing something that looked like a woman’s coat and was absently twirling the rope tied round his waist. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

At the gate there was a bundle of switches tied together with a cord, the symbol adopted by local ruffians as a warning of punishment to follow. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m still on my belly and my legs are still tied. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I grab ahold of the metal ring tied to the top of the rake. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“I could smash you with one hand tied behind my back,” my brother said. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Having no safe place now to leave his cup, he had tied the strings of the flannel bag to his belt. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their hands were tied behind their backs, and around their necks there were ropes that were tied to the cart, too. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thought you said the old man was coming,” the farmer said as he tied down the valise. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A hundred yards ahead, tied to the end of the longest dock, was a makeshift raft with a simple mast and a square canvas sail. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It was lying on its side because its legs were tied together. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

More than a year later, when asked by a reporter whether she ever “tied the knot” with Fischer, Miyoko replied, “I’d rather not say,” and then added, “I prefer not to talk about private things.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

His ankles were tied together, but not his hands—or, rather, he’d managed, God knows how, maybe in rage or pain, to break the cord binding his hands. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clarisse was tied up, hanging upside down over a pot of boiling water. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I tied it to a cleat and he towed us off the beach. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I went straight into the house, rummaged through my things, found an old mitten, and went back out and tied it to the pump handle. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Then happily Mack tied up the necks of the sacks. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miyax tied another red patch on the sedge, rounded a boggy pond, and climbed the heave where the owl lived. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Severo had to pay for all the damage and ordered the dog tied up in the courtyard, but Clara had another fit and the decision was indefinitely postponed. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was tied,” he snarls, and I try to shrug, which is hard to do when you’re lying on your back with someone’s foot in your gut. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I had seen too many men ruined, or at least tied down, or in some other way messed up by women. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tied the horse in the corral and pulled off the saddle. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Seven tied her combat boots and slipped on her oversized purple hoodie before securing her pointy hat on her curly hair with some pins. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

She had long, dark hair that she wore tied back behind her neck, and deep brown skin. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He tied one end of a hawser to a pillar and passed the other about the roundhouse top, taking the slack up, so that no one’s toes could touch the ground. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rope was tied to the roof, and the roof opened up like a basket lid. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She has reddish-blond hair tied back in a low, messy tail, and a smattering of freckles across her pale skin. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was Chester, with Mr. Monroe’s towel draped across his back and tied under his neck like a cape. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

Quick as a flash, Anansi tied the great snake to the staff and carried it away. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She stood at the doorway and tied her wrapper before proceeding to embrace me so tightly that I felt my nose and lips being squashed against her arms. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The prince watched her for a moment, then wrapped a blanket around himself and went to their horse, tied to one of the yew tree’s branches. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

They tied up the boat at a private dock. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

They tied the rope to a cleat at the rear of the boat and rowed back across the lake, jerking the stump slowly behind them. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

She tied the shawl around her waist then, and sighed. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put on the mask, which was tied with a silken cord so thin she could barely see it, and at last she took out her moonstone ring and slipped it on her right hand. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would often have me help her make desserts: fruit rolled in pastry, wrapped in cloth, tied and boiled, then taken out of the cloth, topped with icing, and baked. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

"I knew something was wrong when I came in here. The day-lantern wasn't tied to the hook, and I could smell you." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Auri finished her meal quickly after that, and tied up the bag of salt. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He tied off the bag and hung it so it trailed us just below the water’s surface. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally the score was tied nine to nine, and the family on the sidelines readied themselves for a denouement. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair still smelled like french fries from the restaurant, and she tied it back as she opened her search engine. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Nhamo tore a square of the red cloth she was to use for the wedding ceremony and tied the gold pieces inside. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I doubled the rope and tied it in a loop around the bull’s horns. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stakes were in the tack room of the barn, as was the tying-twine, so when I finished hoeing I tied them up. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

They tied the rope to the back of a cart. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the tale, the archery teacher of the Pandavas had tied a wooden fish to a tree branch. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Uncle Henry came riding up and tied his horse to a tree. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The African girl, her hands tied in front of her with a rope, was still sniffling quietly. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put the basket in its place and tied it to the leg of a table, convinced that the long-awaited event was imminent. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Overstuffed suitcases tied with ropes or hastily taped together had given way, and people’s underwear, baby diapers, and ratty shoes pushed through the stressed seams where everyone could see them. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He wanted to say something kind and cheerful; but his tongue was tied, and he could only nod his head and hope that she felt his sympathy. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

James says, “If our yearbook has a category for Most Likely to Start a Revolution, you and Chelsea will be tied.” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

I sneaked out of the stable—Uri no longer tied me to himself—and into the curfew. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

A sprig of hair on top of her head was tied with a bow. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She nodded, adjusting her grip on the rope tied to the back of the cart. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She had a pretty ribbon in her hair, and she took it off and tied it to my braid instead. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Mr. Rudyard tied the dog to a tree, using the end of the long rope. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

With eight minutes left in the half and the score still tied at zero, Jeremiah Ziaty carved his way through the Fire defense at the top of the box. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Placing it and her fur pants in a bag made of whale bladder, she tied it securely so that no moisture would dampen her clothes while she slept. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if my hands were tied, I could lean my head forward and bite it free. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

His hair had been pulled back and tied in a knot behind his head. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The ones who are asleep have taken off their shoes but tied them to their ankles. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He came back out with a wrapper slung around his body and tied behind his neck and sat with Richard in the living room. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The two men thrust the prisoner into the chair, and tied his hands behind his back and his legs together. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Will your horse need to be tied up?” she asked. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cattle grazed in thick grass that rippled about their legs, and goats with fat udders wandered with clanking iron bells tied about their necks. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Understandable, as it was scarcely two hours since I’d been tied to the pennant pole and publicly lashed. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Her hair was darker than Ruth’s— though it could have been dyed—and she had it tied back in a simple pony-tail the way Ruth usually did. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

They left us tied in the kitchen, our wrists and ankles lashed together. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The desperate Astapori had pulled him from his tomb, clapped him into armor, and tied him onto a horse in hopes of giving heart to their Unsullied. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A bristly rope tied to a bolt in the floor is all that’s required. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

There's a small dog tied to a parking meter. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The motel clerk didn’t have any string, but told them to check out by the fence around the pool, where guests sometimes tied up their dogs. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She wore her hair cut short, like all women in the camp, and was required to cover her head with a white cloth folded into a triangle that tied around the back of her neck. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

They’re carrying boxes and cardboard suitcases tied with rope and belts. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The outlaw jumped back, then saw she was tied and said, “And who is this ferocious-looking character?” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tied the end of the twine to the stick, and he began to wrap the twine around the stick, to weave it in and around and through. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

He kept his hair tied back neatly with red yarn in a chongo knot, like the oldtimers wore. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He had terrible scars all over his chest from when the Japanese had tied him to a tree and tortured him by stabbing him with their bayonets. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once tied down and paid, he was exceeding pleased with the whole proceedings, and merrily instructed us where we might find his cattle and pigs. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

His legs were securely bound, but his arms were only tied about the wrists, and his hands were in front of him. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Within the cache, Mama first placed several packs of dried, smoked fish and venison, all tied carefully together in two layers of bark. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The gauze bows were tied for easy release. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Sunday afternoon on the front porch Across the road, Miss Bell has tied a blue-checked sunbonnet beneath her chin, lifts her head from her bed of azaleas and waves to my grandmother. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

He wears his silvering hair short on the sides and has a rainbow friendship bracelet tied around one wrist. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I have to lift weights that are tied around the ankle of my right leg. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

He put the bills into his big handkerchief and tied up the corners into a bundle. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

At one o’clock in the morning, Manning left the apartment with six stacks of paper, tied together with string. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Pa unhitched the horses and tied one to each side of the wagon box. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was also apparently the threat of amputation, prompting Craig to fumble his way through various meals and homework sessions with his right arm tied behind his back. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Dilsey tied a cloth about his neck and wiped his mouth with the end of it. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh,” Sam said, “I hear you. You don’t like to be tied up.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Private Cudjo chafed the gentleman’s wrists so they bled, and then tied them fast, that it might appear he had been subject to all the indignities of martial harrassment. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He pulled Buckbeak’s rope back over his neck and tied it to the other side of his collar like reins. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Taking them out to the buggy, I tied them up. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Midway through the half, the Fugees had taken seven shots and Blue Springs none, and yet the score was still tied. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Finally he dug out some catch cloths and tied them on Boots’s head. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Girls fidgeted with their hair, tied and retied the laces on their shoes. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The bicycle I got for my ninth birthday, and the horribly tied bow on it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Figures staggered through the street with demented expressions, wild-eyed, their clothes singed, rags tied around burns. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Matthias had woken bound and tied to a chair in what looked like some kind of gambling parlor. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

At that moment Dad scooted outside the pony pen and grabbed something out of sight, and when he returned he handed me a new round-nosed shovel with a nice blue bow tied around the handle. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The rind was tied to a string, and the string hung around her neck. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow, good talking had gotten tied up with good sex in his mind. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was also wearing a pale-blue baseball cap with the Ari’s Cakes logo on it, her wavy brown hair tied back into a low bun. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

We stood tied together mutely, and I thought, They will make me watch. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Men were tied up all over the squadron signing, pledging and singing, and the missions took hours longer to get under way. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

And Juana combed and braided her hair and tied the ends with two little bows of red ribbon, and she put on her marriage skirt and waist. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We can decide what else when the time comes. Somehow it’s hard to think about where to run as long as your hands and feet are tied up.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

I tied my lantern on a long pole, held it out over the water, and looked for Old Dan’s body. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tied a sash around the middle to hold the coat closed, but loosely, so that the breeze would lift and sway the fabric. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And just like that, the Hometown Heroes were tied for first place. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Following an early breakfast she tied her sandals carefully, anticipating the walk to Annabella’s. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She woke Lydia, tied the girl’s white high-top shoes to her pudgy feet, and straightened the white ribbon in her hair. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He walked her to a post with a rope and tied the rope loosely around her neck. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The automatic lawn mower whirred unhappily from where Rita had tied it to a tree. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

"And to heck with his word of honor. He's going to be tied up again right now." The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I ventured to ask how long we might have before the farmer we’d tied beneath his bed was found and released, and might convey an idea of our number and appearance to the slave patrollers. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He tied the sack around his waist, leaving the front opening between his thighs. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Here they weren’t quite so tied up by considerations of everybody’s prestige and pride, and questions evidently were not insulting either to the asker or the one questioned. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The white towel, which was drawn under my chin and tied over my head, had to be arranged. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

After three calls he found a dealer who had one of the kind and size required, but this man was tied up with a wedding and couldn’t tear himself away. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Neel extended the new lure, tied to the end of the sundari stick, the cub sucked hungrily at the milk-drenched shirt. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Relief remains tied to the background, from which it only partially emerges, in contrast to free-standing sculpture, which is fully liberated from it. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jingle Boy’s reins were tied to a tree. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

With the straight, fair hair well brushed and tied behind with taffeta, the handsome jacket, the frilled, immaculate shirt, Johnny did cut a very presentable figure. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put his foot on top of the humped newspaper and tied his shoe. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

There were girls barely able to toddle carrying infant slaves tied in slings to their backs. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Strings of cowrie shells were tied to the wooden staff she held in her varicose-veined hands, and she leaned on it with each step as she approached. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It held a bundle of dried violets tied with a white ribbon, a toy horse that had lost most of its string mane, and a lock of curling blond hair. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I wondered if he was dreaming about running free again without a rope tied to him. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I wrapped the rope loosely around Junior’s hands and tied it off in a slipknot that could be easily undone. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The diviner tied something to its middle, all the while stepping from foot to foot and humming. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She was wearing serious trick-wear: all black clothes, hair tied back tight, a knapsack over one shoulder. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Gionfriddo, charging from left field to the edge of the bullpen, reached behind the fence and robbed DiMaggio of his sure home run and a tied game. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Having thought so carefully of what he would say to her, he felt as though he had already had the conversation and had set- tied everything. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Standing in the freezing mound that was thickening around his numb feet, Jonas opened his own tunic, held Gabriel to his bare chest, and tied the tom and dirty blanket around them both. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

She pitched her pink Barbie camping tent nearby and tied the toy sculpture to one of the poles. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Someone who displays to his under-officers a captive tied to a chair is clearly a prince of politeness. Untie me, or I’ll force you to gag me.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

But the first time we brought Winn-Dixie to the Open Arms, the preacher tied him outside the front door. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

We children slept in hammocks strung across the room, tied to the beams in sturdy knots that were done and undone daily. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

In that particular flat-building and all the neighboring buildings, creaky shutters were closed and tied with petticoat strings to the window bars. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Mel tied a sheet around the tree branch right under the bees. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

She tied her blond hair back haphazardly, so random strands hung loose from the ponytail. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When I bent closer to look at them, I saw that their stems were uneven, and they were tied with twine, like they were hand-cut instead of from a store. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The trunk was filled with a silver tea set, a small portrait of a yellow-haired man, something wrapped in velvet cloth, dusty sacks, small wooden boxes, and packets of letters tied in a ribbon. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if my calves had sacks of dried beans tied to them. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Papa then threw the mattress on top of the car roof and tied it with ropes to the front and rear bumpers. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her shoes had fallen off when her boat flipped, but Bronwyn had already tied Olive to the anchor line, the other end of which was resting on the seafloor. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He finished with a score of 7–3, tied for second place, a point behind first prize, and he won $59, which he pocketed without revealing his windfall to his mother. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

With wire he securely tied some rafters across the top of the posts then we put the juniper branch roof on the platform. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We tied the canoe and ran to meet them. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

"And it came up to the front"—she showed on herself—"and here it was tied in a—" She held up her fingers and made the sign for zero. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She hurried to untie the tent ropes from the struts, and then tied one end to a tree on the bank. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

They were so exhausted when they arrived at the house that neither of them noticed the horse tied up outside. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

That is, I now tied her meat on a piece of wood, covered with hide and feathers. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kira gathered the cloth around the plants she had collected and tied the edges together. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tied the top section of his jerk in and made a small pouch, closing the bird safely inside. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

But in the morning our shoes were filled with nuts and candy, and each one of us had a small gift wrapped in green paper tied with ribbon. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Igentle set Hope Too-mah-ee-nee in the empty tote sack and tied her ’round my back, same as the women in the fields. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Murlidharan had no home, no doors to lock, but he had his old keys tied carefully around his waist. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My hands were still tied, but I was able to reach out a finger to touch Nyame’s adinkra charm on my opposite wrist. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She got up and carefully handed a heavy parcel to Prosper: the lion wing, wrapped in a blanket and tied cup with a leather strap. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

They do take the little pouch of Notes tied to my belt, my payment for entering the hospital. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

A little boy and his sister straddled an ox, gripping a frayed piece of rope tied around the animal’s neck. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I grip a length of rope tied to the side of the boat. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

During one game—he was nine or ten—the score was tied in the bottom of the eleventh and one of the Yankees hit a walk-off grand slam. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Now it’s pulled back, tied in a bun. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Matt shouldered the backpack, tied extra water bottles to his belt, and set off through the grape arbor. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

João grabbed a rope that was tied to the bow and pulled the canoe while trying to swim toward the shore. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

I tied him with rope and then with big thick rawhide string that I cut from a cowhide hanging across the top rail of the yard fence. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not far away the stranger's horse, loosely tied to an iron ring in the wall of the donkey's stable, was grazing. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

I’m dressed in my training uniform and a black and red vest with my boots laced and my hair tied back in a tight ponytail. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Our fridge was considerably less loaded with meat and milk, the phone line no longer tied up by girls calling to chat him up. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Oh, no. But it’s all tied up together.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The guy might as well have tied Dad to a tree and said, “Ready, aim, fire!” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the floor there were packages wrapped in brightly colored paper and tied with gleaming ribbons. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

One afternoon, the commander’s jeep drove in with a sickly goat lying on its side, legs tied together. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Deftly he tied it around the base of Kira’s walking stick. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now when at sundown shadows crossed the lanes she dragged the cutter to the sea and launched it, fitted out with tough seagoing gear, and tied it up, away at the harbor’s edge. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cut four more segments of the buoyant rope and tied the lifebuoy to each side of the square. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her black hair is tied to a crown festooned with more pearls, appearing like webbing above her head. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A young man dangled from the end of a rope tied to a beam, his face puffy and blue, the clothes he’d worn on the last day of his life shredded, bloody. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair's tied back in a red bandanna, and she's got a no-nonsense look on her face. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The mainsail he wrapped around the boom and tied with three short pieces of cord. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tied on her hood and checked the map that she had made. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Then, as quickly as he could, he tied the end of the nylon cord around the bolt of the harpoon. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

They left Harris tied up behind the rock where he wouldn’t be seen by anyone. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

She wore her silvery hair tied back, but strands were always coming loose and floating around her. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had tied rags around her shoulders to keep out the spring chill and was picking through the trash while her dog, a black-and-white terrier mix, played at her feet. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

One was dressed in a sleeveless army shirt and jeans, his head tied with a red cloth. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I did as I was told, and she smirked and held up two metal loops tied to her belt. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He tied the end to the fence pole and climbed up and over. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

She laid her own apron on the floor, set the bundle of bones on top of it, and tied the apron the other way, so there was cloth all around. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The letter finished, he tied it to Hedwig’s leg; she kept unusually still, as though determined to show him how a real post owl should behave. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Back then your mother had hair down to her waist, which she tied high up on her head. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tied the plastic to the neck of the bottle with nylon string, knotting it tightly. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The other end was still tied to the iron framework of the bridge. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

A little girl with her hair tied up in braids swung on a porch swing and watched us with wide round eyes. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

When Diana tied the ends, they seemed to melt together, leaving the knot invisible. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

But Frank’s existence was proof that the cultures were tied together. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I bet a burglar broke in and left her tied up with a gag around her mouth. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

In a moment of complete giddiness, I bought a pink ribbon and tied it around her neck. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It lay on the table a candle burning at each corner upon the envelope tied in a soiled pink garter two artificial flowers. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Furthermore, as time went on they accumulated more and more things—objects, not easily transportable, that tied them down. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had sacks tied around their legs with string and ground sheets with holes in the middle for rain capes. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Most of the furniture had been moved to Portia’s house, and the rest was tied to the automobile outside. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

They would fly miles away to deliver secret messages tied to their feet but still come back home. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He stayed there, exposed to the sun and the rain, as if the thongs were unnecessary, for a dominion superior to any visible bond kept him tied to the trunk of the chestnut tree. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

In weightlessness, you have to be wedged in, or tied down, or your body will float aimlessly, banging into other people or equipment as it goes. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she pulled on her red jacket and tied the frayed and knotted laces of her shoes, she thought about it. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Struggling against the wind and lashing rain, I tied the ragged pieces as best I could across the gap, but everything inside was already wet. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He made me sit down, and he tied the string of the new rubber apron tightly around my neck, and combed up my bush of hair. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside were the two wedding crowns made from rope and, coiled like snakes, the two long braids of hair, each tied with a crumbling black ribbon. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

A freshman girl attempted suicide—for entirely unrelated reasons—by eating poison berries from a bush outside the Music Building, but somehow this was all tied in with the general hysteria. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She listened to Taisin’s chattering teeth as she worked the wet laces, wanting to curse at the knots Taisin had tied. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Huge bundles of giant brown roots tied together with rope were balanced on their heads. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They shackled his ankles, tied a rope to a hook in the ceiling, and hung him upside down. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

She tied a string to the back of the chair, knotting it five times, and held the ball in her spare hand. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The priest and a brave band of villagers armed with rakes and pitchforks and sticks tied into crosses hurried to the barn. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the competition is clear, so much so that everything else is tied to it, past and future. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He tied the rope to a cleat at the bow and moved back to the cockpit. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tied back her hair in a festive gold ribbon. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The main road was crowded; women with boxes on their heads and babies tied to their backs, barefoot children carrying bundles of clothes or yams or boxes, men dragging bicycles. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

"You're absolutely right, ma'am, but our hands are tied unless you, as a responsible citizen, help us out." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He tied it to the top of his van and brought it home. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

One of them was badly wounded and hobbling, another had a kerchief tied around his forehead. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he wrapped everything in one of the blankets and packed it into the knapsack and tied the other blankets across the top of the knapsack and shouldered it up. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He looked down and saw a gigantic snake slithering through the grass, circling the headstone where he was tied. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Other times they'd run an obstacle course, or go bungee jumping off a table, tied to broken rubber bands. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

‘Then, Master Elrond, you will have to lock me in prison, or send me home tied in a sack,’ said Pippin. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She tied my wrists together in one of her strong hands, and beat me, again and again, raising welts on my arms, my back, the back of my head, my forehead, behind my ear. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The startled horses reared and pulled at the ropes that tied them to the trees. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore a flapping broad-brimmed traveller’s hat, and under it a handkerchief tied over his head in the manner of a cap: so that he showed no hair. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Not exactly. Though a lot of songs can be tied back to philosophy, especially value theory and the essential meaning of life.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bongo flew to the low branch where Samar had tied her pink, dotted fabric scrap. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The villagers agreed, and so the miller who had listened to the Devil did not have his hands chopped off, but only stood one day in the rain with his millstone tied about his neck. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the different hairstyles on the boys was startling; some had almost clean-shaven heads; others, long hair tied back like a girls. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

So I tied the lock of my hair around her neck. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled into the motel parking lot and tied Dozer and Petunia to the base of the motel’s neon sign. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She has wooden clothes pegs in her mouth and more in an apron tied around her waist. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Then she would retire to her cabin, where she stayed groaning and trembling until the ship was firmly tied up at the quayside in Oslo harbour the next day. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was nothing worse than a half-packed suitcase; even if tied in, the clothes all shifted around. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Howard got quiet after that, so I finally tied Wishbone to the bike and headed back up to Gus and Bertha’s. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The figure standing there looks small enough, with a delicate frame and hair that seems to be tied back in a messy braid. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He put Oksi inside his shirt against his chest, then tied a leather thong around his waist so that she wouldn’t fall out. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

No one had tied him to the tracks, so what's there to sue about? Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Roy had mentally prepared himself to be blindfolded and tied up again—he’d even composed a short speech for the occasion. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was wearing her old blue flannel bathrobe, and her hair was tied back. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He had the Invisibility Cloak he had inherited from his father — what if he bewitched the trunk to make it feather-light, tied it to his broomstick, covered himself in the cloak, and flew to London? Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

It implied that a power gymnast could not also be artistic and graceful, and also that power and grace were somehow tied to a person’s race. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Squinting, Kendra could see three boats tied to the narrow pier: two large rowboats, one slightly broader than the other, and a smaller paddleboat. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

It was a scrap of ancient bark material tied with a twist of sisal. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

If I wore a bit of asafetida in a little bag tied about my neck, I would never catch a disease. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pinched my inner wrist as I sensed myself beginning to drift off, but it was as though lead ingots had been tied to my chin and eyelids. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She put on her coat and pink hat, grabbed a life vest from the corner and tied it on. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She had tied rabbit skins around her hips to save the precious cloth for her eventual arrival in Zimbabwe, so everything from her waist up was bare. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was safe at first and the score was tied. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marco tied it around his arm and handed the end to George. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

I look over where this end of the bridge is tied to the stakes in the rock. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He tied off one pack and began to dig through another. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The fear of losing Joe’s confidence, and of thenceforth sitting in the chimney corner at night staring drearily at my forever lost companion and friend, tied up my tongue. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

They tied me up, then, plumb amidships, back to the mast, lashed to the mast, and took themselves again to rowing. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I snagged the buoy and tied up the skiff as he put it into irons, the sail luffing as it relaxed, some spray coming over the bow. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Around the front, there are two black cloth hammocks between tree trunks tied low to the ground. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She led Fred, Nala, and Scruffy to a thick yellow ribbon that was tied on either end to the two food bag towers. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Samuel stroked the fork now tied to his saddle strings. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I am about to ask her what the point of me looking at this picture is when I recognize the young woman with dull blond hair, tied back, and a wide smile. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He tied the string again, and flattened the knot, as well as he could, then swung the satchel on to his back. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

One by one, the children tied their wishes to me. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

His thinning gray hair was tied back in a ponytail. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She threw on one of Mama’s aprons, rolled up her sleeves, and tied her hair back into a bun. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Stretching open the tissue and muscle to expose the circuitry of the fallopian tubes, he tied each in a bow, and there were no more children. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

And with a flourish, he pulled a thread out of his fraying sleeve and tied it around Pinmei’s wrist. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He pulled off one of his socks, tied a knot in it, and used it to wedge the door open. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I smoothed my loose blouse close to my belly and tied it in back. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Daybreak was still probably a hour away when I finally got everything tied proper to the wagon. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

That is because I am tied to old ways, which I learned in a hard house. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I was trussed like a festival-day goat, but they tied Helene’s hands in front of her with twine and propped her on the back of a pony, assuming she was harmless. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Presently, the muvuki emerged, still wearing his suit but with two ceremonial cloths crossed over his chest and tied behind his back. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They pushed open the vice principal’s office door and found Mr. Lyons tied up on the floor. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

She glanced at Mini, who was trying to keep the cloak tied over the frozen Sleeper. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I picked out a blue-and- white dress and tied a blue scarf around my head. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He adjusted the wick and closed the lens, and a clear beam fell out on the grass ahead and all the way to the little jetty, where La Belle Sauvage was tied up. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Papi tied the squealing pig by its legs and, with the help of one of the men, turned it over and carried it to the table. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was tied up, but they clearly sensed it was something they might enjoy. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The swineherd, roused, reached out to get his sandals, tied them on, and took the road. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

My feet felt like raw hunks of meat, and the jacket I’d needed when I first left the house was now tied around my waist. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

We had four hogs in the cart, with their feet tied together. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

More important than the crab houses, however, are the boats, tied along the docks. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nya's mother tied the baby on her back and walked with several other women to a place between the village and the pond. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was still dressed all in white, her hair tied tightly into a bun. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

With Aron gone, the silences were the result of his going, and every little painful event was somehow tied to his absence. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The santero returns with the goat, its mouth and ears tied with string. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Billy was put to bed and tied down, and given a shot of morphine. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gave it about fifty yards and then tied the string to the stem of the peach. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Roosevelt and the others below, who were up to their armpits in water and slipping on the mossy rocks, tied the rope to the outermost canoe. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

I wanted to be treated like Annemarie and have all my snacks tied up with ribbon. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Use one or the other, not both: The reason Rex stayed home is that robbers tied him up. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel like my heart is tied in a knot that won’t let it beat freely. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Sitting on top of all his books was the white box, tied with strings. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

It’s two glue sticks tied together with string, and then the ends of the string are taped to the sides of the box, leaving the glue sticks hanging in the middle. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

He also said we had to watch out for cop cars in case they were looking for who tied up and robbed that old store dude last night. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He’d been restrained by a rope at some point; it was still tied around his waist and trailed in the dirt. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

You and all the others who think like you should be tied to a car and dragged down Ninth Street, as did happen once before. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once they were tied good and tight, Mr. Beaver threw back his head and hollered, “Trunktap! We could use your assistance!” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“The day will come, Francie,” she said, “when you’re forty-five and have a shape like a bag of horses’ oats tied in the middle. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyone who knew Violet well could tell she was thinking hard, because her long hair was tied up in a ribbon to keep it out of her eyes. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

He tied one end of the clothesline to the penguin’s fat throat and the other to his own wrist. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

“That Japanese whaler. The one seized by the port authorities. Is she still tied up at the docks?” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He tied her hands together so that she couldn't use them to steady herself. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He must have had him tied up inside the house. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The old men discussed how to get rid of her; nobody said so, but they all knew that they could not simply turn her loose or leave her behind, tied to a tree. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The letter addressed to him was tied to the leg of the owl in the middle. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I'm lying there on the floor tied up when Iggy sneaks in through the back. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ron’s tiny owl was twittering madly on the top of the icicleladen banisters, a scroll of parchment tied to his leg. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He groped with his two tied hands at his throat, and unclasped the brooch of his cloak. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Then I saw that it was not tied at the waist but below the navel, like a strumpet’s, and that she was naked below. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

His own hair was dark, pulled back into a neat queue, and tied with string. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dad is wearing a makeshift sling tied around his neck—a shirt holding his arm in position, close to his body. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

His brown hair was tied up in a bun. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

More layers of reeds were added and tied to make the bottom of the boat. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ben could manage solid food pretty well for himself, though even now, with cold food before him, Dilsey tied a cloth about his neck. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stuffed some of the cloth into her mouth and tied it in place with another strip. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

A light as bright as sunbeams shone out from the place where Father Cham's fingers tied the bracelet on the baby. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

But he had ruined it with a ratty belt tied into a bow rather than a proper knot. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

There was the white rock with the golden ropes tied tightly to it in order to capture the sun and hold him firmly to the world. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Otis, Pete, and Earl enter the stock car and then reappear, hauling Silver Star’s lifeless body down the ramp by a rope tied to his hind feet. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

We made sweat lodges out of broken branches dug back into the earth, covered over with our shirts tied together at the buttonholes. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

It was a single long piece of heavy rope tied to the beam over the north doorway. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

He had quarreled with his father and climbed out on a winter night with a sack of his own belongings, and some he had stolen, tied to his back. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She came out soon, with a wrapper tied casually around her chest. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Third, a live grouse with its legs tied together; fourth, the soft, tanned pelt of an ant bear. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She has this uncanny gift of delivering guilt tied up in a bow, and without fail, I accept it. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“And I could outsmart you with one brain tied behind mine!” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Looking at the man, with his crippled foot and greasy ragged tunic tied closed with woven palm fronds, it wasn’t hard to believe he was close to starvation. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then they tied down or put away anything that was still loose. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There was a tiny hole in the side and a tiny peg that fit in the hole, tied with string. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put Coyotito back in his hanging box and then she combed her black hair and braided it in two braids and tied the ends with thin green ribbon. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe they had tried to hurt him even though they were tied up, or maybe—maybe they had just refused to join up with the League. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She bound the least bloodied pieces around Lyddie’s head and tied them in place with a narrower strip. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I recognized the box by the bright blue ribbon tied around it. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He greeted Rebeca in the dining room, tied the dogs up in the courtyard, hung the rabbits up in the kitchen to be salted later, and went to the bedroom to change his clothes. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

In the polished box lay a rolled white paper tied with a red ribbon. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Told me about friends in the business who were boarded by pirates who tied them to the masts, and then took their stash. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

He tied the canoe to the back porch and climbed up into the house. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

She wore a stained apron stretched across her wide middle and tied in back. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Roosevelt figured that the rising river caused the leaky canoe to sink, pulling the canoe it was tied to under as well. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

His black hair was tied in a ponytail. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The other guard tied Ayanna’s and my wrists in front of us with strips of cloth. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He straightened his friend’s body, placed the other dog tag in Charlie’s mouth, and tied his mouth shut with a strip of cloth. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But you must be able to travel on it—they have boats,” thought Gregor, noticing half a dozen crafts tied up above the rush of the current. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She reached a comfortable spot where three branches forked, tied the rope securely, adjusted her harness, and rested. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

All tied up and watching the engine come around the corner. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I tucked the paper in my pocket, tied it tight, and slipped it under the waistband of my skirt where it could not be seen. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bernard has a black sock tied around his arm. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Doherty brought David Herold to the porch, bound his hands, and tied him to a tree about two yards from where Booth lay. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once the robe was tied on and the hen's legs came through the bottom, she rippled her body back and forth, as if to see how much she could still move. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

A packet wrapped in brown paper and tied with a bit of calico proved to hold girlish bits of fabric. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She took him out into the woods, tied him to a tree, and left him there. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Jones has hidden a twelve-foot-long boat at the water’s edge, tied to a large oak tree. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

After we had tied the skiff high above the wrack line, we took Mouse inside with us and locked the door and all the windows but the one next to Osh’s bed. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I pulled the Wild Boy leopard skin up over my legs and tied the single strap on my shoulder. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was closer than it had been when he tied it, so the water was higher. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

They took me to the bam and tied my hands and raised whatever they had tied them to high over my head. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I swear to God, someone tied a knot in my stomach. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

These things were tied together with a bit of dirty string from the corset of a woman who had given birth to twins after only ten minutes of labor. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gathered her toys around her and tied them together with jump ropes like a sculpture, each one tethered to another. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He made sure she had fresh water, let her relieve herself, and tied her gently to the deck pole, which he told her was called a “mast.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watches as the hat is placed in a round chocolate-colored box, tied with a thick, creamy ribbon. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’s carrying a white box tied with string, plus his over-the-shoulder bag. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

An ugly yellow scrap from a ripped bodice was still tied to the handle of the front door, which was open. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He fumbled with his hands to say ‘Darling Mary’ and then held to the small brass cross tied to his neck with a dirty string. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

After molding the bricks, my father spent days in the valley hacking the long-stemmed grasses to be used for roofing, then tied them into round bales. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Four little boats were tied to either bank, and there were several other doors—some wooden, some iron—that led to this exit. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He paddled to it and tied the canoe to the trunk. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

A lumpy present from Hyacinth was tied prettily in one of her much adored ribbons. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

And there, bounding down the side of the mountain, his scrawny arms flapping, the flag tied around his neck like a cape, was Brangwain Spurge. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

She put her head on her knees and tied knots in the strings of her tennis shoes. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“She’s conservative with her spending, and usually only wants to pay for repairs and such. It took her a while to finally renovate the lobby. I’m sorry. My hands are tied.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Angela's golden hair was tied in a knot on the nape of her neck. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I peek at the long cardboard box he just came out of and see a couple of plastic bags tied closed and a frayed green comforter. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He tied the top of the pillowcase in a knot, and then he untied it again. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was his last full memory of her, and his mind edited it of its own accord—sometimes the sleep-tussled wrapper tied across her waist was flaked with gold, other times with red. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Does that explain why you have tied us up?” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

A carp bladder, from which all the air has been squeezed out, and which has been tied off, is introduced into the Torricellian void. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The match is tied at the end of extra time. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He removed a section of both fallopian tubes, tied the ends of the tubes, and sutured them shut. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

After several wraps, he tied the vine off. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

And other letters at the bottom tied with a ribbon. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

A few feet away, they dropped him on the pavement, and with the help of two more guards, they tied his hands and feet with plastic handcuffs. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

What couldn’t fit in the trunk of the car, we tied to the top. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They were extremely big for me, so I had tied them with ropes so they wouldn’t fall off while I walked. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He took out a stack of envelopes that was tied together neat with a blue ribbon. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Eliza and I tied for third place and were both really happy with our results and wanted to celebrate. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He ran to the dinghy, pulled the stick it was tied to out of the ground, and began to shove the boat out into the current. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

That night the bent woman seemed all violet-colored as she tied a piece of seal fur and blubber to Miyax s belt. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When ordered to do so by teachers, I untied the plastic cup I kept tied to my belt and waited for my turn. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

I tied my wrapper, which I had used as a light cover in the warm night, over my nightdress, knotted it under my arm, and followed Jaja downstairs. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled one of Enoch’s cheesecloths from her coat and quickly tied it around a stone plucked from the ground, making a kind of slingshot. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I tied scarves into slings and put a baby on each side of my shoulder. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bekah Cotter stands behind the row of girls in a pair of tiny denim shorts, gold flats, and an oversized white T-shirt that’s been tied into a knot at the small of her back. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Every night I was tied to the stable post. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

He tries to pull his hand out of my grasp, but he’s tied in such a way that he can’t. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

We tied Mom’s art supplies to the roof and filled the trunk with pots and pans and blankets. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I thought she meant the laundry until she tied a scarf around her hair. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

While it nibbled at the food one of them offered, the other officer tied its antlers to the fence with a leather strap. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

We have the sails tightly reefed and tied down. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Kazi gave it to me this morning wrapped in brown paper, tied with a piece of dried grass. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I’d changed into my sneakers too quickly today and hadn’t yet tied my shoes. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She roped the beavers onto a little sled tied to another rope that circled her waist. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

My shoulders were cut where the life vest had burned into me as it kept me tied to the boat. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He folded this note up very small, and with immense difficulty, tied it to the tiny owl’s leg as it hopped on the spot with excitement. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t have stood anything tied around my waist. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Give that tongue of yours a rest unless you’d rather I tied it in a knot.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In some species, the members are so tied to each other and interdependent as to seem the loosely conjoined cells of a tissue. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wagon train returns later in the afternoon with balloons tied to their chairs and silly hats on their heads. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

When I climbed down, I tied him to the fence. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually Joe’s father wrestled him into the car, tied him tight to the door, and drove to the doctor. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She reached up to feel her head and groaned when her fingers touched a hundred hay straws tied into her hair. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

So I jumped out and tied up the skiff, next to where my father would tie the Portia Sue. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was track, in which he earned four varsity letters, tied the school half-mile record, and set its mile record of 5:06, that was his true forte. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

“We took her and her eco-warrior boyfriend and tied them up over a piranha tank and slowly lowered them in.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Ahead of them, someone had tied plastic buoys, marking a lane for people without boats. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

So I was left standing there, a sad little boy holding tight against my chest the thin blanket in which my few belongings were tied. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miyax put her needle away, rolled her ground skin into a tight bundle, and tied it to the bottom of the pack. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Becky unpinned her apron and folded it, then tied on her bonnet, preparing to go home. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Goblin, tied to the head of the wharf, was pawing, turning toward him and nickering. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re like a cat with a bunch of tin cans tied to its tail.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hunger came to his stomach; an icy hand reached down his throat and clutched his intestines and tied them into a cold, tight knot that ached. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

One of Lyte’s black coach horses was tied in the stable yard. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

No, my fate is tied in with everyone else in this truck. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Beech. See, you can tell by the grain. It’s really smooth. And the way it’s tied, it’ll never come off.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Finally Sam tied the mouse to it and swung it again. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I had nothing to carry, so I filled my pockets with oranges, tied the laces of my tattered crapes, and I was ready to go. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Her stomach was flat again, her waist narrow before the flare of her hips, the belt of the robe tied in a floppy knot. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

She was wearing a plaid skirt and a tight black sweater, and her hair was tied back in a ponytail, an ebony, shimmering waterfall. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She had a reed bow tied around her neck, just like Connor’s puzzler. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

When they found the horse, it was still standing there, tied to the fence, only somebody had come along and stolen the saddle off it. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I had tied the raft so that it was about six feet from the boat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She tugged my hair hard and tied it in a green and gold ribbon. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mirror stood between the piles, tied with a blue ribbon, reflecting the orange flicker of the jack-o’-lanterns. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Also, here is a green toothbrush tied in a ribbon. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

He unstepped the mast and furled the sail and tied it. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they were bathed in blood they tied her to a post, drove a stake through her heart, and burned her. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picked up his wrapper and tied it around his body, knotting it at his waist. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Rufus might as well have tied me to a tree and said, “Ready, aim, fire!” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kim has tied its legs together, but it struggles and tries to peck at Ma’s hand. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their legs are tied together at the ankles and knees so that they won’t kick wildly after the hangman springs the door. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

One grasped Taran by the throat, the other tied his hands behind him. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

When we finally reached the hidden grove, I tied Quinby’s rope around a blue willow trunk. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I rode to within a quarter of a mile of the Salt Licks, then left Jumper tied in a thicket and went on afoot. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

My stomach tightens with the swoop of her voice, the gravel in it keeping us both tied to earth. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

She wore one of his old lumberjack shirts, her hair was tied back in a pony tail. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wrapped my clean white shirts in road maps and tied the carton with fishing line. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The third night, the blue ticks were tied by two black and tan hounds from the bayou country of Louisiana. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men were then pulled from the hold, squinting in the bright sunlight—filthy, weak, and almost crippled from being tied down for almost twenty hours each day. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The screecher’s appearance on the carousel, my empty coat pocket, the attempted escape, the reed tied around its neck. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He had light brown dreadlocks tied in a bunch with a hank of yarn, and intense blue eyes that shone like high beams. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Bill put the pack against one of the trees and we jointed up the rods, put on the reels, tied on leaders, and got ready to fish. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

He tied the other end to the porch rail. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

They had given him a white slate with a stump of pencil tied to the comer. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun and Frank got out of the canoe and tied it to the porch. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Most people think he has to look like something or someone—a roofleaf or Christ—but we don’t And not being tied to what God looks like, frees us. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tucked the coins away and tied my purse firmly underneath my shirt, then gave him a meaningful look and patted it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But to tell Elmer Ren, with a sick wife and too many children and his life tied up in 320 acres of Montana prairie, that he must leave all behind...that was a different story. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“His lifeline was tied to a stick in a fireplace, and when that piece of wood burned up...” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They piled their things in the center of a few worn rags and tied the corners together. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was the dock the Hartshorn had tied to, and there was Bellingham’s building. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a red bow tied halfway up the buggy whip and red ribbons were braided into the horses’ manes and tails. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Samar reached up, gently pulled down my lowest branch, and tied the fabric in a loose knot. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She tied it to Matthias’s arm, the right one, just above the elbow. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He follows me out to the wharf and spots the skiff tied up at the end. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

That May there was a blurred photograph in the papers of a landlord in Palghat who had been tied to a lamp post and beheaded. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a scarf — or rather, three scarves tied together. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth and Marshall were languishing in the dungeon, tied hand and foot, victims of the priests of Set. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt pretty awful about it, but my hands were tied. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I folded my blanket up and put it in my suitcase and tied the twine back. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Not dormant. Off. I mean, completely. They can’t right now. It replaces too many basic functions. It’s tied in to everything.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was wearing a somber taffeta suit, a shirt with a round and hard collar, and a thin silk ribbon tied in a bow in place of a necktie. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Father Cham reached into a pouch he kept tied at his side and pulled out a long woven cord. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Noah packed up the rest of the supplies— farm tools, several bags of seed, and some rolls of cloth—and tied them down carefully. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had tied its lead to the drainpipe next to the door. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I curdled the milk and tied the cheese cloths for the rasmalai. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

On the first floor, all of the chairs are covered in white cloth and tied across the back with flowing pine-green ribbon that has silver piped along the edges. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

From his pocket he took a shoelace and tied the ends of the sticks loosely together to make a flail. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pong rolled his eyes and climbed into the shallow-bottom boat Ampai kept tied up in the canal behind the Mud House. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I tied the mule up and went inside. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unlike a Safe Horse, it had to be tied to a tree. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The four vines tied to Alby below hung tautly around him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Proofs tied his brain into knots as tight as the ones on his father’s fishing nets. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I think maybe my ankle was tied to my husband’s and sister-in-law’s both.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

We filled pouches with the graveyard dirt and tied them up tight, putting them in Doc’s big bag. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

For the first time, Omakayas noticed all of these little bundles, how cleverly they were tied. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

She kept falling sideways because her hands were still tied behind her, and so he tied her feet together instead and released her hands. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Church had inspected Smith’s farm home and seen there, hanging from a barn rafter, a length of rope tied with the same kind of knot that was used to bind the four Clutters. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chi-Boy ran back from the woods, the female tied at the hands and feet and thrown over his shoulder like a bedroll. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Tayo stroked her neck and made sure the rope was tied securely to the tree. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the late afternoon Mary took Will and Lyra along the riverbank, past the fishing posts where the nets were tied, and through the wide salt marsh toward the sea. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I remember the outlines of garden beds not yet planted for the spring, a goat or two in a pen, one sodden dog tied to a post, hunched defeated in the muck. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

All of Mr. Staphopoulos’s belongings were packed into his station wagon, and some things were even tied on top. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Inside were four coppers and a little hank of blond hair tied up with a red ribbon. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Frisby could not see him in the dark, but when she touched him she found they had even tied a piece like a bonnet around his head and ears. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

They tied up the canoe in their usual place, and the chandler promised to keep an eye on her, and soon they were in Cranham Street. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The boar’s feet were tied together, a pole was slipped between his legs, and two men hoisted It upon their shoulders. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside of my parents’ house were white balloons, tied off on either side of the white fence’s gate, floating arrows that pointed us up to the open front door. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

We then rolled each pile into the middle of a piece of oilcloth, tucked the ends of the cloth over, and tied the bundle with plenty of wire twisted with fishing line. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

What made it heavy, sank it into the water so that it could not move, was the extra weight of the man tied in the middle. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

He had tied a bandanna tight around his eyes. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had brought into the bathroom a small, oblong package wrapped in white paper and tied with gold tinsel. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Taking one of the lead ropes from my pocket, I tied it to her collar. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put on my best lawn dress and kid boots, the ones I’d worn to the music recital, and tied a sky-blue ribbon in my hair, the color Harry liked best on me. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Shin’s brother looked gaunt and frail as guards tied him to the wooden post. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Even tied up a T-shirt like a noose and put it in my brother’s gym locker. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He had no shoes at all and his feet were wrapped in rags and cardboard tied with green twine and any number of layers of vile clothing showed through the tears and holes in it. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I tied her up on my waist, toted her around all day with me for a entire year. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

One could not imagine what she was thinking as she marched so grimly down the halls, her head tied up in a rag, a bucket and a mop in her hands. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

She tied a piece of string to the spoon’s handle. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I rifle through the pack and find a toothbrush and a little bouquet of new lip glosses tied together by a silver ribbon. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

It had been heavy once, when we were newly married: now the faded rag in which it was tied was too big and the ends flapped loosely over the knot. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a lifebuoy in the boat with a rope tied to it. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a pair of women with scarves tied around their heads coming up the steps from the sunken front doors. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Colin Vole huddled piteously on some dirty sacking in a corner, while Mr. Abram Vole and his wife battered away at the door with their paws tied together. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Empty rowboats were tied up to a wharf. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

We passed a man standing by the road, holding a suitcase tied up with string. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he was certain that Uncle Jet wasn’t watching him, he tied the bow guard back onto his wrist and walked to the edge of the light of the light post. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I could just picture Fluffy sitting up to the dining room table with a little bib tied around his neck. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unruly patients were tied to their beds or secluded in locked rooms. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Margaret was tied up in the office, so I went to hang out in the add-on living room, as I usually did. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tied on a compress and told me to ease back, then he ran off toward the fighting. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

We tied Laney to a pole outside Ben's favorite taqueria and watched all the hipsters stop and pet her. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

As though invisible strings were tied to Snape’s wrists, neck, and knees, he was pulled into a standing position, head still lolling unpleasantly, like a grotesque puppet. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She had a spear tied to her back and a panga stuck into a makeshift belt. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had started very innocently when he pulled a guy over because a Christmas tree tied to the roof of the man’s car was falling off. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“But if we don’t have any news by tomorrow,” Phoebe said, “we should definitely call the police. We’ve waited too long already. What if she’s tied up somewhere and waiting for us to rescue her?” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

She tied pretty red yarn around its tail to neutralize the bad luck. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The top was in sort of a bun and tied tight with red rubber bands. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

In the distasteful stillness, while he muttered and insisted that the terms should be observed, reluctant hands disarmed Sir Lancelot and tied him. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put his chain back on him and tied him up good, but Caleb kept sniffing and pulling. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

There he saw three women beating two men who’d been tied together, back to back. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

We tied for top grades in first through sixth. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Back to daily tasks after the excitement and holiday of the Handfasting, Tall Andras knelt in the field and meticulously tied together the thick branches that would form the body of the mommet. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The emphasis on experience was thus tied to the ideas of progress and discovery. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She tied her dress-cloth as best she could while lying down in the boat, untied the rope, and pushed herself away with the oar. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s been very good, Ma,” Conor’s mother said, winking at him from behind his grandma, her favorite blue scarf tied around her head. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

One shoe on and tied, the other shoe missing, he suddenly got down on his hands and knees and passed a hand back and forth under the radiator. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

A pair of baby shoes dangle by tied laces from a drawer handle. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Many on paper, tied with a ribbon or a string. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Her curly cinnamon-colored hair was tied back in a bandana, which gave her a commando look that Leo found kind of hot—and then immediately felt guilty about. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She had tied a clear plastic scarf around her hair. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like someone had tied up the person the same way you might tie a shoelace. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

There was a Christmas bauble tied to the loop on top of his tea cozy. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

They decided to take a detour round the place where they had seen the monster tied up, and marched away through the darksome trees without a thought of danger. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore a new suit, blue, with broad, blue stripes, and carried, crooked under his arm, a brown-paper bundle tied with string. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Through these she ran leather thongs and tied them together. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I tied him up and delivered food to some quarantined families. Bite me." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Her mother took off the necklace and tied the loose scarf around her neck. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

She was tied to a hard chair - wood, by the feel of it. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

My shoelace is tied but I hold the loops in my fingers, knowing when I let go, I’ll have to do something. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

We couldn’t imagine what tied all three things together. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

With her hands tied behind her, Tally lurched into the brush off-balance, tumbling to the ground as her bare feet caught on something in the dense vegetation. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Sean took off his fly, tied on a plain hook, picked a buttercup and stuck it on the hook, cast, and caught a fish. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a big vase of flowers with a red ribbon tied in a bow around the vase. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

They were forced down a steep flight of stairs, still tied back-to-back and in danger of slipping and breaking their necks at any moment. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He tied the canoe to the back porch. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Just to be safe, she tied a new ball of string to the end of her rope ladder. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When I came to, we were tied up to a sapling, and Grandma was crouched over me. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I arrived in Endovier, and they dragged me into the center of the camp, and tied me between the whipping posts. Twenty-one lashes.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Out of the side window I point to a faded red rag tied to a stick and what appears to be a driveway, overgrown with weeds. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The only voluptuous element in the large room was the champagne-colored velvet drapes tied back with white ribbons. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before Constance could think of a grumpy reply, Kate had tied the ladder to her belt and hoisted the smaller girl upon her back. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

After several biscuits, I brought out the slim packet wrapped in muslin and tied with a strip of calico. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in European clothes, but around his neck hung many charms and around his hips was tied a leopard skin. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two barrels of cane syrup were tied down in the wagon. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was wearing a long black raincoat with a red silk scarf tied loosely around her neck. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he tied his cloak around his shoulders and walked away, leaving his mother behind in the shadows. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

A tall, heavyset spinster, about forty years old, she always wore a scarf on her head, tied beneath the chin, even during class, and she spoke with a slow, careful Appalachian accent. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

While we were waiting, Dr. Barnard looked down and noticed that my shoelaces were not properly tied and he quickly kneeled down to tie them for me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t. It’s not like you tied him down and forced him.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Something Will—the other Will—said right before Tiny and Jane walked up keeps looping around my head: love is tied to truth. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

“Then they beat him senseless and tied him to an iron cross and threw him back in his cell. He died tied to an iron cross. He died on a cross.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I imagined my brother tied to a chair at the school, a flock of grey-hooded villains tightening his beaded chains while they recited Hail Mary like synchronized swimmers. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Scattered along the river bank were docks and wharves with skiffs and rowboats tied up to them. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hated hearing them, hated seeing them, hated being tied up in traffic by them. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Duke demanded, attempting, once again, to shake off the irritating plastic collar tied around his neck. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She got a rope and tied one end of it to his right forefoot. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a package, about the size of a deck of cards, wrapped in white paper and tied with green ribbon. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I wear a cotton kerchief on my head, folded into a triangle and tied behind my ears, the front of it damp with sweat. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, leaning against the pole she was tied to, she managed to fall asleep. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe they tied camphor on her pulse to cure her. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It flew a short distance before a string she’d tied around its foot snapped taut and it hovered, caught in the air, like a dog straining at its lead. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Ralph was tied in the wagon just as she had left him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Once she had captured all the children, Leopard tied up their mouths and wrapped them in leaves. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Moreover, the flaps of his hat came down along both sides of his face, encircling it, then tied below, making his cheeks plump. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then she yanked her apron with the pink and red roses on it off the nail on the kitchen wall, put it on over her head, and tied it around her waist. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He should’ve carried her up the stairs to her room and tied her to the bed and touched that left knee all night long. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And like...not to brag, but I can do ninety percent of the work in there with my eyes closed and a hand tied behind my back.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

It was he who owned this great wharf, the warehouses, many of the fine ships tied up along it. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tied them around the ends of the plaits, then pinned the plaits on top of Hannah’s head like a crown. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Officers said that the body had been weighed down with a cotton gin pulley tied with barbed wire. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

She’d taken off her overalls and put the same wash dress back on, but she’d tied a fresh apron over it. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

We wrapped the stump in a piece of cloth and we tied a rope above the wound to stop the bleeding. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

His face was bruised and battered, and one eye was closed, and as they saw when they got closer, his hands were tied behind him. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you have ever flown a hawk on a creanoe, which is a long fine tied to the hawk's jesses so that she cannot fly away, you know what a nuisance the thing can be. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The storm raged for two nights, trashing the coastline, tearing away anything that wasn’t tied down. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was tied with a string instead of plaited and I can still remember how sparkly white it looked in the sun. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

His tie was a piece of heavy black silk and he tied an expert bow with it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Give MacDuff some water,” her father said, “but keep him tied, Lissa. I don’t want him running off into the woods.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He slipped out of his trousers and tied a wrapper around his waist before he took his shirt off. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I went very slowly, for I had to crawl on my hands and knees, carrying the food tied to my back, and dragging the weapons. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’d tied his shoelaces up high on the bars, but I guess not high enough to kill him, so he’s there all pale going gaagaa-gaaghh.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the hippos were silent, she imagined them creeping around the tree where she had tied up. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later I tied one of the buckets to a rope and bailed the boat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then the Reverend hands me a box, wrapped in white paper, tied with light blue ribbon, same colors as the book. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I looked at Vera with the big blue bow tied on the top of her head. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then he stepped back and turned and shouted, “Fellow mice, the thread has been tied. The thread has been knotted.” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

The morning after Susie’s party, a black limousine with palace plates rolls up our driveway and delivers a bouquet of roses tied with red, white, and blue ribbons, the colors of our flag. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

My insides are tied up in knots, a scream claws its way up my throat, but I push it all down. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later in the morning, Doha’s mother packed a small wooden container full of food, including fruit, and tied it with a brightly colored wrapping cloth for easy carrying. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I swiftly tied a string to my hook, put the grub on, and walked up the stream looking for a good place to fish. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she tied them both securely to a massive buttress of one of the roots, as thick around as her own hips. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

There they followed the sound of rushing water to a stream and, once there, tied a few logs together to make a raft. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Italians were wearing silky light blue uniforms, and they had tied white bandanas rakishly around their heads, pirate-style. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She’s wearing a white cotton shift, which is hiked up over her thighs; her long broom-colored hair is pulled back and tied behind her head, to keep it out of the way. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had not tied her wrapper over her nightdress, and I could make out the downward slope of her breasts, the slight swell of her belly underneath the sheer fabric. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Personal gifts, some tied elaborately with ribbons and others wrapped in newspaper, were thrust into his hands. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

His uncle had left the horses tied up in front of the waterside inn. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The men were tied to poles, and their bodies kept shuddering even after the bullets were no longer being pumped into them. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I took the shovel that was tied up in the corner of the wagon and did the same. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I remember. The dogs, the rope...They tied me behind a horse and I had to run, but I couldn’t...Then they beat me...But...but...” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

They dropped a rope down, and Roosevelt and the others, up to their armpits in water, tied it around the outermost canoe. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Harry suddenly became aware that he was still wearing the scarlet Gryffindor banner that Lee had tied around him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The next thing he knew he was in the dining room of the main house lying face up on the table, his hands tied and a pillow under his head. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The door opened, and the blonde in the photograph—all smiles—waltzed in, wearing a pink sweater with a pattern of snowflakes knit into it, and her hair tied back with a pink ribbon. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

They would find an apartment for rent: usually a studio, sometimes an efficiency, whatever they could afford and wherever they could go month to month, for Mia did not like to be tied down. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I felt around it but the rope was no longer tied to it He'd cut the raft loose! The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bent over to tie perfectly tied shoelaces and came up with a flushed but straight face. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I sit up, grabbing a folded-paper box sitting there, tied with a red ribbon. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He also began a correspondence course in “Biblical understanding” that had been created by the Church and was often tied in to world events as interpreted by Armstrong. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She set down her candle and tied another ball to the end of the string. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Pushing open the doors, I see the yellow balloon floating, its string tied tightly to the vase. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

My life felt like it had been tied into a giant knot, one that would take a long time to untangle. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

The same length may be written as a half note and a quarter note tied together. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

A strange tassel hung from the top of the book—a worn leather cord, frayed and tied back together in several spots. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The next morning the baby doll was under the tree, a ribbon in her gold hair, and a bottle tied to her wrist. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Before I emerged, I made certain my mask was securely tied. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

It waren’t but a minute later that I saw two horses pulling a big wagon with Jingle Boy tied up behind. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

My feet felt clumsy, and when I looked down I saw that my shoes were already tied. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

There he saw the three royal griffins tied to stakes, grazing. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“We lost, I mean, we tied our game,” he said. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

A strange paralysis accompanied his thoughts; a sudden overwhelming fatigue took hold, and his heart pounded furiously, and he panted trying to walk only a few feet from the place he had tied the mare. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

People were lined up with their towels, socks, underwear, and any canvas bag that was supple enough to be twisted and tied. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Then he tied them up, saying, with the happy look Jo liked to see, “Please give these to your mother, and tell her I like the medicine she sent me very much.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hobbled the mule and tied a long rope to the burro and let them graze on the thin, bluish green leaves of salt bushes growing at the entrance to the canyon. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He stumbled and was dragged onto his feet by Greyback; now he was staggering along sideways, tied back-to-back to the four other prisoners. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

What had he done and who had tied him and why had they plucked him and why had we sung of his fate? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inning by inning and run by run, we chipped away, and a minute ago, we tied things up when I scored all the way from first on Luis’s base knock to right. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Harry scribbled the dates down on the back of Sirius’s letter, tied it onto the brown owl’s leg, and watched it take flight again. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She bought a pair of fowl from them, and asked that their legs be tied together. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Baxter held a small black box tied with a thin pink ribbon. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

His rope was improperly tied; his bell had a tinny unimpassioned sound. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He’s said, often enough, that artists can’t live like other people, tied down to demanding families and expensive material possessions. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her glossy hair was bobbed and tied neatly with a pink ribbon that matched the dress she wore under a pretty white coat. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jacquel tied off the intestines, glistening and snakelike in her belly, below the stomach and deep in the pelvis. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“Every night when I fell asleep I would see myself tied to the ground in the middle of a long, open space,” Johnson later described. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

When it came time for Pagliuca to take the afternoon readings, the wind was so strong that he tied a rope around his waist and had two colleagues take hold of the other end. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Her long black hair is tied into a thick braid that reaches down her back, a green bow at the end. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Weylin ordered the man stripped naked and tied to the trunk of a dead tree. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Uri tied me to his own wrist when we went to sleep, so I could not deliver food to Janina in the night. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I said, knotting the loose end of the spool tar to the string loop tied to the center spar. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They brought extra clothes rolled up and tied with a string. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then I went back to the rover and tied off the cord to the roof- rack bar on the high side. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

They dumped him next to Mark.The soldier grunted and groaned but didn’t resist because they still had the other end of the rope that was tied around his neck. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I tied the strings on his gown and we continued to his room. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The word out was that the New London had just tied up last night and would be unloading. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped and put his fingers to his lips and whis- tied. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Together, the sisters had sailed out over the creek on a tire swing tied to a fat tree limb by a knotted fist of rope. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

They wound the entrails of his son around his loins and his hips, tied his knees and legs so tightly he could barely move. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Her eyes sparkled, and her long braids, tied with red ribbons, swung at her waist. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat up and found, in the bottom of the box, a scrap of rough cloth tied into a bundle with some twine. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“He found Gregorovitch. He had him tied up, he was torturing him.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Thor tied the goats to a tree, and the two made their way inside. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

A gauze bandage the size of a baby’s diaper was wrapped around her head, and her wrists were tied to the bed railing. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pictured him tied to a chair or something. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then he cut strips from his jacket and tied the two crosspieces together at the ends so that they were pulled together and held the logs firmly in place. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Stay awake, that’s the first thing. If the water goes down while the canoe’s still tied to the branch, we’ll get tipped out and left with the canoe halfway up a tree.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He paused, and in that moment I stood there as if my hands were already tied behind my back, waiting for the first blow of many. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

After the sun went down he tied it around his neck so that it hung down over his back and he cautiously worked it down under the line that was across his shoulders now. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

My orderly had cut paper into strips and tied the strips to a stick to make a brush that swished the flies away. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

There’s a pen tied to the table, and when I punch the name in and hit return, all the titles of Graham Greene come up on-screen. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Her brown hair was tied back in a knot. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I wore my nanga, which is a red cloth, tied around my waist. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

He carried on his back an old army rucksack with a blanket roll tied across the top of it and he tapped along with a peeled stick for a cane. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Packages and bags and tied rolls and bundles are heaped everywhere. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

She’s not wearing any makeup, and her hair is tied back in a ponytail instead of being hair-sprayed out to there. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I pulled up my leg and untied and tied my shoe. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I find myself tied with a rawhide cord to a small pole at the end of the train car. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

A bloody bandage was tied above his right knee, and it looked painful to step with his right foot. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mama keeps an old mitten tied to the handle,” he said. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“If you will excuse me, Madam,” said Balan, “perhaps we could manage the ordeal tonight? I believe the candidate is loose, for I did not hear him being tied up.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got up early the next day and tied my hair back, ready to begin the housepainting. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“According to your schedule, we’ve got about two hours to kill before Milo’s tied up in another activity.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The photographer wrapped the pictures in brown paper and tied them with twine. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She tied the violet ribbon around the pot. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

At the end of it was tied a long open boat. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they reached the stem, the lad tied up their blades and slammed a shoulder into Duck, and the big man went into the river. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

So, far as this being the Lord’s work, I’m-a have to take his word for it, ’cause it jus’ don’t sum up that nothing holy would be tied up in something that smelt this bad. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

One of the kings-of-anns caught it and tied it with his guige, for which the people gave him an ironic cheer. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She made sure it would stay tied there, and then she ran away. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I tied my shoe on loosely and walked on. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

There was a powerboat tied up at the base of the steps, and Alice was right: there were two men. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Each flower is individually wrapped in cellophane and tied with a red ribbon, and he’s got a sign that says $3 that he props up against the bucket. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

And once they were tied, it’d be much easier for the Midwest team to slip into the lead. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Mr. Alums might as well have tied me up to a pole and said, “Ready, aim, fire!” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How much?” one of the girls pointed to a necklace with red beads in which you’d tied your special loops and knots. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Mark’s mom sat looking down at her hands, at her fingers tied tight together. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

In the center of the tent there is a man in a tuxedo, suspended by one leg that is tied with a silver cord, hands clasped behind his back. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

We all went into the kitchen and found Arnold tied up but not gagged. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

Kat had her arms folded and her hair was tied in what girls call a topknot. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blood would not stop its flowing, though I tied the rag tightly about the incision. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The young man led them to a boat tied up at the sugar-beet jetty, where a woman in a red flannel apron held open the door for them. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“They chain you if they think you are dangerous. The girl whose arms were tied behind her, did you see her? She wasn’t dangerous, she was a—collaboratrice.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Sometime later, the man in the yellow suit slipped down from the saddle and tied the Tucks’ old horse to a bar of the Fosters’ fence. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had tied for the House Cup — if only Dumbledore had given Harry just one more point. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“Only Kumi could stand up to this threat, and her strength is tied to mine. The rest...they are barely enough to protect the Golden Crescent,” Nyame said sadly. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She tied up to a convenient tree on a small island offshore. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took one branch in hand, reached for another nearby, and skillfully tied the supple ends together. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

With each step I seemed to move further away from my own life, as it had been; yet everything I saw tied me closer to the valley. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Even if her hands weren’t tied, he was bigger, stronger, faster. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

His bow guard thankfully was still tied to his wrist. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

A sleeping mat was rolled tightly and tied to the bottom of the frame. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

It was tied with string that Papa had gotten at work. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She even took a hankie she tied to the strap of her undershirt and cried into it. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and counted backward, letting go of everything my mind and body was tied to. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

They wore white shirts and their heads were tied with white cloths. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Avery had a balloon tied to his ear and was chewing a candied apple. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“I tied her shoelaces to the desk,” she whispered. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She looked carefully at the string that was tied around it. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He tore it into narrow strips and tied them together to make a rope or tie-down about four feet long. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think Mr. Gregory was about to start crying right there, even though it wasn’t him that was getting his hair tied up in a bun—which, by the way, hurts. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I recognized those tracks from the many winters in Piatra Neamț where I had stumbled out onto the frozen pond with a neighbor friend, dull blades tied to the bottoms of our shoes. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Carefully he pulled it down, tied the loose ends and put the brake on the turning blades. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The long hair was pulled forward and tied into two droppy pugs which protruded three or four inches from each ear. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boldest still dropped a few lines into the river, though even that was hazardous; more remained tied up beneath Meereen’s walls of many-colored brick. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

At the very center of our community, this holy place tied us together as a working unit and made us strong. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And indeed they could see a horseman riding toward them at full gallop, but a curious horseman who flopped about on his mount like a tied chicken. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

While the dwarfs were hacking and wheezing, he grabbed his tool belt from Akmon, calmly summoned some bungee cords, and tied up the dwarfs. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Inside under the deck was a space that held some rolled sails and what looked to be a two man rubber raft rolled and tied with bungee cords. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Later I found out that Rock and three others had been in the kitchen with Arnold tied to a chair. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

The cars had old chairs and sewing machines and washtubs tied to their roofs. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Then, inspired, she tied around her head one of the red scraps from the cloth in which she was to have married Zororo. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother took the ball of yarn and tied a knot on one end. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

It creaks under my feet and once I nearly pitch over into the river but I do finally make it to the boat still tied there. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He stooped down to her while she tied his black string tie. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

At roll call that night, the two SS officers who had tied up the deer were pulled off duty by the commandant. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then she says, “My hands are tied, Fabiola. I did everything to get my sister here. Everything. I would’ve kissed the ground if she had walked through that door with you.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He ripped her hair, he tied her up. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

She said, “I wanted someone to know me. I thought it would be like when you’re finally tied to the dock.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many have bells tied on strings around their necks, which chime when the animals slowly move their heads. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t mind the light purple walls, but the flowy, white fabric tied in bows is too much. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

She packed them, tied a thong to the new caribou skin so she could drag it behind her, and lined up her pointer stones with a distant frost heave. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We didn’t get the call, but at least we were tied 1—1 at the end of the inning. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tied the grass shelter more firmly to the trees and crept as far inside as she could manage. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She touches her hair, which is braided in thick ropes and tied at the back of her neck with little bells. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The sack of coins. The old man tied the bag to his belt. He gave me his life vest.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Boots lay tied to Temp’s back, oblivious to the world. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

When they were done digging, we tied them and stabbed their legs with bayonets. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Lucky Strike was grinning, his long black dreadlocks tied back, but Nailer knew he was also telling people there wouldn’t be any rioting for food. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

She reached for her bathrobe, tied it tightly about her waist, and padded down the winding staircase, leaving sloppy wet footprints along the parquet floor. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I pulled him through the opening under the fence and tied him to it with a thong and left food beside him to eat and some fresh water. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tore off a strip of shirt and tied the ndoro around his neck. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Running the end of it under their collars, I tied them up. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the river, the canoes were tied together in pairs to form a balsa, or raft. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Kinzie led her up three different ladders to a metal catwalk, then tied Hazel’s hands loosely behind her back and pushed her along past crates of jewelry. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Henry Dobbins and Norman Bowker even rigged up a safety line between them, a long piece of wire tied to their belts. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today, he’s wearing simple blue robes, but with his white dreadlocks tied back and his trimmed beard, he still looks annoyingly regal. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Now she had a plain tie-dye wrapper tied loosely around her waist and that white T-shirt she wore every other day. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Not a song really, just a pattern of notes tied together like popcorn on string. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“She wants to know why we tied her up,” Dri said. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She leaned over the parapet, watching as a young fox approached along the dusty road, bearing a stick with a white rag of truce tied to it. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He tied his gun to his back and took out his bayonet, rubbing his finger on the flat edge, holding it in front of his face. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The bell tied to the bakery door jingles, and someone enters. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The young men threw a line to Zeitoun, who tied it to the canoe. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Under the portico they tied the animals, and Melanthios looked at Odysseus with a sneer. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She held them in place with twine tied around her waist. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But unfortunately for you, a god’s vote counts twice. And as I voted against, we are tied.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The Black woman in the South who raises sons, grandsons and nephews had her heartstrings tied to a hanging noose. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beside him, two bloodied men hung from ropes tied to traffic- light posts. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The harpoon dart is tied to one end of a line and the keg to the other. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

We tied up there, and now we were out of the boat, climbing a bluff. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I gathered a handful of fronds, cut them at the base, and tied the bunch tightly with a piece of twine. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wears a sleeveless black dress tied loosely at the back. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Go to her house and down into the basement. She’s tied up down there.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The woman was toting a bundle tied to her back. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I could not eat nor drink a thing for my belly was tied up with fear. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pa looked both fit to be tied and ready to laugh. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

One of the women had a baby boy tied to her back. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

All three women looked ancient, with pale faces wrinkled like fruit leather, silver hair tied back in white bandannas, bony arms sticking out of bleached cotton dresses. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

She tied another rag around my crusty arm. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I tied a string around the neck of the cloth, making a tea bag, then placed a kettle on the stove. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Clarisse’s stringy brown hair was tied back with a camouflage bandanna. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Powell sees his horse now, tied to the tree where Herold left it, and his heart sinks. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

We undressed the prisoners and tied them until their chests were tight as drums. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He tied the helm off again, more loosely this time so she would come up into the wind. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

They found her body on the path that led to the well, an empty mud pot beside her and the gunny sacking tied around her waist. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bundles of herbs tied with tan string hung from the ceiling. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He placed the carefully tied box on the car seat and got in behind the wheel. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Malcolm brought the canoe up onto the lank and sodden grass under a yew tree, tied the painter urgently to the nearest branch, and hastened to fix the hoops into their brackets. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She’d tied her Miss Nebraska sash around her waist like a belt and had tied a scarf across her forehead in true pirate fashion. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I wrapped it up in green tissue paper, tied a bright blue grosgrain ribbon in a bow around it, and slid it into a Fabric Barn bag. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Gabe had tied stacks of boards together in order to drag them into place. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She took off her necklace, with her five years’ worth of camp beads and the ring from her father, and tied it around my neck. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the Seneca ate half a dozen squabs at a time, necks tied together in a carnivorous sculpture. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The day was windless, and since I had all I could carry, I tied the canoe, and with Rontu following me, climbed onto the reef to look for fish to spear for our supper. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their hands and arms are tied to their bodies— the men’s with ropes, Mary’s with white cloth. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

I attached a hook to a wire leader, which I tied to a line. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I saw that the things inside were tied up with purple and green curly ribbon, like Christmas presents. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

No doubt the blizzard had tied up traffic all over the city. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby Fischer’s screams were muffled by the black hood tied tightly around his head. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When he headed outside, someone seized him and tied a burlap sack tightly over his head. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

They had tied her head down with another thong. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

So instead of following Georgie, I sat in the sunshine and braided my hair into a long single plait, as thick and heavy as rope, and tied it with string. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

With this ox he could plough his fields and cultivate them and with this ox tied to his mill he could grind the grain. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Her sweater was tied around her shoulders like a cloak. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He tied my wrist up in a tea towel and drove me to the hospital. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped to rest a few times, and to wipe the sweat from his brow with the red and blue handkerchief tied around his collar. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

They had shiny colorful covers and he received them from the stock room tied up in a length of new yellow twine. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pay him, and he packs up the items in a sack that can be tied on my back. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

They forced her to stand on a wooden box, gagged her, tied her arms behind her back, and tightened a noose around her neck. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

The men, tied there for over twenty hours a day, had no choice but to lie in the filth. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry could do nothing to prevent it, he was tied too tightly. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t sure how Taisin would react to being tied to them; all day she had been slipping further away, and it wasn’t clear if she was actually aware of what was going on. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Amaranta Úrsula returned with the angels of December, driven on a sailor's breeze, leading her husband by a silk rope tied around his neck. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Only then did he reach down in his pants pockets, haul up an old leather pouch tied with a wax string and count out old green pennies that looked like junk too. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They often carried steel reinforcing rods to older workmen who tied them together with twine or wire as the dam rose from the riverbed in a checkerboard pattern of concrete blocks. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

They took a bus to a place Rasheed called the Shar-e-Nau Park, where children pushed each other on swings and slapped volleyballs over ragged nets tied to tree trunks. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The boy reloaded his rifle and tied his red neckerchief on a branch, marking the entrance to the clearing for their return. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The jeans were much too big for him, but he rolled up the cuffs until his feet showed, then he made a belt out of brown garden-twine, and tied it around his waist. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I know the provenance of the blusher mushroom that you ask after, but what you do with it must not be tied to me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The horses had been tied by a big pinon tree, but they were gone now. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Somewhere below all that, I knew, were two long braids of hair, tied with crumbling black ribbons, and a wedding crown made of ship’s rope. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The heavy air was thickening into mist, and by the time they tied up at the wharves alongside the Smokemarket everything in sight was softened and blurred. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Then I saw him looking at me, his kite string tied to a pole. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He had a classic profile, and even in the distance I could see that he wore a beard that tied into his sideburns and so found his hair. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two motor patrol boats, tied and locked securely, bobbed in the water as Baba’s nauka bumped into the dock. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

We were playing volleyball in the alley when he drove up in this great big yellow Cadillac with whitewalls and a yellow scarf tied around the mirror. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am grudgingly impressed that he’s managed to come up with a fairly decent bargain, despite having been tied to a chair for most of the night and probably quite drunk. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She grabbed her light blue scarf and tied it loosely about her hair. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I went past where they had the dog tied up. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were whiskey bottles and beer bottles and wine bottles all tied on with string, and some of them were clanking against each other and making a spooky kind of noise. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Arriving at my destination, I saw two wagons were tied up at the hitching rack. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they walked to the tree where Uncle was tied up. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The soft chair keeps a hold of me, I'm not strong enough to get up, my feet and hands are getting tingly where they're tied, and pretty soon I can't even keep my eyes open. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was a new, but familiar, voice, and it came from directly behind Harry, from the person tied to Hermione’s left. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

They tied their boats together in the fog, underneath the Islander’s spotlight. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

They tied their hands and feet with barbed wire and threw them on their faces in the stalls. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dust cloths, monthly cloths, rags tied around pipe joints to hinder freezing; pot holders and pieces to test hot irons and wrap their handles. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He has a graying beard and hair tied back in a long ponytail. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Violet had arrived at the top of the tower, right at the window where Sunny was tied. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

If I’d known what marriage was going to be like, well, heck, I probably would have tied all those hope-chest linens together into a rope and hung myself from a tree! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. The whole brain is tied in to the feed. The whole brain, like the memory and the part that makes you move and the part for your emotions.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A silky scarf is tied around her head and for the first time, I get a good look at her face without all the makeup. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The idea of modern science also raises, however, a set of further questions which are tied together in Weber’s phrase ‘the disenchantment of the world’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

After a few more tries I tied the thread around the button. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

In some, he seemed to be tied with Lash; in others, he seemed to be in front. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

She wore the large kind of broad- brimmed hat that women wore in those days, which she tied down with a scarf that she had knotted underneath her chin. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come along, Crow,” Miss Maggie said, nodding to the dockmaster as we continued on toward the ferry that was tied up and napping, waiting to be let off her leash again. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, we was rootin’ about by some hedges, Chief,” said Scumnose, “and we found a whole tribe of dormice fast asleep. So we pounced on ’em and tied them up in a bunch. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

We are tied together, forever bound by the stories we told: that I had no choice but to stab him in the neck; that Anna tried her best to save him. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wore a long one-piece dress, tied around the middle with a piece of rope. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could tell because the twine that held it together was tied in a kind of knot that I didn’t know. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The railing she was tied to had pulled out of its fitting. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mud-smeared boat, leaky and useless, was still tied to a tree. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“You’d make noise, too, if you were tied to a fence with a piece of string, and with night coming on.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I count at least twenty, maybe more, all with white masks tied tightly around their mouths. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

There were duffel bags and what looked like a yellow-and-blue-striped sheet wrapped and tied around some belongings. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

They tied up close to the Zaal itself, at a mooring Tony said had been used by their family for generations. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Next he took the remaining rope that we had and tied it securely around the same sturdy tree. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom passed around their presents, each wrapped in newspaper and tied with butcher’s twine. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She tugs at the scarf tied around my head as a headband. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The ceiling’s gone and the rope is tied tightly around one of the rafters. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The boats were approaching the five-hundred-meter mark now, a quarter of the way down the racecourse, with Switzerland, Britain, and Germany essentially tied for the lead, the U.S. and the Italian shells behind them. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Her cinnamon-toast hair was tied back, which made her almond eyes look even larger and more startling. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

White Deer tied the rope around his waist. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel like someone has tied my legs together in a sitting position. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

The guy was tied up on an iguana call, but his secretary promised he’d come to the construction site as soon as possible. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anya spied a doll tied around its waist with a string, bundles of wheat cut short and tied with festive bows, and several apples with simple pictures carved into the skin. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I tied Joey’s shoes back on her feet and used her towel to wipe my own forehead. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I will never smoke one myself—they are closely tied to vanity—but a crowd of Candor smokes them in front of the building when we get off the bus. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

And I have on this blue macrame belt that, when I tied it around my waist, had ends hanging almost to the floor. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Then I got me a second rope and tied it tight around his middle, just back of his withers. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The holly bits were tied with pine branches and set on the sills of the street-facing windows. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seventeen years had come and gone since the Battle of the Bells, yet the sound of bells ringing still tied a knot in his guts. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

All the loose ends I will leave will be easily tied up. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Infinity, zero, and the concept of limits are all tied together in a bundle. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Once he tied the rudder off with a piece of cord so he could go below and get a drink of water but as soon as he drank he returned to the cockpit. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled Alhaji away and tied his bleeding head with a piece of cloth. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I hope your lack of letters isn’t tied to you being in a fine temper. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

That's where the dinghy would be tied, I supposed, and one would climb to it from the ladder. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The ship’s carpenter was just as she’d imagined him: the round mountains of his shoulders; the brown, sun-lined face and the bandanna tied around his forehead; the splintery abused hands spotted with scars and pitch. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Inside the box was a stack of letters neatly tied together with string, a few pens, a watch that didn’t work, and a folded envelope. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

"At home,” said Martha, "they think the children have enough sense to fix their own hair. And they don’t have to wear hair ribbons tied so tight that they can’t wiggle their eyebrows.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“D’you reckon he’s been in here and had his tongue tied by Moody’s curse?” asked Ron. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

When thirty foreigners were killed in Stanleyville, each one was tied somehow to a solid exchange, a gold standard like the hard Belgian franc. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Standing above the crowd with his arms tied behind his back, he loudly read his dying prayer from a paper held in front of him by a clergyman. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

And attached to a pipe with a bit of shoelace tied to a piece of wire tied to a length of string — a grimy, coffee-splashed booklet, its edges soft with age. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bag was too full to close completely by the time everything was in, but I tied it shut with its own rope drawstring, and tied the drawstring around my arm. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair was tied with a bright colored handkerchief, and Stuart noticed that she carried a box of peppermints in her hand. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

He bowed to Father Cham, who drew a braided strand from his robe and tied it around the young man's wrist. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

And Gregory because the rope is forever tied to his ankle to guide him back to the beginning. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Carefully, Francesca tied it to my lowest branch, already crowded with wishes. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I stepped into the bright sunlight and tied Gertrude’s purse securely about my waist so that it was hidden beneath my jerkin. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“If you fall and kill yourself, I might starve to death all tied up like this.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I went inside and lay down, with the money tied to my body, and at last dozed off into a troubled sleep. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t mention that the remainder of the shirt had been tied, tauntingly, to the antenna of his squad car. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I really wanted to sing to them because Anne Frank is my hero and the song would have tied in perfectly, but the thought of telling anyone scared me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The wrapper casually tied across her chest hung low, exposing the birthmark, a little black bulb, above her left breast. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

We walked the board planking to where the skiff was tied. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she tied the gourd back in place and took the padded cloth doughnut from her pocket. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a cassette tape, the kind you don’t even see anymore, tied with a shoelace to a small cassette player. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she carried him in a scarf tied diagonally across one shoulder and her back, his lifeless feet dangling in the air. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been tied to the rafter with bear-grass blades braided together for string. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every animal stirred and lifted its head and became excited to know that one of his friends had got free and was no longer penned up or tied fast. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

She wore a brown, rather shapeless dress, and had a brown bonnet on her head which tied beneath her chin. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Weightlessness can be a lot of fun, but in many ways it would be a dreadful nuisance if everything in our town had to be tied down to prevent its floating off somewhere. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

On her feet were large, unfamiliar shoes—white with the hint of a heel, and laces tied in big, perky bows. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Using her man’s knife, she turned up the edges, tied them in place, and let the cup freeze in the air. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tied the mare in a clearing surrounded by a thicket of scrub oak. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He had a long beard combed down the middle and pulled back over his shoulders and tied together in a knot behind his neck. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“They won’t be able to cross for a while. Until then, we’ll put him with the sheep,” Osh said as he tied the end of the rope around the pommel of Clover’s saddle. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I moved around the neighborhood now with more independence, less tied to my parents. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I tied the boat and held my hand down to Catherine. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Her straight black hair is tied back, giving us a view of her angular, thin face. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shackles were locked around his ankles and tied to the chain that hung from the ceiling. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

The old man tied it tightly to a low branch of a bush. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

But here was a dragon before her, tied up and crying! Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

That they had tortured him for hours, then tied his legs to a truck and dragged his lifeless body through the streets. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

As the gloves were tied on my hands, I looked at Harrison and saw his eyes watching me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some painted their faces brown and green and tied bundles of brush about them, to hide ! amongst the trees. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

About my cap I tied the red sateen pirate’s scarf. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But then I got lost. Baba tied these bells around my ankles so he could find me if that ever happened, but..She looked down at them. “I don’t think they work anymore.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The road was blocked by a line of slow-moving carts, each pushed by a man with a rag tied over his face, each holding a corpse. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looks like mostly rope tied into wooden stakes driven into the rock at either end, with tight wooden planks running all the way to the other side. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The belt I made of sealskin which could be tied in a knot. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the dance, instead of being taken back down to the hold where they had been chained all night, the women were tied to the sides of the deck. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

So now the score was tied, two goals apiece. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wouldn’t Mildred Powell be fit to be tied to see me dancing with such a charmer? Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She placed the podaegi’s wide quilted blanket around Junha and took the long strap and wrapped it under his bottom, across his back, and then tied it in front of Jinjoo. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Beside the main gateway there are six more bodies hanging, by the necks, their hands tied in front of them, their heads in white bags tipped sideways onto their shoulders. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Series was tied and the Dodgers had been reborn. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

But in that few yards I began to see even more clearly the mistake I had made, and also why Mr. Loomis had tied Faro up. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

And then Weary tied in with two scouts, and they became close friends immediately, and they decided to fight their way back to their own lines. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out of the corner of her eye she saw the packhorse tied to Con’s saddle tear free from his lead rope, fleeing into the trees. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He tied a spool of fishing line to the handle and lowered the can down a pipe leading from the roof. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Black-clad people came out of the houses along the way to join the procession in back of us, many of them carrying homemade wreaths tied with purple ribbons. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She made a frame from branches and tied bundles of grass across it. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair’s tied back, but her fringe floats to her face. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Dad and his mother got along like two cats with their tails tied together. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It has no latch or hinge, its lid kept in place by two ribbons, one black and one white, that are tied in careful knots. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Then he found another and tied it to the first two. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“It is his turn to be tied,” she suggested. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tied one end to a panel and the other to the rover. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had to talk mean and threaten him with a club before we could get him close enough for Mama to hook the singletree over the loop of rope I’d tied around the bull’s horns. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

His feet rested on one of the knots tied in the rope. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The laces were still tied, as if the shoes had been kicked off by people whose hands were bound behind them “Croy recognized me,” she murmured. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Faint from standing so long, my arms aching from being tied, I immediately sat down. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Too late, thought Edward as Bryce climbed the pole and worked at the wires that were tied around his wrists. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

She got up, tied a flowered bonnet on her head, and started for the door. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They looked like bookends, sitting right up against Pita, who was tied and gagged between them like a giant tamal rolled up in her own blanket. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The captives had been tied to a row of crossbeams, and a pair of slingers were using them to test their skills. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“It was tied here!” said the executioner furiously. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Her tangle of black matted hair is tied off her scrawny face with a bright beaded keffiyeh, but otherwise allowed to stick out however it likes. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

By the time me and Rondell got back up to the counter Mong had old dude gagged and tied up in telephone cord. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The only time during school hours I had crossed the boys’ yard was when a flatbed truck with a giant thing covered with canvas and tied down with ropes had parked across the street. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know, Eli. They say there’s a horse tied up behind the wagon.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Five minutes later the two of us were on our way, only this time my hands weren’t tied and she wasn’t poking a knife in my spine. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The estate agent told her that an army officer had lived there during General Abacha’s regime; now the house was tied up in court. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

As if the boy already has my heart tied to his littlest finger, I say, “I’ll go, too. I will make sure she’s okay.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

By pulling the horses towards each other, with strings tied to the platform on which they stood, the knights could be made to tilt. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

We returned to Macún in a rickety truck, our furniture and cooking utensils tied to the sides, our clothes and bedding bundled into cushions. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

On the other side of the river, which ran directly beneath the castle wall, there was a man ploughing in the fields, with his plough tied to the horse’s tail. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

We reached the shore and loaded the bags and the shovel into the skiff just moments before the officers came over the bluff and headed for their own boat, tied up at the dock. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Second Half The game’s tied when Dad finally shows up. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

On one end she had tied a rock, on the other end, a wooden box cut low on one side like a scoop. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cabin came with a small sailboat tied to the end of the dock, so I was teaching myself to sail. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve tied it super tight to make sure it stays up; the worst thing in the world would be if it came unwound and fell down in front of hundreds of people. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could tell he was wondering the same thing she was—was this tied to the mysterious benefactor from the library? The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

With two questions left to go in the round, the score was still tied. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

She walked all over the mountain but found her tied to the fence behind the corral, tethered with an intricate knot that nobody used except her father, Lott. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He looked at the gilt edges, and fingered the red ribbon tied at the spine. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I let him take a nap tied up in the shade of the big oak tree on the steep slope by the back porch. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He stuffed everything into his backpack except the sweatshirt, which he tied around his waist. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He sat on his verandah and securely tied all the ropes at his waist. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

And with that she took out from the empty bag a starched white apron and tied it round her waist. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Something was tied to the roof of the car, with a tarpaulin over it. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Their heads were tied with red handkerchiefs and they carried their guns behind their backs. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I remember being thrown into a car trunk—my hands tied behind my back, an awful sock in my mouth, tape around my head. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Please come with us,” he said again, but she said nothing and tied the keys into one edge of her wrapper. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

What the hell chance has a man got, tied down in a town like this and to a business like this. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I had stitched her crepe wool hair back down and tied the bright scarf back in place, and she was good as new. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Her hair is tucked into a mauve kerchief tied behind her head. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Piggy tied it up for me Bke one o’clock. She tied it up with a bit of—well, you know." The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man was waving them on with a red flag tied to a stick. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

On the second day of May, as she came out on Wethersfield landing, a trim little ketch was already tied up, fresh-painted, with clean white canvas and not a barnacle on its hull. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

While the Muslim ban was tied up in the courts, Mehdi was denied a visa to visit us, and also his parents, who now reside in California. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I shuffle through the papers until I come to this letter: I know the provenance of the blusher mushroom that you ask after, but what you do with it must not be tied to me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He said he didn’t know nothing about poems, but when he left everything else behind, he kept the words she wrote tied in a ribbon and brought them all the way to Chicago. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

The man tied his rope around Old Yeller’s neck and mounted his horse. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally a man tied one end around a horseshoe. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had tied up within sight of Zimbabwe. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put on her coat, tied her scarf around her head, and hurried out the door. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

There were Jains with masks tied around their faces so they wouldn’t accidentally breathe in an insect and so kill a living thing, which was against their religion. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

She was flipping through the copy of Lagos Life, her silk robe tied tight around her skinny waist. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Past the screen of leaves, Sefia could just make out the forms of two black horses tied among the trees. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Now, my hands were tied together behind my back, and the men in the black uniforms had packed four of us to a seat. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“I wish I knew how she tied it It was really darling.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

It was tied up with the scent of roses. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next the beast knocked over a jar of apple butter, but the skin lid was tied on tightly, and, flail away at it as he might with his awkward paw, he could not dislodge it. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was always taking off the sneakers Dustfinger had bought him and going around barefoot, even on hot tarmac, with his shoes tied to the backpack like loot he was taking home. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Kyle looped the cables around his waist and tied the other end to the handrail of the hover ladder. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

It all matches well, and her hair is tied back into a plait with a few strands falling down the side. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

No boats were tied to the pier, but she could see thin tendrils of smoke rising from some of the chimneys, and part of a wagon jutting out behind a stable. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She wore her white dress with the lime green scarf tied on her belt, just like she was wearing the first day I showed up. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alfred ripped off the torn coat sleeve and tied his handkerchief around the cut. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tied the shears to the head of her bed with a long string. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

His hands trembled as he tied the bag closed, but they were gentle when he put them on Mas shoulders. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

She tied a knot between each button so they wouldn’t run together. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The fear has tied itself around my feet, and I know there’s nothing I can do. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Chandra had tied a rope to the mango tree, knotting the end. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I would not,” said Mrs. Frisby, “if I had any sense and knew there was a cat nearby. Who tied you?” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was a chunk of deer hide with pheasant feathers tied to it. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

All along you know this, but still, in the middle of the show when he’s tied up and a bomb is about to explode, you hold your breath and dig your fingernails into your palms. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the man tied my hands, we exchanged a glance that lasted a few seconds. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Last night, when Nan tied the twine on the two-hundredth sucker, she’d smiled at me. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

He first tied Amari’s arms together, then tied her to the tree, pressing himself against her to keep her still. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the evenings we prayed for him in front of a faded picture of the Virgen de Guadalupe, which was tied with string to the canvas wall above the mattress. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She laid the willow sticks she had tied inside the small square enclosure, and he laid a flat sandstone over the opening at the top. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Finally they made it to the chaotic, crowded waterfront, where Huynh’s commander was loading people onto a barge tied at the pier. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

As they approached, the door to the bookstore swung open with a jingle and out stepped a black man with gray-frosted dreadlocks tied loosely at the nape of his neck. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The brand wasn’t like American brands, which were initials or letters or even numbers; it looked like a big butterfly with its wings outstretched, or two loops of rope tied together in the center. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

They pulled up beside a boat that was dark and empty and tied their dinghy to its stern. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had seen it out the window: an ugly, vicious mongrel that was tied up out back and got stupidly and disproportionately worked up by any noise or movement within a hundred yards. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“We have tied up with several small and medium-size CPA firms in America.” The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Or: Rex stayed home because robbers tied him up. seeing as/seeing that. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Looking down at him on the floor, how he overflows the rug, I think about that story where a giant falls asleep and is tied up by little people. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

I tied a strip of fabric from her apron around the handle, and we set it on the mounded dirt. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Maybe we can’t. If Daedalus died he said his life force was tied to the Labyrinth. The whole thing might’ve been destroyed. Maybe that will stop Luke’s invasion.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She brought me an old-fashioned hand-cranked ice cream machine and said, “There’s no need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down.” Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you know that saying, about a wife’s ankle? Being tied to her husband’s?” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put her hand on one of the bundles I’d tied. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I put down the box I should’ve mailed or thrown away or tied to an anchor and dropped into a river. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

That man tied and blindfolded was a deserter. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I felt, and I still feel, that your people are in some important manner tied to my destiny." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

His arms were tied in front of him. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

And here he was, tied down, unable to move. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Kill And Go tied the men up in pairs, their hands behind their backs and the rope stretched taut between them. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Going down three times like this is just like waking up and finding yourself tied to a tree with someone saying, “Ready, aim, fire!” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope so. You know that since I’m your host, my fate is tied to yours.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Like I’m tied down with soft ropes of fog or something and the fog has got inside my mouth and sucked all the talk right out of me. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Papa had tied the halter rope around the mule’s neck. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She adds in a pinch of baking soda, and then when the water’s boiling, puts in the tea bags, all tied together. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked up from the June bug he had caught and tied to a string. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Her dull blond hair is tied back in a knot, but a few loose strands frame her face in gold. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Samuel Hamilton delivered all his own children and tied the cords neatly, spanked the bottoms and cleaned up the mess. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The man in black quickly tied Inigo’s hands around a tree and left him there, for the moment, sleeping and helpless. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Several identical red handkerchiefs are tied together around the trunk, midway up. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I am so happy you spoke with her. She will take good care of herself. My hands are tied, Fabiola.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

They cut the cords that tied us together. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“I tied her up so she wouldn’t be tempted to come in here and eat.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

But there were new threads now, tugging and insistent, which tied her just as firmly to the Tucks. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The broom was short, made of thin sticks that were tied together. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

She quickly tied a bonnet under her chin and left, the back door closing behind her with the sharp sound of a musket shot. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Buttercup lay helpless beside the picnic, gagged and tied and blindfolded. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

After she had finished eating, he tied her hands again almost with reluctance. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

When they’d reached a spot about thirty feet off the ground, Thomas stopped, swaying on the vine he’d tied around his chest. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

With fingers stained from tobacco, they tied wet sponges over their nostrils to block out poisonous fumes. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

It is a dreadful thing to think that he might have been the great Dulac, and us keeping him tied up and letting him call me Lord so humbly.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tied the horse to a tree in the woods near the quarter. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She resumed digging, and presently she excavated the package— square, wrapped in thick brown paper and tied with a strong cord. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled the blanket aside and let me see that I was securely tied to my denim bag. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I nodded, though in my head I was a little spooked at seeing the guy all tied up like that. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

On arriving at the millhouse, I tied my mule to the hitching post, took my com, and set it by the door. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They tied the corners to the limbs of two scraggly trees. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I looked around, saw that the rope had been tied to a wall peg, thrown over a beam. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He tied the leather thong around his own neck. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

As she tied the first piece of cloth to a bent sedge, she looked down on a small pile of droppings. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled the skiff higher onto the sand and tied it to a post. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

But this wasn’t like cards at all, where the same number on each side makes people tied. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

She was holding out two scrolls of parchment tied with violet ribbon. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Or why he tied and gagged me every time he went out anywhere,” he continued, as if she hadn’t said anything. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Sarah’s wearing a high-waisted mint green chiffon dress paired with a taupe hijab tied short and close to her face, with a chunky white-and-gold necklace, a statement piece, adorning her neckline. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The ship was tied up at a long dock, one of many that jutted into the river. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

They both cried, and the baby, who was tied to Masvita’s back, picked up their mood and began to howl. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a hitching post just down from it so I tied Jingle Boy and commenced walking the rest of the way. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Birdsong tied Uncle Camp up in that oilcloth like he was a dern side of beef. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I wore my own headband across my forehead and tied over my hair at the back with the ends hanging down, like my purple Ninja Turtle namesake Donatello. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

At the top of her head was a sprig of brown hair tied up with a scrap of red yarn. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Jared steps ahead to talk to the others, and Jus watches Manny examine his tied sweater, his khakis, his loafers—his “costume” made up of clothes he pulled from his closet. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Majidi is on the attack! The shot clock is winding down, the game is tied up, he’s on a fast streak to the hoop, and BANG! He’s won the game for the Boston Celtics!” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

She was thinner than ever, clad in a shapeless sacklike affair tied about her middle. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Ron’s dressed in all black like Zorro with a plastic sword tied to his hip. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He tied it to Claire’s back and told her to run the hill path. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Abused and scorned though we may be, our destiny is tied up with America’s destiny. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He tied it to the side strap of the pack. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Using his hand and teeth, he tied a tourniquet around his arm. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Sparks and flames erupted from the electrode tied to Mr. Evans's left leg. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

They sat on top of us, tied our hands, and took us to their chief. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Prosper automatically tied it around his wrist and climbed up. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Over the can a cloth had been tied for the syrup to strain through. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The first was empty, and the second was closed off, the front flap tied shut. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boys had built a wooden raft they kept tied up there, fourteen feet long, nine feet wide, big and solid enough to carry them out into the lake. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then, on each side of Jumper, we tied another rope into the one knotted about his shoulders, and carried the ends of them back to the cowhide. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Baba had tied red ribbons in the one long pigtail down her back. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put my arms through it and tied the strings in the front. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She always wins, but only because my ankles are tied to my chair. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Kainene had woken up too and they hurried outside, Kainene with a wrapper tied around her chest and he in his shorts. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I would be forever tied to stores for bullets, and the friendly spirit of my mountaintop would be violated. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Christianity swept through the West, it became closely tied to the Aristotelian view of the universe and the proof of God’s existence. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

If she could figure out one more puzzle, she’d win this game and, once again, be tied for first place. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

And he’d nodded as he reached down and tied it around her wrist. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The gold cloaks had not been paying her any special attention, but the sight of them tied her stomach in knots. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I pulled on my cleats and tied them tightly. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ropes have been tied to the crate gates, threaded through the fence to our side of the enclosure. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He’s got a lazy eye, and he’s holding the rope that’s tied to Jacob’s neck. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Do they mean to say she tied her own hands? A ten-year-old child?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

His body had been found two days later, up in those woods, tied to a tree with the hands and feet chopped off. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

His bow and arrows were tied on his horse. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

So I took out my high-top shoelaces and tied them together and then to the belt and wrapped it all around my waist. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her graying hair is parted in the middle and tied in a ponytail, her nose pierced with a stud shaped like the sun. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I tied a scarf over my head, even though Arturo said it made me look like a terrorist. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The horses had been tied to the trees. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are moments that I feel like I might suffocate, as if all my insides are tied into a tight little ball. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

His tuxedo was over the chair he used to sit on when he tied his shoes, and I thought, Weird. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

My hands fiddle with the pendant tied around my neck. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Of course, the bathroom would be dark, too, but Stuart’s father had thoughtfully tied a long string to the pull-chain of the light. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

That night in his own room he tied one end of the silk sash of his smoking jacket around his neck, then stretched out on the bed and tied the other end to the bedstead. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Of course, he had an eye patch, and he’d tied his hair down under a doo rag made from an old black T-shirt. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I slowly tied off the last stitch on my cloak and set it down. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Master Gaberis, if it is your will, need I be tied?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If the Dursleys wake up, I’m dead,” said Harry as he tied the rope tightly around a bar and Fred revved up the car. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The prisoners were tied to pillars of marvellous pork. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was well before my father met my mother, back when he was young and too busy traveling to be tied down with a woman or family. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

The score was tied and went to extra innings. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The five men were lined up in front of us on the training ground with their hands tied. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Then I tied the drawstring back in a knot and made the decision right then and there to put the bag in the trash. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

As they approached, the door to the bookstore swung open with a jingle and out stepped a black man with gray-frosted dreadlocks tied loosely at the nape of his neck. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The supports were tied together with strong vines that covered the north end of the island. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

We lay him upon the cart, tied the prisoner’s rope to the axle, and drew them along after us in our dismal parade. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I realized that whatever Mr. Loomis was planning, at the end of the plan was a picture, and it was of me, too, tied up like Faro in the house. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Wouldn’t the two men have tied their boats together? Wouldn’t you have the mutual consent necessary—an emergency situation, even if feigned—for a successful tie-up at sea? Wouldn’t you, Mr. Gillanders?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

When notes are tied together, they are played as if they are one single note that is the length of all the notes that are tied together. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Many of these Irish gangs were tied in with Irish politicians. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They collected piles of rocks and stones and tied them up into bundles using sturdy cloth. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I had were the forty-seven rupees tied into my sari. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I tied the horse out front, waited for my insides to quit shaking, then stepped onto the stoop. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He was free because on the inside he was tied up in knots. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The huge men pushed us to the ground in front of them and tied our feet with strong ropes. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Ma and Aunt Polly covered his whole face with mud and tied the mud on with cloths. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

They pounced on the She Elephant, and when the dust had settled, she was tied up as neatly as a bale of cotton. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her wrapper was tied low, exposing the tops of drooping breasts. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

After we tied up and Hamil-ton advanced the marina operator some cash to look after things, we caught a cab to the Chelsea Hotel. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

As she came closer, Pinmei’s anger reignited, for Amah had a white cloth tied around her mouth. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

And the match was held to a candle and the candle sputtered to life and Despereaux saw that there was a rope tied around the man’s ankle. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

She always wore it tied back in a ruthlessly tight coil. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He walked over, shined his light, then picked up a stack of three workpads that had been tied down with elastic straps. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The mercenary had already tied one end of his climbing rope around the gargoyle’s neck; now she seized it and tied the other around her own waist. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The blacksmith made a loop with his finger, then tied an invisible bow in the air. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

She tied a strip around Aunt Elizabeth’s neck and tied the other end to her feet, behind. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hair was pulled back into a ponytail, a black bandana tied around his head. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Hassan lugged his mat­tress, rolled tightly and tied with a rope, on his back. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Our hands are tied behind our backs. We cannot swim. If you leave us here, we will undoubtedly drown.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Three or four rosebushes with their roots tied in burlap were propped against the fence. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

We got rope from the garden shed and tied it to the collar. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

A pink balloon is tied to someone’s mailbox, bobbing and tugging through the air. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She tied the pigeon to her belt and started down the street. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

We tied one end of the rope to the bed. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The women, drenched and terrified, were flung wildly about, held only by the ropes that tied them to the masts. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lee answered the door, a dish towel tied around his middle. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was a small bundle of my clothes tied in a blanket. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

To the other end, she tied a big heavy chunk of wood. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her red hair was tied back, but she still had flecks of gold in it, and traces of the gold glitter on her face. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

They then folded the banana leaves into rectangles, tied them with cotton twine, and dropped the pasteles into a huge pot of boiling water. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The rough hemp rope that binds his feet together is so tightly tied that it draws blood. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Words to cover your fear at being proved a coward, Fenris Wolf. You are afraid to be tied with this silken ribbon. No need for more explanations.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

After finally getting the milk jug down into the bag, he tied the bright yellow plastic strings and quietly opened the back door. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

A torn yellow streamer tied to one of the iron bars wafted up in the breeze, waving the word caution. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“I only just thought of it in the night, when we were tied up to that tree.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

A red cotton scarf over her stringy yellow hair, the same texture and shade as her daughters’, is always tied at the back of her neck. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She has round black sunglasses and a thin scarf tied at her neck to keep her hair tidy. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

As Calder held the flashlight, Petra rewrapped the painting carefully in the long strip of velvet, and then took off her sweater and tied it securely around the bundle. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Lyddie took off her worn shawl, tied it about her waist, and tucked up her skirts under it. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Still silent, he fixed the twine cleverly around the monkey, tied a firm knot, and slipped the loop around his belt. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

He gathered the edges of his buckskin bundle and tied them off. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He’d tied Pax to its trunk once when the kit hadn’t liked their war play. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t mind if you leave it tied to a chair for three days sitting in its own effluvium with an iron rail strapped upright against its spine so it can’t lean back. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

She was so glad that Mama had kept the passports tied in a small purse to her waist with the sixty dollars! A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

If I were those knights, I wouldn’t want to keep her tied up. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Your pen was a pencil with two needles tied to the point with string. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hermione had just come in, wearing her dressing gown and carrying Crookshanks, who was looking very grumpy, with a string of tinsel tied around his neck. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

It rested beside a plot growing tomatoes tied to wooden stakes with pieces of nylon hose. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone looked to be fine, not tied up or roughed up. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

They were tied with small cotton ropes, and had collars made from old check-line leather. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I tied him to the bathroom doorknob. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

A small, skinny girl with brown hair tied back in a ponytail came out of the side room. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was sleeveless, with ruffles at the shoulder and a thin black velvet ribbon under the collar tied in a bow. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

And her gray hair is almost always tied back in a ponytail, but for some reason tonight she had it just regular. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

It is tied with more black and white ribbons, wrapped like a present in light and dark bows. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I raced upstairs to change and, before I had my shoes tied, heard the doorbell ring. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

His brush and quill and scrolls tied with ribbon jutted out of lace vases. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Concealed beneath a mat of vines he found three plastic garbage bags, each tied at the neck. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yer Noise reveals you, young Todd,” he says, letting go of the girl, who’s so tied up and beaten now she don’t even try to run. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Don Apolinar Moscote was unconscious, tied to the post where previously they had had the scarecrow that had been cut to pieces by shots fired in fun. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Inside the gate the man went along the fence, studying some plants tied up to stakes. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her blonde hair is streaked with gray, and tied back in a thick, cinnamon-roll-shaped bun. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

And then I saw my friends: Tyson, Grover, Annabeth, and Nico all tossed in a corner, tied up like rodeo animals, with their ankles and wrists roped together and their mouths gagged. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I still have Willem's handkerchief tied around it, and drops of red have seeped through the white cotton. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

On the sparrow’s uninjured leg Matthias had tied a brick; not a very big brick, but one large enough to stop the bird getting airborne or trying any sneak attacks upon his captor. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He tied the tiller off, leaned over the side, and looked toward the front where the bow cut a wave that curled over. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Templeton seized the string, passed it around the end of the pig’s tail, and tied two half hitches. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

I dove on my bed, and tied the door. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boat was tied up, and now he was calling us by name. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her blond hair is tied down with a scarf. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

The temples were not much larger than apples, but when Diana asked her to move one, she felt as though someone had tied a gigantic field stone to the end of the leather cord. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

It struck him as he lay here with his arm slung across his eyes, that the girl was tied up in Weep’s problem in ways he could not yet understand. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The canoe was tied just in front of me. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally the wolf relaxed, the cable that tied them together broke. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Each of those nights, after applying cold cream and braiding her hair, which she tied up at the end with a black cotton string, she turned from me and wept; she missed her parents. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

After lunch, I practiced walking him with the rope tied to his collar. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He tied her in the corral again and walked back to the house. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

One of the houses in this village was so small that its wood boards, held together by the roof, made one think of a bunch of matches tied with a piece of twine. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Bramble and bits of leaf were tangled in her hair, and...two tiny silver bells looped on ribbon were tied around each ankle. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

By now, the man had been securely tied to the tree. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She had tied her red rose scarf around her head, but only loosely, and he could see her pale scalp underneath. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

He fell asleep just at dusk, perching low on a branch she had tied into the side of the ribs of the birchbark house. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Great Britain had faded to the rear of the field, essentially tied with the United States for last place. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Silently she dressed, tied back her hair, and set herself to a succession of chores, beginning with tearing down the mosquito netting from all of our beds. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They came to our house with the news and with a bottle of champagne tied with a pink ribbon. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

After making eight of them, she tied them in her cloth again and kept it with the podaegi. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

They were four mastiffs that had been raised tied to chains and spent the daytime locked in a cage. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Velvet drapes hang from gilded posts tied with gossamer bows. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

And then we both feel the silence and look up and there’s the girl standing over us, her hands still tied. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

They tied his lifeless body to an old, heavy, factory fan and dumped him in the Tallahatchie River. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

An Orc seized Pippin like a sack, put its head between his tied hands, grabbed his arms and dragged them down, until Pippin’s face was crushed against its neck; then it jolted off with him. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

They shook hands, and Jethro felt good as he walked down the street to the hitching post, where the young man from the newspaper office had tied his team. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could feel his backbone and his ribs, all tied together by stringy muscles. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Old ones she kept all tied up in a cloth pouch and tucked away in her tinker box. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

There was a strange girl on the bench, with a bandanna tied around her head and big sunglasses and a patched coat. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

If two beads are on the same string, then they are always tied together, no matter how one attempts to mix and match strings. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He did not stop until the only thing holding Wash up was the rope that tied him to the tree. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had a filthy towel tied under his jaw as if he suffered from toothache and even by their new world standards he smelled terrible. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“And I think his shoes were just newspapers tied around his feet. That’s good insulation, you know.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cal wrapped the bills in tissue and tied it with red ribbon finished in a blob that was faindy recognizable as a bow. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

At last Billy brought an old cotton comforter from the saddle-room, and threw it over the pony’s back and tied it at neck and chest with string. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Strauss was saying: “The problem, Mr. Raynor, is getting sufficient funds to work on projects like these, without having strings tied to the money. When amounts are earmarked for specific purposes, we can’t really operate.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

She tied the sack securely and then came back to my uncle. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had a small silk handkerchief tied round my throat; I had my gloves. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Well, we’ve got ten more turns. Right now, the score is Pacific one, Midwest one. All we have to do is win one game and we’re tied for first place.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Another woman with a baby tied to her back was washing peeled cassava tubers in a pan of filthy water. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Two huge pigs are asleep in their pen, and two sheep are rooting around in the weeds by the tree where they’re tied. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We captured eight of their men, tied their hands and legs, and left them in the rain. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

What if they snuck on the boat when it was tied to a dock somewhere and ducked into the cabin to rifle through drawers looking for money or valuables they could sell. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Game two is tied with twenty-nine seconds left. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

A slender figure darted from behind a set of crates, her long black hair tied back. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

There was a loop tied in the end. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d tied her blond hair back with a strip of denim torn from her pants leg, and in the fiery light of the river, her gray eyes flickered. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I recall she was in the pale blue dress with the sash that tied behind her back. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A bit of the rennet, tied in a cloth, was soaking in warm water. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jordan jerked his chin at the shirt still tied around Alex’s head. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

As they waited at the tea stall, Ronny, who looked like the older of the two boys, clambered suddenly out of the back seat, intrigued by a goat tied to a stake in the ground. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

She nimbly tied a knot on the cord that had connected the baby to its mother’s blood, then quickly she bent and with her teeth she bit off the loose end. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The chickens lay in a mournful row with their legs tied together. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I declare,” he said, “Little-bit’s been holding out on me. She got a fortune tied up in a sock, and she ain’t never told me nothing about it.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I’d pushed the dresser against the room’s only door and tied the window shut with a length of rope despite the fact that it was too small for a grown man to fit through. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He tied a sloppy double bow in his opened shoelace and then transferred a lined yellow pad from his desk to his lap. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Bits of blueprints and novels and stationery, folded and cut and shaped into a flock of striped tents, all tied together with more string in black and white and red. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Defeated, I follow Andrés to the field next to the venue, where two black horses are tied to a fence. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

At the end of the dock, I climbed down the ladder and got into the little dinghy we kept tied there. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

He went around with his hair tied back in a ponytail, like a rock musician from the seventies, and talked a lot about things like reincarnation. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

We began our courtship in 1961 but were together six years before we tied the knot because it wasn’t legal for whites and blacks to marry until sixty-seven. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

His was only the life sign, ankh, a green-glazed cross with a looped top, tied to his wrist with seven knots to bind his spirit to his body. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

She held up a small key tied with a frayed blue ribbon. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

My uncle s driver, Nuredin, opens the rear door of the car, and Mama comes out wearing large-framed sunglasses and a thin scarf tied at her chin. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

It was tied around with three pieces of old string, each with a different knot in it. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Notes of any length may be tied together, and more than two notes may be tied together. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

There had been a rope tied around a giant oak. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He turned: Hagrid was bound and trussed, tied to a tree nearby. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He tied a bowline again, just in case, because his fingers knew it and he trusted it. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I circled a few loops around my waist and made sure I had enough slack to reach him and then tied a knot at the very end. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

On a clear day, I could see the masts of the ships tied up at the wharves on the Delaware River. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They tied them up and took them back over the lake. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

They both had long hair tied back and a fashion sense that hadn’t been updated in twenty years. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She kept her hair tied back, and she looked me right in the eyes when she spoke. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The ring was just an ordinary iron ring tied to a kind of gallows by a thread. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a panic, they tied a rope to the generator and threw it overboard, to serve as a second anchor. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

It was the smooth swoosh of metal and rubber on the Trans-Canada, tied like a ribbon of tar over the bush. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Workmen placed detour signs and orange cones on either end of the bridge, tied orange ribbons to webs, and conferred with their boss, Joe Cassini. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Pots and pans had been tied to the sides, and they clanked and rang as the man drove. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wound it around her head, deftly, smoothly, and then tied it in place, pulling the knots tight and hard. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Romero busted up an orange crate and used the wooden slats for a splint that he tied up with strips of old bed sheet. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The “bulto” was just that, a bulky remnant of thick, white cloth tied together at the top in a vagabond’s knot. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“It’s an insane asylum, Turner. It’s a place where people live in long wards, tied to white iron beds. It’s a place where there are strong nurses to tell them exactly what to do.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The keepers he put on a stringer, a woven cord with a three-inch nail tied to its end, anchored with a rock on the riverside. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

You might even say they are the source of it, or at least, they are tied so tighdy to it that they couldn’t possibly fade, not unless all of Western civilization were obliterated. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The Merry Midwife tied up to the end of a weathered wooden pier in the outer harbor, wefl away from Lionstar. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He broke the strips of towel that kept the body tied to the windsurf board. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was tied up with a Vo-Tech project and I was determined to stop loving him. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Thomas sucked in a huge gulp of air, then another, feeling the pinch of the vines tied around his chest. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

They had a guy tied up in the middle of the room. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Cent, who had no children of his own, who disappointed both of the brothers, who was disappointed in Vincent, but who was the uncle they had been most tied to. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

‘Look, it’s three to one and your hands are tied.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Belet had wrapped Kasusu in a white pillowcase and tied it across her back, disguising it as...a sword wrapped in a pillowcase. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The beautiful belt was tied in a messy knot off to one side. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

They dried the reeds tied on their flagpoles and horses’ manes and tails. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is astonishing just how much of what we are can be tied to the beds we wake up in in the morning, and it is astonishing how fragile that can be. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

There’s no mistaking that wild frizz of hair, tied back with a bright beaded keffiyeh. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I wouldn’t voluntarily walk anywhere they choose to lead me, but I have no choice, being tied like this. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

We tied our feet in old fishing nets that had washed ashore. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

And he went away and in a little while he came back, bringing tied in a cotton kerchief a double handful of small red beans, mouldy with the soil. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He tied one to each end of the log. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

We were tied to each other, wrist to wrist. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Here’s a redundancy for you, a wording that seems to repeat itself: The reason Rex stayed home is because robbers tied him up. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Weirdly tied up with this idea, and by a reasoning process known only to Johnny, was the idea of taking Little Tilly along on the trip. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nurse had tied them into a double knot, the way one does for children, and Shadrack, long unaccustomed to the manipulation of intricate things, could not get diem loose. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

James directed her to a huge marina, where lights burned in many buildings and in many of the small windows of the boats tied in rows along the docks. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two pairs of shoes, heavy leather shoes that tied with laces. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s black, hopeless rage in her eyes, the type of anger you feel when your hands are tied and there’s a knife at your jugular. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He had a black silk cord tied around his left forearm, and now he was tugging at it with his gloved right hand. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

They were all wearing the same uniform: a tea towel stamped with the Hogwarts crest, and tied, as Winky’s had been, like a toga. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Mother laughed so hard that her ringlets fell loose from the kerchief she had tied around her hair. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I tied the bottoms of the legs, stuffed them full, and as I looked down on my strange cargo, I thought of scarecrows and Halloween. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair was brown and grey in equal parts and she wore it tied behind her head in a widow’s knot. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It had grown long enough now that she usually tied it back, but tonight she had had the opportunity to bathe, and it fell loose, still slightly damp, to her shoulders. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I had scarce tied the strings of the portfolio, when, looking at his watch, he said abruptly— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

She carried the gunnysack of cheese herself, tied to the end of a tree limb hitched up on her shoulder. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

As I sharpened, I imagined using the knife to cut through the ropes that tied us to New York. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went to her and brought her, still tied hand and foot, so that she could watch the final pathetic struggle of the man in black three hundred feet below. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

"Also, a post-balloon arrived for you several hours ago from the Chrysanthemum Teahouse. I tied it to your desk." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

In fact, the Times reported that police departments had an extraordinary incentive to use their new equipment for drug enforcement: the extra federal funding the local police departments received was tied to antidrug policing. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He was in constant pain, he had fever—once I had to call Nigel to hold him while I tied him down to keep him from hurting himself. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He found it in my pocket without waiting for my answer and tied it around my upper right arm. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I gave her a shilling: she put it into an old stocking-foot which she took out of her pocket, and having tied it round and returned it, she told me to hold out my hand. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I knelt down and tied my shoe like it was a very important thing I had to do. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Brian had just time to look down at Derek, just time to see that he was still tied to the raft securely, and they were into it. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

They were pounding their fists into the air and dragging rusty cans tied to strings. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He'd lost weight, and his gown wasn't tied in the back, which he didn't seem to notice. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Kate rolled the paper and tied the ribbon around it and put it in the box and closed the lid. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

His tree frog lived in the parlor, while his snapping turtle could be found tied to the laundry tub. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

With the hatchet I hacked off a large mass of algae and worked a rope through it, which I tied to the boat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

We put his personal effects in a plastic bag and tied the bag to his arm. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tied the lunch sack under the bedroll and pulled the bridle back over the mare’s ears. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The last they saw of him, he was tied to a stake with a fire being built around him. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“What each of you must remember is that the sympathist is tied to flame,” he said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Delsa, Norma, and I often tied ourselves into punching, biting, kicking knots that only Mami with her switch was able to untangle. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Beowulf had put his arms through the pant legs and had a shirt tied loosely around his waist. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Just short of the finish line, a gleaming white 250-foot coast guard cutter, the Champlain, was tied up in the shadow of an imposing grim, gray U.S. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The house was holding itself tight and lonely, even its curtains pulled together and tied against the day. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Miss Winthrop stopped by one afternoon, a few of her blond curls escaping from the scarf she’d tied over her head. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cat had a ribbon tied around its neck. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Down here, the city blocks dissolved into rafts of houseboats tied loosely together. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

When their curls were done, Ma tied their sunbonnets under their chins. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She set it with the lumber splints and tied it all together with the leather straps. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He shoved everything into the sheet and tied it in a bundle. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m just making it a fair fight,” Lily huffed, her wiry curls bouncing around all poodle-like, no matter how tightly she’d tied them back. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

He liked to have a good time, didn’t want to be too tied down with rules and responsibilities. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

This time, it was made of blue velvet tied shut with a fine silver chain; on the ends of the chain dangled sapphire baubles. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He explained the prophecy Juno had issued when he was a baby—about his life being tied to a piece of firewood, and how he had asked Hazel to keep it for him. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He had on an enormous pair of breeches tied at each knee with rope. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘If you will try to run away, you must be tied; but we don’t wish to hurt you.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I noticed his tie was not a clip-on and wondered how he tied it. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I could tear the skin off her face right now if I weren't tied up. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

After a few seconds, he reached over and pulled at the old silk scarf she'd tied around her wrist. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The sound they stand for will be a single note that is the length of all the tied notes added together. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“If the Texas Tornado takes the next medal, we’ll still be tied for first place.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Martin and Teresa had taken pieces of warm cloth from the bed and tied them around him. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The gods gathered heavy stones with holes in them and tied each stone to the bottom of the net as a weight. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

A clean rag tied tightly seemed to stanch the bleeding. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Anyhow, I’m feeling real good about things and minding my own business, and that’s when I notice Fin Chaser tied up to the town wharf. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The string he wears tied around his neck is in his mouth now, and he chews it absentmindedly. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The bloodstained bandage Mortimer had tied around his head looked almost like the turban he had been wearing when he first appeared among the columns of Capricorn's church. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He pulled out one of Harvey’s shirts, loaded it with the cans and bags and candles, then tied the sleeves together. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

My stomach was tied up like knots on a rope waiting for Dad to get home, to see what he’d say about the six words when I told him. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

"It looks," he said, "as if I'm as tied to you as you are to me." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He opened a sack tied to his belt and put the chess piece in. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was thirty-seven, more efficient than in college, tied to computers and modems and cell phones. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tied her pink ribbons carelessly and adjusted her waist. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She brushed and braided her hair and let it hang behind in one thick pigtail tied with a little white bow. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Our origin and evolution have been tied to distant cosmic events. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The might of the gods is tied to their seats of power. You saw what happened to Poseidon once his undersea palace was attacked.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He raised his hands and I saw that his arms were tied up with heavy chains that were dangling off of his wrists. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The inmate was stripped, his hands were tied to the rings, and then, to use a modern phrase, it was payback time: The keeper he had offended administered blows to his back. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

To make his story more believable, Powell carried a small package wrapped in paper and tied with string. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her thick hair is tied back in a knot, and she wears a gray shirt with a factionless armband over it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

With one of my shoelaces I tied the wire to the end of the cane pole. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

So they were all lined up, six of them, with their hands tied. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The other end she tied around the door handle of the diner, the sheet slung between box and door like a hammock. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The apron was a little big, but I adjusted the neck strap and tied the belt in a bow. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

They had been tied to the hanging tree. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Joan, tied to her homework—she was an honor student—quickly became uninterested in chess and didn’t have time for it, so Bobby taught his mother the moves. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Grateful to be doing something in her presence, I tied on the apron, put the slimy kidneys in the sink, washed them, and prepared a pot for boiling. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Gleefully, she stuffed her pockets, tied a marker at the site for later use, and skipped home dreaming of owlet stew. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

With eyes and ears and mind bewildered he followed the Harbormaster to the broad dock where Shadow was tied up, and the Harbormaster brought him to the master of the ship. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Manny’s the Token Black Guy: khakis, loafers, and polo with a cable-knit sweater draped over his shoulders and tied loosely at the chest. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

My bottom thumps against the saddle like one of those rubber balls tied to a wooden paddle. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Such is the way these things are tied together, I guess. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

So I tied my hair back, carefully reassembled myself—I didn’t like pinning my scarf in place, so I usually wrapped it loosely around my head, tossing the longer ends over my shoulders—and reemerged. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

If I’d had my tubes tied years ago, I wouldn’t even have needed the operation. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was made in the Indian way of a circle of poles stuck in the ground with their tops bent together and tied. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The walls of the low house were four feet thick, and the round pole rafters were tied on with rawhide ropes which had been put on wet. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Pilots were running to their planes with their shoelaces still un­tied, such was their hurry. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

In back, my skirt was tied with a large bow that flowed into the graceful sweep of my train. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

It doesn't take them long until they have all the furniture tied down into the back of the very worn-looking pickup. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Kino had two ropes, one tied to a heavy stone and one to a basket. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

His wrists were tied together behind his back, and his arms were lifted high behind him. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her sandy hair was pulled back into twin plaited pigtails, each tied with a bright-red ribbon. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

He patted a forked stick tied to his saddle. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Each night our presence was recorded on the quipus, colored strings tied to a long branch of wood. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Finally I tied strings to some of the abalone shells and hung them from poles. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Until then I am a red balloon, a balloon tied to an anchor. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had mattresses and suitcases tied to the top of the vehicle, and the attackers tore them down and stole them. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Nearby, a small girl pulled carrots from a garden, naked in the rain, while two women tied a pig for slaughter. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She saw women wearing skirts that sat low on the hips and tops that tied like bandannas between their breasts. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The idea of discovery is inextricably tied up with ideas of exploration, progress, originality, authenticity and novelty. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Come on, it was clearly two steaks clumsily tied to my T-shirt and not two shot-up arms. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

But she couldn’t stop herself from screaming out as her arms were wrenched behind her back and tied. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

After he had tied the dog up and fed him, Mr. Loomis walked back to the road and stood looking in the direction they had walked, toward the store. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I started toward Tess and the white man who had just tied a rope around her neck, fastening her into the line, saw me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The thick rectangle was covered in grocer’s paper and tied with string. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t tied her scarf around her head yet this morning, and her bare scalp looked too soft, too fragile in the morning light, like a baby’s. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

I tied it to my pack with a strap and trudged on. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“But you said the Labyrinth is tied to your life force! As long as you’re alive—” “Yes, my young architect,” Daedalus agreed. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Wanting to check the knot that holds the line to the keg, but I don’t dare, there isn’t time; whatever knot I tied will either hold or it won’t. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

A wrapper was slung across his body and tied behind his neck, over a once white singlet now browned by age and yellowed at the armpits. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Native peoples also left an indelible imprint on the land with systems of roads that tied their nations and communities together across the entire landmass of the Americas. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

She was a pretty Asian woman with red highlighted hair tied in a bun. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Most of them wore cheap felt three-cornered hats and frontier shirts that tied at the collar. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Sidman walked in front of me, picking up sweatshirts and canteens that hadn’t been tied to the packs very well, and handing them to Danny and Meryl Lee when her arms got too full. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The day was hot and she had taken off her sweatshirt and tied it around her waist, baring her shoulders to the sun. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Even if her path and Elena’s demands were now tied closely together, she wouldn’t become the King’s Champion just to serve some ghost’s agenda—an agenda that Elena had twice now failed to reveal. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Digory now saw that where four trees grew close together their branches had all been laced together or tied together with switches so as to make a sort of cage. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

It was tied up with string, and in grease pencil across the front was written: -Vri. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Obviously, at some point Mr. Clutter had been tied there, strung up by his hands, and then cut down. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he tied himself to the Turk’s waist. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She tied her things in a cloth that she put on her head, and walked out through the big gate, never to see that country any more. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

This doctor also wore a mask tied around his face. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Robert open the door and both of them jerk my pants off, pull them over my head, and tied ’em tight. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She was not disguised, it was simply that the bent back and the chickens, legs tied together, transformed her into a granny, obviously coming from or going to market. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they had tied the VC up and threw him in the back of a jeep to take to an intelligence unit, and the captain gave Peewee hell for giving information to the enemy. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Riefenstahl climbed over the railing, tied herself to the camera, and said she would remain there until the games began. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The man Ugwu was tied to jerked at the rope as if to see how strong it was and Ugwu was almost thrown off balance. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

His new owners had tied his leash to the leg of a plastic restaurant table, and he was sitting on top, holding his hurt foot in his hands, lips pulled back over his teeth. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

As he said the words, the priest tied together a corner of my sari and a bit of Hari’s shirt. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Captain Smith struggles, but he is tied so tightly hand and foot that he can hardly move. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“You know,” he said, peering at me, “you look a little like Alice’s mother. If you wore a dress and tied your hair up, you’d look a lot like her.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She has dark hair tied back in a high ponytail and a lean, athletic build. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Around the collar but underneath the butterfly wings, I tied a black tie, using an ordinary tie-knot. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

A bright-yellow balloon almost smacks me in the face, its long string tied to the door knob. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

A few women lifted up their wraparound sarongs and tied them in front, to cover their breasts. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

We tied the mast to the railings that ran along the front of the boat with a complicated web of towrope. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put on a shirt, tied his drawstring, tied back his hair. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

When her husband came out to stop them, they tied him up also and dragged them both away. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Green chile was roasted and dried, and red chile was tied into colorful ristras. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

An hour passed before we finally tied Mom’s paintings on the top of the car, shoved whatever would fit into the trunk, and piled the overflow on the backseat and the car floor. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Around my waist, I tied the drawstring purse with Amma’s gift of money. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He wore a cloth tied across his face. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tied my wrapper around my chest, over my pink-and-white flowered nightgown, and padded out of the room. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Fyrian wouldn’t mind waking up with her bed put away, and it felt better to start the day with the beds tied up. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

A long piece of heavy string was tied to one end. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I said ‘pleasant people’, you know,” and Meg carefully tied up her shoe as she spoke, so that no one saw her face. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were tingling terribly: “You'll have to look after him as well if you want to keep me here tied up like a giant sausage roll.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The bag was tied tight, but Candice was able to pull it open enough to peek inside. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He tied the mare to a juniper tree at the mouth of the canyon, and walked up the narrow trail, with the cliffs closer on both sides as he walked farther into the canyon. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

DeNice was wearing her overalls today with a pink T-shirt, pink and yellow hair ribbons, and a pink bandanna tied around her leg. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He returned a few seconds later carrying a goat with its legs tied. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The answer hit me just as Thandiwe grinned and tied a beaded wrap around her head. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

First she removed her sandals, the laces of which were tied together. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She scored a few points, then we were tied, and then we traded turns taking the lead. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I tied his handkerchief around his eyes and led him, stumbling and tripping, up the mountain. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

A lot of people had little bits of her life now, and they were tied to her now, or she was tied to them. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Alyce, with baskets tied to each end of a pole, walked with the cat to the abbey gardens to gather fallen fruit. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d anchored it with a veil to keep the mosquitoes away, and tied it under her chins. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

His hair, like most who live in our sector, hangs down past his shoulders and is tied back into a simple tail. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Five were in the first bag—they proved to be the hardest to get—and the bag was tied tightly with cord I found in the kitchen drawer. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tied them together, so that she had a thin piece of fabric, several yards long. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

When Serafina looked at it, she put more herbs on the wound, and tied the silk tighter than ever, but this time her face was troubled. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are even more surprised when they notice Prince Cardan tied to a chair in the doorway of the map room. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He called softly to Andrew and gave him a biscuit out of his own pocket, and while Andrew was munching it he tied Andrew’s tail to the fence with a piece of string. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

He tied Winn-Dixie up to a tree and said how there was lots of shade for him and that it ought to work out real good. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’d already tied a rope around Jumper’s neck, leaving the loop big enough that it would pull back against his shoulders. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

But what he was feeling had always been so closely tied to Toby, it was odd that his friend wasn’t right behind him, talking about god knows what. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The next time I surface, my hands are tied down to the table, the tubes back in my arm. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was walking without feeling the burning dust, his hands tied behind his back with a rope that a mounted officer had attached to the head of his horse. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Then they scoured my head clean and tied up my hair in ringlets with cotton rags that stuck out all over like a frightful job of bandaging. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

By the time we arrived at Teresita’s house, towing the bleating goat by a mecate, an old rope, tied in a sailor’s knot around its neck, the sun was completely out. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Every other clue is tied to a number. To math.” she said, pacing in front of the trophy case. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She pulled the sluice room door behind her, and tied the heavy rubber apron around her waist. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Stewardesses,” Mami said, admiring their sleek uniforms, pressed white blouses, stiff navy ribbons tied into perfect bows in their hair. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Stuffing the sleeping skin into her pack, she tied the caribou hide to the bottom and shouldered her load. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wrapped in sackcloth and tied with twine, there was a bright piece of paper with my name fixed to the top, waving in the wind like a little flag. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His attention seemed tied to her face by a taut string. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I left the buck tied to the fence. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

She was taller, but so was I. She had on a blue polo shirt, a sweater honest-to-God tied around her neck, diamond studs that glinted even under the bad fluorescent hallway lights. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

And next was a picture of a girl tied to a mast of the ship. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Over my hair I tied a ragged length of linen. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Chubs tied up his shoes, snapped his suitcase shut, and didn’t put in a word of protest as we switched off the cabin lights and headed out into the darkness. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He pointed to an old man dressed in ragged clothes trudging down a dirt path, a large burlap pack filled with scrub grass tied to his back. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

My throat felt like it had been tied in a knot. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we tied our head cloths, Sheku, standing next to me, fell backward. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

A squirming tortoise was tied to its forehead. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Thor said, “Careful. It can spit burning black venom. It spat its poison at me, but it missed. That’s why we tied its head to the tree like that.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The children were dressed in their Sunday best, and I, in a flight of patriotism, had tied a red, white, and blue ribbon to my best hat. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I notice a woven green-and-black name bracelet tied around his wrist. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

In another she was standing in a line with three other girls; they were wearing what might have been prom dresses, and her black hair was tied above her head in an intricate knot-work. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Petey gathered her hair and tied it into a knot at the nape of her neck. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

It was a cardboard box, unwrapped but tied with cord. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arm found the loop of string with which the bag was tied. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I think I should have a hat on, tied with a bow under my chin. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lili wiped her hands on an old apron tied around her waist and stopped to listen. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The rope—the rope to which Jonathan had been tied—remained tied to his ankle and flayed about like a writhing snake. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z