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Ting


Definition:

  • (n.) A sharp sound, as of a bell; a tinkling.
  • (v. i.) To sound or ring, as a bell; to tinkle.
  • (n.) The apartment in a Chinese temple where the idol is kept.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Vertical gratings are tinged with green and horizontal gratings with pink.
  • (2) For now, the overriding feeling is helplessness, tinged with shame for the last year of passivity.
  • (3) His back went, and with it he thought he heard a simultaneous "Ting!"
  • (4) This posture of racially tinged complacency underlies most of the frequent backlashes endured by western feminists.
  • (5) Initial symptoms can be diarrhea and blood-tinged stool.
  • (6) It is a victory tinged with sadness because it comes so late: 71-year-old Wallace has very little time left to live.
  • (7) Blood-tinged amniotic fluid interfered with AFP and nitrazine evaluation.
  • (8) Because of our slightly younger average age and city location, we were supposedly one of the "new wave" WIs that had started springing up in the years before – groups that rejected crochet and did more modern activities, often with more than a tinge of irony.
  • (9) Unfortunately for the assembled crowds, Ting kept his powder dry, despite much prodding and questioning, revealing nothing about the year's worth of data from AMS except to say that they would be "important" results and would be made public when he submitted them to a scientific journal within a few weeks.
  • (10) Perhaps not, if this missive from our an at Wembley, Davidde Corran, is anything to go by: From the Wembley seats to the San Francisco 49ers fans occupying so many of them, the first of four annual Jacksonville Jaguars games has quite the red tinge.
  • (11) As the silt cleared, we found ourselves on a flat plain of yellow-tinged mud, inscribed with pits, burrows and tracks by species that eke out their existence on the detritus that settles from above.
  • (12) But his admiration of its open, can-do mentality was always tinged with scepticism: "I have seen the future and it does NOT work," he wrote to me.
  • (13) We cannot think that a society has a future when it fails to pass laws capable of protecting families and ensuring their basic needs, especially those of families just starting out.” Intentionally or not, the pontiff’s politically tinged address would have bolstered his progressive reputation, even though traditional Catholic social doctrine has long espoused access to housing, medical aid and work.
  • (14) Young brings together a vision of mother nature reaching her peak, with the quietly stirring chord change from D major to G, and an occasionally desperate tinge to his voice.
  • (15) Will's singing is completely English; dignified, buttoned-up even; the tune is country-tinged and classic.
  • (16) As burly security men hung back and the promoters sat silently by, Chisora marched on Haye, who gritted his teeth, held on to what those close to him say was a bottle of Desperados, a pale German lager tinged with tequila, and threw an inspired right hand that cracked into the side of Chisora's jaw.
  • (17) The calf initially drooled blood-tinged saliva and drank with difficulty.
  • (18) A single, Choices, saw them back on the radio despite abandoning the 60s and 70s references of their previous hits for an electro-tinged 80s sound, and even earned them some positive reviews.
  • (19) She was clearly feeling the same sense of excitement tinged with unease.
  • (20) As French military units arrive in Bangui and start deploying elsewhere in-country , our international and CAR colleagues are allowing themselves a measure of hope even if this is tinged with scepticism and apprehension too.

Tying


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tie
  • () p. pr. of Tie.
  • (n.) The act or process of washing ores in a buddle.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Behind her balcony, decorated with a flourishing pothos plant and a monarch butterfly chrysalis tied to a succulent with dental floss, sits the university’s power plant.
  • (2) Theresa May signals support for UK-EU membership deal Read more Faull’s fix, largely accepted by Britain, also ties the hands of national governments.
  • (3) The quantity of social ties, the quality of relationships as modified by type of intimate, and the baseline level of symptoms measured five years earlier were significant predictors of psychosomatic symptoms among this sample of women.
  • (4) They are just literally lying.” In August Microsoft severed its ties, saying Alec’s stance on climate change and several other issues “conflicted directly with Microsoft’s values”.
  • (5) There is a gradual loosening of the adolescent's emotional dependence on her parents and a transfer of dependency ties to peers.
  • (6) We have reported on a simple and secure method of tying up hair during transplantation surgery for alopecia.
  • (7) Maybe it’s because they are skulking, sedentary creatures, tied to their post; the theatre critic isn’t going anywhere other than the stalls, and then back home to write.
  • (8) Beijing has no interest in seeing strained ties affecting development plans either.” The Moranbong band was founded by Kim Jong-un , with each member reportedly selected by a leader eager to make his mark on the cultural scene.
  • (9) Two years ago I met a wonderful man and we now feel it’s time to tie the knot.
  • (10) The glory lay in the defiance, although the outcome of the tie scarcely looks promising for Arsenal when the return at Camp Nou next Tuesday is borne in mind.
  • (11) Alec played a role in the resignation of the UK defence secretary Liam Fox last year over his close ties to his friend Adam Werritty.
  • (12) The Dodgers and Braves are tied 1-1 in the third inning and the Detroit Tigers and Oakland A's ALDS will start at 9:37pm EST.
  • (13) And if that ties up with one another then Oscar has got a major problem."
  • (14) Los Angeles were relentless in their vicious pursuit of a game-tying goal on Wednesday, bidding to send Game 4 into overtime.
  • (15) "This is the guy we've all seen in Borders or HMV on a Friday afternoon, possibly after a drink or two, tie slightly undone, buying two CDs, a DVD and maybe a book - fifty quid's worth - and frantically computing how he's going to convince his partner that this is a really, really worthwhile investment."
  • (16) The levy would also confirm the dramatically changing nature of Pakistan's ties with its western partners, from a strategic alliance to a transactional relationship, with deep suspicions on both sides.
  • (17) Trade unions criticised the corporation’s 1% offer, tied to a minimum of just £390, for those staff earning under £50,000, calling it “completely unacceptable” .
  • (18) Unlike most CDU politicians, he keeps close ties to the British Conservatives despite their differences on Europe .
  • (19) Last week, the army major who ordered Dar to be tied to the vehicle was awarded a commendation for his counter-insurgency work in the region.
  • (20) He added, however, that the US would "remain the world's leading military and economic power for the next two to three decades" and he ruled out a radical shift in bilateral ties.

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