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Sentence count:222+7Posted:2016-07-21Updated:2020-07-24
Antonym: loosenSimilar words: straightenfightertightlyhighlightdaughterlightmightrightMeaning: ['taɪtn]  v. 1. make tight or tighter 2. become tight or tighter 3. restrict 4. narrow or limit. 
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61. Green wants teachers to tighten up on student attendance.
62. Something seemed to tighten and die inside her.
63. Hook this over the bedpost and pull to tighten.
64. Nevertheless, tension seemed to tighten the air between them.
65. It made the muscles in your backside tighten up.
66. Tighten your stomach muscles and hold for three seconds.
67. Sarella felt his hand tighten on hers and she leaned against him to reassure him.
68. As the police visibly tighten the noose around the mansion, the guerrillas respond with rhetoric and warning bursts of gunfire.
69. At the inquest, the coroner recorded an open verdict, but urged staff to tighten up procedures.
70. But ministers want to tighten the rules to ensure only people unable to perform any sort of work would qualify for payment.
71. Buckingham Palace said Di wanted to tighten her belt along with everyone else.
72. She watched Mr Evans turn in his chair and look up at his sister and felt her chest tighten.
73. Face packs are designed to balance skin secretions, to stimulate the circulation and to moisturise and tighten the skin.
74. In fact, his features seemed to tighten into even harsher lines.
75. His hands lingered for a moment, his fingers hinting at a strength that made her throat tighten.
76. She then stood next to the telephone box, her stomach beginning to tighten in a way which was becoming sickeningly familiar.
77. This has often led him to tighten monetary policy while everybody around was urging him to ease.
78. Don't use jointing compound unless recommended Tighten the compression joints using a spanner at either end.
79. Tighten the screws gradually until the wheel is firmly in place.
80. He changed the spanner for one clearly the wrong size and tried vainly to tighten the nut again.
81. Most people have to tighten their belts a little when they retire.
82. Tighten up the lid on that juice before you put it away.
83. They have urged the Government to tighten up the apparent loophole which allows motorists to speed.
84. Normally a Federal Reserve faced with such a situation would tighten monetary policy.
84. Sentencedict.com is a online sentence dictionary, on which you can find nice sentences for a large number of words.
85. It also has an astringent effect which can tighten skin, making wrinkles less noticeable.
86. The prime minister has promised to tighten up the law on carbon dioxide emissions.
87. Similarly the choke chain will again tighten, encouraging your pet to walk alongside you.
88. Successive legislative steps have been taken since then to tighten the restrictions on access to tobacco by young children.
89. The music industry is determined to tighten up on the illegal copying of CDs.
90. And if we want to tighten and tone our bodies, we need to do toning exercises that work specific muscle groups.
More similar words: straightenfightertightlyhighlightdaughterlightmightrightnightheightslightflighteighthby nightinsightat nightdelightlight upall rightin sightlightlyright awayslightlymidnightnightmarelightingovernightlightningout of sightday and night
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