retie
- a word derived from tie.
Example Sentences
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Part of the rebuilding task must include marking and remembering, trying to retie threads that connect us to history and place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2025
With his frozen fingers, it took him many minutes to retie them.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2024
Not long after, I pause to retie the soaked laces of my left sneaker beneath a bronze statue of a Mountie and his horse.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2022
“Then you just cut the line, pull it through and retie it,” Mr. Groves says, “Cusk don’t care if the line is pretty.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 4, 2020
They grit their teeth and wince when the monsters throw them against the mountain, but they always, always get back up, retie their red scarves and laugh.
From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson
