tie
verb (used with object)
to bind, fasten, or attach with a cord, string, or the like, drawn together and knotted.
have been tying
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present perfect progressiveof tie.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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In the last three years in this city, a third have been tying the knot with non-Asians, he says.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 20, 2016
Beer said the ironworkers have been tying rebar before concrete is poured.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 21, 2015
“He gaed very close by me, to be sure, but it’s a strange thing that I should just have been tying my brogues.”
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 10 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
“On a high knoll not far from where we have been tying up the boats,” answered Ward Porton.
From Dave Porter and His Double Or, The Disapperarance of the Basswood Fortune by Edward Stratemeyer
We hardly know what to compare the snout to, unless it is a very long and thin strawberry pottle, that some wicked boys have been tying over his mouth.
From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various
