"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 • ...

Kolokacji: 1

Grup znaczeniowych: 7

Kolokacji: 16

(2) painfully, hard, gently, firmly

Kolokacji: 4

(3) suddenly, sharply

Kolokacji: 2

1. tighten suddenly = dociśnij nagle tighten suddenly

2. tighten sharply = dociśnij ostro tighten sharply

She jerked back, but his arm tightened sharply, preventing her from puffing free.
His arm tightened sharply, underlining the warning and cutting off her breath at the same time.
The legal situation in Indonesia tightened sharply in 2008 with the passing of the Bill against Pornography and Pornoaction.
His eyes ... Bremen felt his throat tighten sharply.
The hands on Samuel's shoulders tightened sharply.
Her face tightened sharply.
When McCoy's eyes were sure of the changed light, he peered in at the row of undamaged sleeper-units inside, and his stomach tightened sharply.
The arm tightened sharply into a choke hold.
Andropov's arm slipped from the chair; his face tightened sharply, "Sarah?
Japan's money policy had to tighten sharply, if the yen were not to collapse and if inflation was to be kept under control.

(4) convulsively, steadily

Kolokacji: 2

(5) merely, simply

Kolokacji: 2

Kolokacji: 3

(7) automatically, reflexively

Kolokacji: 2

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