Sentence examples for tied up the from inspiring English sources

I was very proud and happy with the way that they tied up the end of the story.

The question had tied up the talks.

Last week's fearsome traffic jams tied up the West End in bowknots.

Yesterday, Democrats tied up the House floor for several hours to bring attention to the measure.

They tied up the guard, a caretaker and about 20 visitors, and then vandalized 120 gravestones.

Though not quite every loose thread is tied up, the story's pacing is masterly.

The Paris summit tied up the loose ends, and supplied non-Western legitimacy, however symbolic.

That same year, Team Poison tied up the phone lines of an MI6 anti-terror hotline.

He tied up the victim and sodomized him using a pair of scissors, the police said.

After a week of being tied up, the two sisters agreed to marry their cousins.

He tied up the girls, told them to count to a thousand, and took Polly away.