"tighten" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

tighten verbo

tighten + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 30
tighten controls • tighten one's grip • tighten one's belts • tighten security • tighten one's hold • tighten policy • tighten one's arms • ...
verbo + tighten
Kolokacji: 4
try tightening • begin tightening • keep tightening • finish tightening
tighten + preposición
Kolokacji: 25
tighten up • tighten around • tighten on • tighten into • tighten with • ...
tighten + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 31
tighten further • tighten slightly • tighten painfully • tighten suddenly • slowly tighten • ...
2. tighten slightly = dociśnij nieznacznie tighten slightly
3. slowly tighten = wolno dociśnij slowly tighten
4. tighten involuntarily = dociśnij mimowolnie tighten involuntarily
  • It gradually tightened further, and was just 6.21 percent on Friday.
  • California, however, has gradually tightened its restrictions, and not always for the best of reasons.
  • "The ring will be gradually tightened until the whole territory is under the full control of federal forces."
  • The authorities have gradually tightened the screws on the group, and it is not clear if its work can continue.
  • They were, of course, that the grid's force fields tightened gradually.
  • The rules were gradually tightened, however, forcing plans to include the rank and file.
  • "My belief is that the noose will gradually tighten for those who possess such weapons," he said.
  • This was done by gradually tightening a wooden frame around their heads until the skull collapsed.
  • Instead, he suggested that the high camera should gradually tighten in on the shortstop and then pan toward first base as the ball is thrown.
  • The net was gradually tightening; there was no escaping that fact.
7. tighten momentarily = dociśnij na chwilę tighten momentarily
8. instinctively tighten = instynktownie dociśnij instinctively tighten
9. quickly tighten = szybko dociśnij quickly tighten
10. tighten briefly = dociśnij krótko tighten briefly
11. tighten angrily = dociśnij gniewnie tighten angrily
12. tighten grimly = dociśnij ponuro tighten grimly
13. properly tightened = odpowiednio docisnąć properly tightened
14. tighten fractionally = dociśnij odrobinę tighten fractionally
15. tighten ominously = dociśnij złowrogo tighten ominously
16. tighten protectively = dociśnij troskliwie tighten protectively
(3) suddenly, sharply
Kolokacji: 2
(4) convulsively, steadily
Kolokacji: 2
(5) merely, simply
Kolokacji: 2
(7) automatically, reflexively
Kolokacji: 2

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