Similar words: frightened, enlightened, tighten, lighten, frighten, heighten, brighten, enlighten. Meaning: ['taɪtn] adj. made tighter or more stringent.
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121. The suspended despair inside her splintered into a shuddering sob and Fernando tightened his hold on her.
122. Other hands tightened my blindfold until it hurt and started fitting a cloth over my mouth.
123. I tightened my hold on the child as we crossed the busy road.
124. Vincent felt his heartbeat quicken, and tightened his grip on Lily's hand.
125. At the same time as introducing the new income support scheme, the rules for eligibility to housing benefit have been tightened.
126. Planning laws had been tightened to restrict building in high-risk areas.
127. The band have tightened up their live set and feel they are playing their best music ever.
128. Her fingers tightened on the banister rail, as she paused in her descent.
129. Security has tightened since the bombing, but the royal family has tried to mend fences.
130. He conceded, however,[sentencedict.com] that the company tightened a nut in the fuse box on Saab models after 1992.
131. We recommend immediate large-scale immunisation of the urban population, as well as tightened surveillance and appropriate vector control.
132. He tightened his grip on the sub-machine-gun, waited for the helicopter to slow and swing towards him.
133. Cranston tightened his lips, blinking his eyes furiously as he always did when the tears threatened to return.
134. As the fingers tightened he resigned himself to the worst.
135. As the medical establishment tightened its monopoly on diagnosis and prescription, it also expanded the area under its control.
136. There was a sickening lurch as my chute opened and my harness tightened round me so that I could hardly breathe.
137. The vortex had tightened into a spiral that was winding tighter and tighter.
138. As soon as we heard the engine his grip tightened.
139. Administrative procedures must be tightened up, and effective publicity should emphasise prompt and vigorous action in the courts.
140. A nylon webbing strap is wrapped around the frame and is then tightened using a ratchet action of the clamp head.
141. True, the men at City Hall admit, belts have had to be tightened since a recessionary squeeze in 1991.
142. The screw hasn't been tightened.
143. Our army tightened the ring of encirclement.
144. All the bolts were fully tightened.
145. Recheck clearance on all valves again after locknut is tightened.
146. Thus the corset was never loosened or removed, but tightened more and more.
147. He clinched his hands. He knitted his brows and tightened his lips.
148. The European Union Tuesday tightened against Zimbabwe president, Robert Mugabe.
149. Lao Yang thought as he subconsciously tightened his grasp on the rifle.
150. Her lips tightened. The feeling of mutual antagonism was increased.
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