tether

We would lack a human face as our symbol; we would exist in the ether of ideas with no concrete stake in the ground to tether us.

In this conversation, Rick realizes that to survive, he must tether himself to the present—to these people.

Power for the sensors flows up the tether and data flows down.

Even the always-energetic Atti looked like he was at the end of his tether.

Jane was constantly at the end of her emotional tether, which manifested brilliantly on stage.

It indicated that things were going very badly indeed; that Laura was at the end of her tether.

And I have to stand by and see you at the end of your tether, hurt and frightened, and to know that I can do nothing for you.

The arrow-swift horses of a Persian trader slept in one stall; a tall dromedary shook his tether in another.

And when your really scientific ragger sinks to this, he is nearing the end of his tether.

Pursuing such an inquiry with regard to Frederick Chopin, we find ourselves, however, soon at the end of our tether.