Examples of tighten in a Sentence
She tightened her hold on the handle.
tighten the straps on the backpack so that the load doesn't shift while hiking
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After getting the Netherlands and Japan on board with some of the curbs last year, and then tightening the US rules in the fall, Raimondo is pressuring those two countries — plus South Korea and Germany — to further limit China’s access to foreign technology.
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Mackenzie Hawkins, Fortune, 22 Apr. 2024
And, hitting shelves Tuesday, novelist Amy Tan in The Backyard Bird Chronicles tightens the focus in describing and drawing the array of birds that visit her yard in California.
—Barbara J. King, NPR, 22 Apr. 2024
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Mackenzie Hawkins, Fortune, 22 Apr. 2024
And, hitting shelves Tuesday, novelist Amy Tan in The Backyard Bird Chronicles tightens the focus in describing and drawing the array of birds that visit her yard in California.
—Barbara J. King, NPR, 22 Apr. 2024
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“Tighten.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tighten. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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