As a result, too many bonds of family and community are left untied by anxious, overworked couples, too many familial functions have to be subcontracted, and too many children perceive themselves as burdens.
Ms. Tennenbaum's hands are tied and untied by the vagaries of insurance coverage: a young woman who needs radiation treatment but is otherwise fully functional will be discharged with round-the-clock aides because she receives Medicaid.
Bob Carr, editor of Inside Sporting Goods, a trade newsletter, points to the disc shoe, whose laces are tied and untied by turning a disc on the uppers.
A disperse occidental continent, if you like, whose constituent areas are untied by their common frontage on the same ocean.
I suspect, however, that the number of knots both tied and untied by my subconscious mind would be a rather impressive litany if it were known.
Speculation later arose as to whether Michael's hands had been untied by the killer, by M'Neill himself, or by some other visitor who stumbled across the bodies before the police secured the crime scene.
