"belt" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Until now, most suits didn't have any belts to tighten.
- At the same time many working people have had their belts tightened for them as factories closed and unions accepted cutbacks.
- She was wearing the same shift she wore when he first saw her, but a belt had tightened it around her waist.
- Consultants warn that economic conditions will call for even more belt tightening next year in the industry as a whole.
- Not all belts are tightening on Wall Street.
- He also won his case for safety: from 1970, all drivers could start the race sitting in their cars with the belts tightened properly.
- As their bellies shrank and their belts tightened, conversation diminished, too.
- "We have a temporary problem right now with our huge transfers to the East, and we have to keep our belts tightened."
- Washington, D.C., had an estimated two years before the belt tightened.
- He was put into his seat with a quick shove, and the belt tightened around him.
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