Sentence examples for tied roughly from inspiring English sources

Instinctively we both turned to the tiny Suzuki in disbelief – spare wheels tied roughly to the roof, paint melting in the sun.

JCM You know how raffia tied roughly around a bunch of posh flowers looks more fabulous than a neatly bow-tied ribbon does?

After roughly rounding it off and deepening the acetabulum, a cap of free fascia lata was placed over the head and tied about the neck with a purse-string suture of chromic catgut.

As Jordan Weissman points out over at the Atlantic, the appeal of gas taxes was that they tied, however roughly, payment to usage.

Over the past year-and-a-half, investors have tied up roughly $170 million in an assortment of shoe-related startups, according to an analysis of Crunchbase data.

Crowning the deceptively complex look were ribbons tied in roughly bleached blonde hair and strong make-up: bushy eyebrows, heavily defined eyes, a Marilyn-style beauty mark and a bold lip shade.

Now, it is a drain on operations, producing just 20 percent of its revenue but tying up roughly half of its capital.

The "bug lights" and warm-colored LEDs were roughly tied for least attractive, at about 4.5.

Russia and Saudi Arabia are now roughly tied in oil production, each pumping around 10 million barrels a day.

As a result, television and online search are roughly tied as a first source for breaking news about business.

Polls taken in Nevada over the last few months have shown about 15percentt of respondents undecided, with Mr. McCain and Mr. Obama roughly tied.