Example Sentences

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A well-tied foulard substitutes a shirt under an open jacket.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 20, 2022

Try to make sure that façade accessories are well-tied to the walls.

From Washington Post • Aug. 25, 2011

He had an Oxford-gray suit, unwrinkled cordovan shoes; a pert, insultingly well-tied blue bow tie, and a superior narrow pink bald spot.

From Free Air by Lewis, Sinclair

She looked at his baby-collar with a well-tied bow gleaming from the centre; at his pointed shoes; his curious, little, querulous look.

From Peg O' My Heart by Manners, J. Hartley

Whenever he looked at him he thought, 'If he were only clean?' and mechanically fingered his own well-tied cravatte.

From Villa Rubein, and other stories by Galsworthy, John