tightly

How To Use tightly In A Sentence

• 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
• It's an extremely robust plant that knits tightly together. Times, Sunday Times
• The more Tim drank the more tightly Margaret held on to the security of upper-middle-class values. THE IMAGE OF LAURA
• 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
• 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
• I grasped his hands in mine, so tightly they almost cracked under the pressure.
• There followed a series of tightly circumscribed visits to military installations.
• Gwen flashed an angry look at her and went around her to the door, shutting it tightly behind her.
• 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.