tetherin a sentence
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The horses were tethered to a post.tethered = tied
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The astronaut is tethered to the space station while doing outside repairs.
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The car, however, had reached the end of its tether. (source)tether = rope
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It took my muddy brain a moment to understand: she had reached the end of her tether. (source)
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The goat tugged frantically at its tether, racing back and forth. (source)tether = rope tying it to a location
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They both let the ropes slide through their hands, and the boat fell and hit the water with a slap. It bounced and rocked and pulled against its tether, but Doon's knot held. (source)tether = rope holding it in place
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Tethered to the ground, on guard, with a very sick person to take care of. (source)Tethered = tied
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Were we going to steal the clapper of the school bell, or would we tether a cow in chapel? (source)tether = tieeditor's notes: If you've ever played tetherball, it will be easier to remember the meaning of tether.
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...she began to feel as if she were floating and drifting upward. She lifted higher and part of her liked the sensation but another part of her felt untethered and frightened. She tried to find the place in her heart where her life was anchored, (source)untethered = unbound (to earth by earth's gravity)standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in untethered means not and reverses the meaning of tethered. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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The tents were being blown from their ties to the earth, and the animals were being freed from their tethers. (source)tethers = rope ties
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Maybe all that anger was the last string tethering him to sanity as he waited. (source)tethering = tying
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A thousand fires burnt brightly; and round each Sat fifty warriors in the ruddy glare; Champing the provender before them laid, Barley and rye, the tether'd horses stood Beside the cars, and waited for the morn.† (source)tether'd = tied so as to limit the boundaries of movement
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Mom took me off the BiPAP, I tethered myself to a portable tank, and stumbled into my bathroom to brush my teeth. (source)tethered = tied (by plugging in)
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He could not understand it until he looked back and saw that what he led at the end of the tether was not a goat but a heavy log of wood. (source)tether = rope
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But now wands waved in the city's air, untethered and free, phones in the millions, and a number could be obtained in minutes, for a pittance.† (source)untethered = not tied or limited
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The rafts slid on the current, their tethers snaking behind them. (source)tethers = ropes
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