has been tying
- present perfect progressive of tie (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Kelner has been tying blue and yellow balloons to statues around Washington and taking photos of the result.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 3, 2023
While other presidents use the lame duck portion of their tenure to get to work on their presidential libraries, Obama has been tying up loose ends.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 19, 2016
"Dorothy has been tying the pull strings for me this afternoon and I'm going to do the glueing now while you people are learning baskets."
From Ethel Morton and the Christmas Ship by Smith, Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke)
Rather annoyed to find someone has been tying knots in my handkerchief.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, February 1, 1890 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir
