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hog-tied

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verb

past tense of hog-tie

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hog-tied
Adjective
  • Yet the Rocket have been outscored 15-4 through three games, looking helpless against a Checkers team that has gotten red hot at exactly the right time.
    Colin Cerniglia, Charlotte Observer, 1 June 2025
  • From the dugout at San Siro, Lautaro Martinez and Federico Dimarco were helpless.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 30 May 2025
Adjective
  • Is there a difference between being stuck and feeling paralyzed?
    Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 17 May 2025
  • But the duo, who were also romantically involved throughout their lives, saw their careers come to an end when Roy was attacked on stage by one of their live tigers, which damaged his spine and induced a stroke that left him partially paralyzed.
    Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 12 May 2025
Verb
  • The provision was ratified in the late nineteen-eighties, but conservatives allied with the country’s agricultural lobby have long impeded its enforcement.
    Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Poor governance and economic stewardship have impeded the region’s development and generated the grievances behind the Arab Spring.
    Marwan Muasher, Foreign Affairs, 21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Global Blue's weak February European shopper data released on March 5 did indeed work as a catalyst.
    Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 3 June 2025
  • Neurologists worried that the urban environment, factory work and office jobs, and other modern pressures were making men tired, indecisive, and physically weak.
    Time, Time, 3 June 2025
Verb
  • The status of the third remained unknown, but snow obstructed a full view of the nest.
    Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Yoon apologized for his brief martial law decree, but later doubled down and defended the move, arguing the liberal party obstructed his political agenda.
    Sophia Vento, The Hill, 8 Mar. 2025
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“Hog-tied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hog-tied. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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