Sentence examples for were tied down from inspiring English sources

"They were tied down.

He had been making sure that equipment, materials and hatches were tied down, he said.

It also helped that many German divisions were tied down in Italy.

They put really tight goggles over our eyes and uncomfortable gloves on our hands and we were tied down.

The wooden barracks and other buildings were tied down with anchored cables to prevent them from being blown away by frequent high winds that descended from the icecap.

American forces were tied down in missions other than defending America, he said in a debate last October -- "that seems a century ago," a close adviser said today.

And no one likes being tied down.

Boris Johnson hates being tied down.

I've never been tied down.

There, she was tied down while her genitals were cut.

Flaubert, though, was determined not to be tied down.