tight hold

He says you have to keep a tight hold on the nuts.

He took a tight hold on his temper and voice.

"Just keep a tight hold on Peter while you listen."

I got up to go but Stella kept tight hold of my hand for a moment.

I took tight hold of the door handle and waited.

I got him up on the bench again, but he kept tight hold of my arm.

The telescope case was still there, and he kept tight hold of it.

This time she kept a tight hold on her bladder.

The next moment, he had Joe's arm in a tight hold.

And she was the practical one, keeping a tight hold on the money they made between them.

So mother keeps tight hold of her in case she should want to marry.

Rosa brought her hands back up to his face, and caught tight hold of it.

He kept a tight hold on his temper; this was all in the past.

She had tight hold of his arm and was leading him back across the bridge.

With a tight hold on me, Mae kept her balance problem under control.

She'd always kept a very tight hold on the purse strings.

She kept a tight hold on him and advised Hank to do the same.

No further information seemed to be forthcoming and Rose still had tight hold of the ring.

I'd keep a tight hold on that chain until I'm well down the road from here."

He stumbled in surprise, and was glad of the tight hold she had on his hand.

The decision may loosen the Canadian government's generally tight hold on information.

Keeping tight hold of our prizes, we ran for the woods.

He had a tight hold on the audience, totally in command of his band.

Now, the unfortunate deceased was himself a lawyer and had a pretty tight hold of me.

I bristled, but kept a tight hold on my emotions.