"tighten" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- It simply tightened its hold on her head, as if to squeeze her thoughts out altogether.
- Should the Cubans continue to compete and simply tighten security?
- The local warlords and local militias will simply tighten their grip.
- I arched my back, trying to free myself, but the guy simply tightened his grip and there was nothing I could do.
- She struggled in the farm boys' hands; they simply tightened their grips.
- He suggested that simply tightening the agencies' ties would be a better way to help astronomers.
- Nellie Hale, a blend of both temperaments, simply tightened her mouth.
- Those who have neither the option nor the desire to go abroad must simply tighten their belts.
- Simply tighten the thigh muscles, also called the quadriceps, of one leg at a time.
- Sometimes, simply tightening the bonnet nut may be the answer.
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