"If our people keep tightening the noose around the enemy, they can do without us for a bit."

He kept tightening the knot until I could hardly breathe.

Although some economists worry that continuing rate increases will stifle growth, the Fed has shown itself willing to keep tightening to combat inflation.

But the fear kept tightening his chest until he could but breathe with difficulty.

But as Burke proceeds with his awful plan, he keeps tightening the screws of his logic.

It was always a series of sketches linked together and we kept tightening and tightening it in the writing.

The pressure from outside kept tightening around me, and I couldn't resist it, because we'd burned those things.

They just kept burrowing into their music and kept tightening the bolts.

I'll keep tightening the rope.

I kept pulling, and he kept tightening with that certainty of someone who knew that I couldn't get away.