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Grammar : Verb
Spell : tahyt-n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtaɪt n



Definition of tightened

Origin :
  • "to make tight," 1727; the earlier verb was simply tight, from Old English tyhtan, from the root of tight. Related: Tightened; tightening.
  • verb constrict
Example sentences :
  • Light and buoyant as the child was, her tightened clasp had begun to tell on him.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • For in the morning the reins of discipline are tightened again.
  • Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes
  • The tightened grasp of these four walls had taught her this.
  • Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • Then he tightened his grasp on it, like one putting the devil behind him.
  • Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
  • She struggled weakly to free herself, and his clasp only tightened jealously.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • A tie which years have tightened cannot be undone in an hour.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • I soon perceived that I was strangling him, and tightened my grasp.
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
  • It was not they who tightened the exercise of their supreme authority.
  • Extract from : « The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI » by Thomas W. (Thomas William) Allies
  • When he was hungry he tightened up the buckle of his trousers.
  • Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
  • The screws should be tightened so that the rudders will stay at any angle at which they are put.
  • Extract from : « Boys' Book of Model Boats » by Raymond Francis Yates

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