Sentence examples for tie about from inspiring English sources

There's an old saying: "The ink's not dry until you die". At the beginning of the rehearsal, Mauceri, dressed in blazer and tie, about to give the opera's downbeat, rose from his stool and, over his shoulder, drily announced to the production staff, "I'd like to point out that the paint on my stool is wet". I cannot think of a better metaphor for "free, adult, uncensored" theater.

Tie about 2 4 inches (5.1 10.2 cm) of string to each tab.

All you have to do is tie about 15 or so long socks in a line and you have a neat jump rope !

Fashion a safety pin shape out of stiff wire, then tie about an inch of pencil lead to it with finer wire.

The train rolls forward at about six inches a second, dropping a new tie about every four seconds.

The White House mocked this as a majority against moving forward, a majority against moving back and a tie about standing still.

A lady's backside "resembled one of those family joints of meat that are tied about with string".

A man who tied about 100 helium balloons to a garden chair and flew over the Canadian city of Calgary has been charged with causing mischief.

I tied about 20 liters to the ropes, then bang!

A blue smock was tied about my neck.

General Arnold was fit to be tied about the whole thing, and LeMay had apologized to Nimitz in person.