"tightly" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Sarah stared at the thirty-four-gun frigate, her infamous black sails furled tightly against the huge masts.
- Naked masts, their sails tightly furled, pointed at the sky as the rain dripped off the rigging.
- The ones I chose were pink and yellow, tightly furled like flags before glory.
- With its injured wings tightly furled against its body, the wyvern started to climb.
- Ships, their sails tightly furled, their hatches battened down, rocked at anchor.
- With his keen vision, Kith-Kanan could see a three-masted ship wallowing in the offshore swells, its sails furled tightly against the yards.
- All jibs, spankers, tops'ls, and t'gallants tightly furled.
- Beside it, crouched, an impossible beast lapped at the water with its long tongue, its bronze wings furled tightly on the length of its huge back.
- No-he was only a lieutenant by his uniform, and he carried two flags tightly furled and strapped to his saddle.
- Even more so was the sight of four griffins leading the horde, their eagle-tine heads raised above the rest of the crowd, wings tightly furled but still unmistakable.
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