How To Use Tight In A Sentence

Begin by tightening your buttocks and lifting your hips off the floor.
Nakamura even gives them a bit of an Odd Couple twist: Buddha is frugal and kind of uptight; Jesus goes with the flow. License request day: Saint Young Men
Deirdre cast him one last look, then shut her eyes tight.
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It is the failure of the diaphragmatic pinchcock to open, as in the normal deglutitory cycle, rather than a spasmodic tightness, that obstructs the food. Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery

Adam was getting the feeling that money was tight for her.
There are tight rules on the type of properties that qualify for the relief.
Do your legs and arms sometimes feel sore and tight? Banish Anxiety - how to stop worrying and take charge of your life
Throughout the exercise, focus on keeping your abs tight.
Around the humerus, loose where once it had clung tightly, lay the twisted semi-circle of a priestly arm-ring. MIDNIGHT IS A LONELY PLACE
Bosses are keeping tight-lipped about WHO he will play. The Sun
It's an extremely robust plant that knits tightly together. Times, Sunday Times
The ensemble playing is lock tight, the soloists are eloquent; the seven pieces (five of them composed by group members) are literate and stimulating.
For one thing, it has withstood the shock of tighter fiscal policy. Times, Sunday Times
Statistics paint a sobering picture — unemployment, tight credit, lower home values, sluggish job growth.
The more Tim drank the more tightly Margaret held on to the security of upper-middle-class values. THE IMAGE OF LAURA
His head's still swimming so he holds on tight to her waist so he doesn't fall.
The rules governing the use of the Royal Standard were tightened during the reign of Edward VII.
Whether or not delegates were so tightly bound by their constituents and the record is by no means clear, they acted as if they were, holding firmly to their preconvention positions. Ratification
Perhaps the minister should be praised for tightening the regime? Times, Sunday Times
They need to learn how to close out tight games. Times, Sunday Times
The foil should be tightly closed with no gaps. Times, Sunday Times
Cover the tray tightly with tinfoil and bake for 15 minutes. Times, Sunday Times
These need to be kept tight, sharp and limited, because the woollier they get, the more endangered. Times, Sunday Times
Smith gave Mandy not only a new leotard, but tights and ballet shoes too.
As he fought to rip the net apart, Francis noticed, with horror, that their struggles were only pulling the net tighter, causing it to inject increasing amounts of tranquilizing drugs into their bodies.
The watertight rooms, costing from £500 a night up to £3,000 for a suite, are aimed at wealthy travellers who want a unique holiday experience.
Speaking of rounding tight corners, the Daily News reports that some messengers attempted to promote cycling in Queens this past weekend by holding an alleycat called "BLVDS of DEATH: Archive 2010-09-01
In the end, despite these tight controls, the US-backed generals failed to win a majority of the vote, securing a plurality only through frenzied last minute stuffing of the ballot boxes.
When inserting the needle into the clamp, push it up as far as it will go and tighten the clamp screw firmly with the screwdriver.
Scamp had an airtight alibi, naturally, but then again young Leakey never said who exactly had done it.
Until the carabiner pulled tight on the rigging, it seemed from the helicopter that he'd gone over in a suicide dive. MINUTES TO BURN
I grasped his hands in mine, so tightly they almost cracked under the pressure.
Xuanrang the streets, for you to squat in the tight loose shoelace.
He tugged at the neck of his turtleneck sweater feeling like it was a noose tightening with each attack.
There followed a series of tightly circumscribed visits to military installations.
I felt very uneasy, as if my stomach was tight and tense, yet it was sloshing about and very empty.
Gwen flashed an angry look at her and went around her to the door, shutting it tightly behind her.
I'd wear this dress with some thick woollen tights and ankle boots. The Sun
Black belts were strapped tightly across the waists and two of the men had an additional girdle across their broad chests from top left to bottom right.
The powder charge and the ball and patch had to be rammed separately down the tight-fitting barrel and the pan primed with powder.
Villagers then filtered out the sediment by pouring the water through tightly woven cloth.
The steering is agile and responsive and it takes tight bends in its stride. The Sun
Her sallow skin was drawn tightly across the bones of her face.
Small boys waved their hands to us, the water-carrier carrying his tight goat-skin from the wells set his cups a-tinkling, as though by way of a God-speed, and then M'Barak touched his horse with the spur to induce the bravery of a caracole, and led us away from Djedida. Morocco
It is arguably too tight now, making the car seem unsettled on small bumps and unpleasant on larger ones. Times, Sunday Times
The most recent hike, as with previous ones, was tied to tight supplies of propylene feedstock.
When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer. Times, Sunday Times
Inflation did eventually accelerate, and tight-money measures have barely begun to halt it.
Tightly woven wool, wool melton, felted or boiled wool, leather and suede along with faux leather and suede all can be clipped, snipped, slashed or punched without fraying.
And the case we had against them was airtight.
Tights are close fitting with elastic waist band.
Sister Morrison parted lips that had been tightly, even whitely, compressed. SAN ANDREAS
Walk the tightrope
To secure the screws, thread the nylon thumbnuts until it reaches the nylon washer, securing it thumb tight.
These pumps have been around for years and as winter rolls in, the only way to wear them under trousers is in the darker colors (slightly scuffed), with opaque tights. Does the Shoe Fit? Finding the Perfect Flat
Dori, Roger, Grace, and Grant all sat in the lounge area they had been directed to by the unsmiling woman with the tight bun on top of her head.
James went to his daughter and hugged her tightly.
In fact there is little evidence of a direct link between tight family budgets and food theft. Times, Sunday Times
But this is cold comfort to those struggling to manage tight household budgets. The Sun
She had to struggle into the tight dress.
Abbey was snapped in a pair of skin-tight jeans just ten days after her daughter was born. The Sun
The dress was modest, a medium cut top, three quarter sleeve, tight bodice and a moderate skirt.
The station is so sprawling and packed with vehicles that it took longer than usual for Discovery to be tightly cinched down. Discovery arrives at space station
In such a tightly managed duopoly partisan change is slow in coming, and then likely to be slow to dislodge.
To perform well it has to be tightly targeted to cope with quite a narrow band of frequencies.
They will also be racing on the wider expanses of a course that offers a much fairer test of ability than the tight turns and short straight at the Valley.
‘All these polls indicate is that there will be a dogfight for the last seat in all key marginals and the vote will be so tight it is hard for anyone to call it,’ the Fine Gael spokesman said.
He wrenched him around and grasped his scrawny neck in a dangerously tight headlock.
If the house is fairly tight, the simplest route for makeup air to enter the structure is often the unused fireplace chimney.
As a modern parent, I know that it's not how much you give children those counts, it's the love and attention you shower on them.A caring attitude can not only save you a small fortune, but also even make you feel good about being tight-fisted and offering more care than presents.
The first uses what AirTight now alternately refers to as a "vulnerability" or a "limitation" in the 802.11 specification: a shared encryption key called the group temporal key (GTK), shared by all clients connected to the same access point, can't detect an address spoofing attempt (the pairwise keys, which are used to scramble data between a given client and the access point, can). AirTight defends Wi-Fi WPA2 'vulnerability' claim
Margins are tightening and growth slowing to the levels of more mature markets.
The government has placed tight constraints on spending this year.
While all the other girls' clothes were cute and baggy and slouchy, my pencil skirt and tweed vest fit tight across my hips and butt.
Tighter border security is sure to slow import growth even more in coming months, although lower imports will worsen downturns in economies around the world.
Some time in the fifteenth century, clockmakers started to use tightly coiled blades of metal - springs - to power their timepieces, instead of gravity.
It can't: it is crammed with lovers packed in tight, the details smashed flat, extraneous facts shorn away to save space, mangled and compressed to the point of incomprehensibility and all beyond counting or collating.
The Danish government gave the Association permission to purchase food from Danish sources and to import foodstuffs from neutral countries for reshipment to needy prisoners of war (this permission was highly unusual given the tight blockade that the Allies imposed on Denmark to prevent the trans-shipment of food to Germany). Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I
Prospects for the company remain good, as an inevitable tightening of the public purse looms. Times, Sunday Times
The harsh years of the Depression were causing everyone to tighten their belts.
Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany has remained tight-lipped about options the conference might be weighing. Size of tournament, conference expansion lead NCAA agenda
Perhaps she was a businesswoman now, who normally wore her shoulder-length hair in a tight bun.
He wears skin-tight, stone-washed capri jeans, a tight white T-shirt and ice blue Air Jordans. After the brawl: "It's like an addiction to come down here."
In the meantime, private-equity companies are being forced to sit tight, in the absence of any sales or acquisitions. Times, Sunday Times
She pulled the car into a tight parking space on a side street.
OK, so fitting in four reasonably sized adults may be a tight squeeze, especially with luggage, but for a car of its size it packs a mighty punch.
A young Indian girl, in supertight jeans, in modern makeup, is gabbing energetically on a public pay phone. Down and Delirious in Mexico City
I met wi 'twa dink quines in particular, ane o' them a sonsie, fine, fodgel lass, baith braw and bonnie; the tither was clean-shankit, straught, tight, weelfar'd winch, as blythe's a lintwhite on a flowerie thorn, and as sweet and modest's a new-blawn plumrose in a hazle shaw. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham
Properly called the carpal trochlea (or trochlea carpalis, if you prefer), this structure allows the hand to fold up tightly close to the ulna. ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
A total of 110,000 security personnel will be on duty at the Games, with airspace around venues tightly guarded and navy gunboats patrolling the waters around the city.
The DLR has become the latest corporate supporter of The Cutty Sark Trust after donating £5,000 to help ensure the deckhouses are sufficiently watertight to withstand the rain.
The GMT800 platform makes this latest version even better - it's tight, quiet, rides better and is well built overall.
It should be noted that society was only willing to let these girls be heroines if they wore tight clothes and were beautiful.
He explained how in such a wall the block wall is parged and the brick and mortar comes right tight to it.
Beijing has tightened controls on moving money abroad, with a limit of $50,000 a year. Times, Sunday Times
Tightly wrap or store in covered containers all cooked meat, poultry, and fish and shellfish and refrigerate them promptly.
In this approach, the diagrams are tightly coupled representations of the code and provide an alternative way to view and possibly edit at the code level.
The latest rumor to emerge from the lock-tight SATC 2 shooting vault is that Anthony and Stanford will get married. 'Sex and the City 2': Will Anthony and Stanford tie the knot? | EW.com
There also are significant differences in the requirements for testing ranges and repetition rate, and pass-fail criteria are much tighter under the new standard.
In this case the ensuing negotiations serve to signal at least short-term lenience and the relaxing - but at least the non-tightening - of sanctions. The Brussels Journal - The Voice of Conservatism in Europe
There was a sickening lurch as my chute opened and my harness tightened round me so that I could hardly breathe.
The tighter the tuck and the more velocity you have going into the wall, the quicker the turn will be.
The ETF as envisioned is a great tool for silver investment for those unable or unwilling to buy, carry and store silver but what started as a way to encourage demand is now diverting demand from real silver which would tighten the supply and make us profits. Archive 2008-07-20
The visit took place amidst tight security .
For the total "look", add a pair of flowered stretch capris, a belly bag and a slightly tight tee shirt. kathleengam How to "pass" for a Mexican
The most common way of keeping unwanted erections under control is to wear tighter underpants. Times, Sunday Times
AS one leading boss launched into the energy costs row, another yesterday remained tight-lipped on the subject. The Sun
A shock of raven-black hair gripped his scalp tightly and fell down past his shoulders.
The most recent polls predict a tight three-way race.
If you walk into a comic shop then all you will probably see at a glance is the men-in-tights-power-fantasies. Kicking The Dog
Cinching : Practice of pulling the end of a roll to tighten it. It's not recommended.
Despite his considerable experiences of tight places Déprez’s heart was pounding, but when he stared across the table, her expression reassured him. The Blackstone Key
After he did this he pulled me closer, hugging me tightly against him.
Slowly I settled against him and I listened to his breathing; it was raspy and every once in a while he would cough, but he still held me tight.
Private insurers are charged with implementing and administrating the elements of care that are funded out of the payroll tax, but those elements create a very tight, constrained sandbox for premium-driven short-term insurance to play in. Matthew Yglesias » What It’s All About
In town is another story, as its massive bulk can make it unwieldy in tight parking areas.
Flexible muscles are far less likely to be strained or pulled than tight ones.
We reached rue Oberkampf, and the girl in the black tights was still complaining to her friend in the gray tights as they waited to jaywalk across the street, which was bustling with French students and artists whose bags, I imagined, held nineteenth century novels, or paperbacks with white covers; guitar strings, or paint brushes. Five Stops on Line 2, Ch 1: Qalb elouz
That means telecoms can finally put fiber-optic lines into people's homes, where cables often run up against right angles and tight squeezes from the sidewalk to the house.
Why would he wanna crawl after such an insecure, uptight little snot?
Continuing to keep your arms crossed tightly over each other, raise them to chest height.
This applies in particular to their secretariats that are tightly controlled and steered by a handful of developed countries.
Nora tightly clutched the horse's reins as she galloped along the countryside.
AYG full - automatic capper can be used on tighten all kinds of plastic bottle cap.
In their place a solid row of brick facades pressed the old building tightly on each side.
A baby monkey clasps its mother's fur tightly.
Single leaf from a Missal, in Latin Germany, Hamburg, shortly before 1381 Illuminated by Meister Bertram von Minden The young people hawking are fashionably dressed: the youth wears a red pourpoint with a dagged hem, a particularly tight chaperon, narrow belt, and open shoes. Fashion in Art: Medieval France and the Netherlands
The sauce may be stored in a tightly sealed container without refrigeration.
In a bunt, the aircraft experiences a rapid, uncontrolled, tight forward pitching rotation.
On Bush's first touchdown reception, he lined up at tailback, but tight end Dominique Byrd was also in the backfield, creating a dilemma for the defense.
When a company's business is down , it's inclined to sit tight.
Quickly grabbing her stuff and clasping the key tightly in her hand she ran upstairs and went to the room at the end of the corridor.
I crawl into my sleeping bag and curl up in a tight ball.
Not even big humps can unsettle the Hydractive suspension which also stops the car rolling severely in tight bends.
Despite the exuberant breasts in the snug sweater and the lissome hips in the tight-fitting mini, there is a certain adolescent gawkiness about this woman. Alice in Jeopardy
She closed her eyes tightly in a vain attempt to hold back the tears.
The F.W. Woolworth Company reported profit margins of 20 percent but actually lowered the wages of salesgirls in its stores, citing the need for belt tightening.
For best results, place fumigants in deep runways of the burrow system and seal the openings tightly.
These metabolites cause hemoglobin to be oxidized to methemoglobin which is unable to transport oxygen. 3 The presence of significant amounts of methemoglobin causes normal hemoglobin to hold on tighter to oxygen. Phenazopyridine
They may well have a bigger investment than others in keeping the closet door tightly shut. Times, Sunday Times
To their credit the builders have used bulkheads that are watertight between the hull and cabin soles to divide the boat into three separate compartments.
Tooth claw assembling must tighten the nuts and note don't short-shipped spring washers.
I was incredibly nervous and uptight - seeing your hero in the flesh is truly a terrifying experience.
Keep your abs tight, your back flat and your hips rearward - as if you're squatting - during the standing portion of the workout.
My child holds onto my hand tightly while we cross the street.
If your budget is tight rent a safari-equipped vehicle, camp in recognised campsites and hire a guide when you feel that you need one.
Her hair was pulled back into a tight bun, with a few soft bangs curled around, just framing her brow.
For all that has happened to him, he is still the product of his background, still the son of a tight community.
He again turned from me, but this time, he reached out and clasped my hand tightly as he walked.
While skintight leather leggings have been en vogue for a while, fashion editors and stylists are now wearing looser, tailored styles. Times, Sunday Times
His grin changed into a pleasant smile as he realized Julian wasn't such a tight-ass.
I wedged myself more tightly in front of the TV. Between Worlds: A Reader, Rhetoric and Handbook
There is a life-like pliability about it as it falls, and the tight cerements so define the outlines that the action makes me shudder. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah
His kicking game in tight situations is unbelievable and his positional play has been superb in the championship this year. Times, Sunday Times
Ved Prakash Narayan was dressed in a beautifully worked long sherwani coat and traditional tight churidar pajamas. The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection
Our main objective now is to tighten the grip we have on the market.
Her long blonde hair flowed over her shoulders and the tight black leather outfit showed off her aforementioned attributes quite well.
The jeans fit him fine, but the turtleneck was a little on the tight side as the fabric stretched across his upper torso.
He was long-limbed and dark-eyed, with a mop of tight, dark curls.
Stevie shut his eyes tight, restraining himself, trying to hold his anticipation in check.
Be sure to quickly bring your heels up to your rear in a tight tuck.
Imagine switching from an easygoing, carefree lifestyle, to an uptight one with no breathing room.
Avoid tight-fitting clothing or undergarments that restrict blood flow at the waist, groin & legs (e.g. girdles, stockings & socks).
An uncanny silence descended on a school as pupils made a superhuman effort to clamp their lips tightly shut.
Where you usually have a nuclear family living together and nobody else, we will often have not just a nuclear family but cousins, aunts, great-aunts, uncles. The extended family lives together, tightly knit.
Besides, if you wear them with toning tights, cankle problem solved. Times, Sunday Times
If the knot is taking a lot of stress, it will usually work itself loose, or let the line slip through, which is never good as it forces you to retighten the line repeatedly in a session of slacking.
Allison then put on her tight black Capri pants and her red turtle neck.
Oh no, I've got a ladder/run/hole in my tights.
This event suggests that they do not have a tight grip on this vital matter.
In the case of very tightly woven microfibers, you may wish to tip the pattern slightly off-grain in order to prevent puckered seams.
Smoothes the skin, tightens the pores, and provides an instant burst of radiance, as it stimulates microcirculation. French Word-A-Day:
Spring loaded discs help affect a tight seal in low differential pressure services.
As Mr. Adams dons trail clothes—"shirt with dozens of pockets, drip-dry pants that zip off into shorts, floppy hat with a cord pulled tight under the chin"—he realizes, too late, that he looks as though he is trick-or-treating as Ernest Hemingway. In a Lost City, Finding Yourself
This tight collar is strangling me.
In our house, a clear-out involves binning the odd pair of tights with more ladders than Bob The Builder, or removing a bunch of long-dead flowers from a vase.
The critics are in awe of the play's fast, violent pacing, its tight structure and the humorous Scottish dialect.
It will be one of the most tightly fought political contests in North Kerry since the May general election but this time it s not about votes but appetite.
They liked having the option of paying for a faster journey when on a tight schedule. Times, Sunday Times
His tightly honed but grandiloquent rhetoric rang like gold on marble, even when it was covering gross political ineptitude.
As she begins to pick apart the web of secrets, lies, and love affairs uncovered in the wake of her trial, Betsy suspects that her tight-lipped neighbors may know something that she has denied even to herself. Neighborhood Watch by Cammie McGovern: Book summary
Both girls had over-the-top suntans, scruffy blonde hair, and very long legs in extremely tight jeans.
They wore pink combs in their back pockets and tight jeans with copper-colored rivets.
Clearly, if you are spending more than your income, you'll need to tighten your belt.
We do the stretch sateen, which is a heavier woven fabric, and we usually accessorize with tights," she said. Home - BostonHerald.com
The dogs delirious with freedom romped and chased tight figure eights in water chest deep on little corgi legs. A Day At The Beach
The competitions were very tight last Saturday and Thursday with countbacks the order of the day, and you had to have 50 pts to win the major trophies.
Store in an airtight container in the freezer. Times, Sunday Times
He clasped her hand tightly and she was immediately fond of his firm, warm grip that felt as if it fit like a glove.
While fans may covet their comfiness, others may be skeptical about the actual wearability of a denim legging -- in particular, the jegging's tight, tight, tight fit. Canada.com Top Stories
A tightish slither down at the far end of Four Ways Chamber would have bought you to the same place.
A trend that is evident in the table is that viruses that infect bacteria are more tightly packed than the viruses that infect eukaryotic cells.
He caught Nina into a tight embrace, holding her close.
In a letter to the Super Committee, Congressman Howard Berman D-CA, Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee wrote, In this period of belt-tightening and economic uncertainty, some seem to think that foreign assistance is a luxury we can no longer afford. Regan Hofmann: How President Obama Makes Love, Not War, by Pledging to End AIDS
Manager David Barham added: ‘The wedding guests will be restricted to to a very tightly controlled area which includes the buildings and main courtyard.’
It's a tight stadium and their fans are screaming at you, the veins bulging on their necks. The Sun
These vary in tightness: some are hairpin turns, while others swoop down the mountain and are faster. Times, Sunday Times
EIA's symptoms include wheezing, coughing, prolonged expiration, rapid heart rate and tightness of the chest.
If I were to ask you to describe your traveling companion I should in all probability learn that his features were very indistinct; he probably wore dark glasses, perhaps also a beard, a heavy coat -- an ulster, most likely -- and no doubt also a scarf wound tightly about his neck and chin. PORNOGRAPHY

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