"tightly" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- They weren't grouped round the fire but were jammed tightly on a long, high-backed wooden settle which stood against the far wall.
- It was tightly jammed against the garage swing door.
- The blade finally came to rest near Pitrick's heart, jammed tightly into his collarbone and breastplate.
- Picking a shelf where the books had been tightly jammed in place, The Shadow carefully removed a few volumes.
- The Buddha is almost unbelievably large - so tightly jammed inside the temple that it appears to be supporting the roof.
- That afternoon, Harry had tried to open a rear window in the laboratory, only to find its catch tightly jammed.
- He scooped her up, and she was in a lift, jammed tightly against him, before she could catch her breath.
- The white knuckles of the copilot's left hand were jammed tightly over the pilot's right on the throttles.
- A dirty gag was jammed tightly in her mouth, and her eyes were haggard with terror.
- Fifteen years later, the greenhouse is there - jammed tightly against a solid wall of greenery.
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