"tight" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- He was wound tight as a spring, frightened.
- She'd been wound tight as a spring, ready for the moment and perhaps even looking forward to it.
- It was understandable that he'd be wound tight.
- Derec realized he was wound up pretty tight.
- "I'm still wound tight," I said to her.
- I was wound tight as a drum, and I wanted to pull my hair out every time someone used the "R" word.
- Beside me, Angel was wound tight, her hand clenching mine hard.
- He is wound so tight over these two because he missed out on all the fun.
- It's wound around you tight as a cocoon.
- The diminutive Middle Easterner was wound tight, unable to sit still.
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