How to Use untie in a Sentence

untie

verb

• She untied the horse from the post.
• He untied the package and opened it.
• Porter talked the man off the chair and then helped to untie his hands.
  — Stefanie Loh, The Seattle Times, 12 May 2017
• Cons The bow, though cute, comes untied from time to time.
  — Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 22 June 2023
• On the next pitch, Perez tied the score. San Diego’s bench would untie it.
  — Dennis Lin, sandiegouniontribune.com, 9 June 2017
• Kings tied game twice, but Baynes untied it the second time with a 3 from the top of the key.
  — Duane Rankin, azcentral, 28 Dec. 2019
• The Cubs untied it against Sergio Romo and Jansen in the bottom of the ninth.
  — Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 10 Apr. 2017
• To begin, lay both pieces face up, with the top's strings untied.
  — Hannah Chubb, Peoplemag, 28 Feb. 2024
• The act tells colleges, in so many words, their hands must be untied.
  — Michael McCann, SI.com, 25 June 2019
• But nobody managed to untie the painter, the rope which tethered the lifeboat to the vessel.
  — Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Mar. 2023
• The lace of one black boot came untied, and one of the furious skirt’s feet tripped over the other.
  — Silvina Ocampo, The New Yorker, 11 July 2019
• Remove the chicken from the broth, place it in a shallow bowl and untie the cheesecloth.
  — Dallas News, 4 Feb. 2021
• Betty unties Chic at gunpoint and leads him out of the Cooper house and to a park.
  — Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 26 Apr. 2018
• Truman unties his binding and stumbles across the deck to the side rail.
  — Darryn King, WIRED, 4 May 2018
• Democrats should slice through this knot rather than attempt to untie it.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 27 Sep. 2022
• A lot of my work is helping people see that knot and untie it.
  — Jessica Dulong, CNN, 25 Jan. 2022
• Keene swished into the cold water, untied the funnel of the net and peered in with her headlamp.
  — Douglas Struck, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 June 2017
• To remove it, use the elastics or untie the straps. Don’t remove the mask with the part that covers your face.
  — Nataly Keomoungkhoun, Dallas News, 3 Apr. 2020
• After the men left, N’s parents untied her and washed her.
  — Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2017
• After the men left, N's parents untied her and washed her.
  — NBC News, 13 Dec. 2017
• Hands trembling, Ashanty tried to untie the rope but couldn't.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 14 Feb. 2020
• Hands trembling, Ashanty tried to untie the rope but couldn’t.
  — Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2020
• Kemp held Dobbins' leg while Hutchinson tried to untie the shoe.
  — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2019
• Matli returned to his comrades, who were now struggling to untie the ropes on a life raft.
  — Helen Sullivan, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2017
• The woman managed to untie herself and run to the neighbor’s house.
  — cleveland, 2 Sep. 2020
• Soon after, the migrants untied the rope and restarted the engine.
  — Renata Brito, ajc, 17 June 2023
• Surveillance footage shows the men holding the man’s weight and untying the sheet.
  — Fox News, 19 July 2019
• Claire untying the bow that Madam Jeanne tied that morning.
  — Elizabeth Angell, Town & Country, 23 Oct. 2017
• From a visual standpoint, that looks like a win more than untying ropes.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 28 Aug. 2023
• Dibble, unable to untie the knots, used a key to rip a hole in the bag to provide oxygen to the bunnies, according to the sheriff's office.
  — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2024

Last Updated: 30 Sep 2024