The unexpected applause tongue-tied the novice speaker, leaving her stumbling for words.

At the ranch wedding, many guests wore bolo ties paired with denim and cowboy boots.

He stored his vintage ascot ties in a cedar chest to preserve their scent.

After waiting two hours for the repairman, Martin was fit to be tied.

He tied down the canoe to the roof rack before the trip.

At low tide, we walked across the sandbar to the tied island to observe the nesting gulls.

We explored the tied islands during low tide, walking across the exposed sandbars.

The crew replaced several rotten railroad ties to prevent the train from derailing during heavy rains.

Workers replaced the rotten railway ties along the old branch line over the weekend.

Ti plasmids have been instrumental in plant genetic engineering, enabling the stable transfer of foreign genes into the host genome.