Sentence examples for a very tight line from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "a very tight line" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where there is little room for error or deviation, often in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "In negotiations, we need to walk a very tight line between being assertive and accommodating."
Alternatives: "a fine line" or "a narrow margin".

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Moyles has to walk a very tight line and he does very well most days".

2.14am GMT 17th over: England 54-0 (Cook 41 Carberry 5) Watson as ever bowling a very tight line at Cook's off stump.

Mr. Bernanke walked a very tight line between trying to reassure financial markets and locking the Federal Reserve into a rescue effort that could prove either unwarranted or unwise over the longer term.

Mr. Bernanke walked a very tight line between trying to reassure financial markets and locking the Fed into a rescue effort that could prove either unwarranted or unwise over the longer term.

It's a very tight line to walk, and Horizon Zero Dawn does it very well despite also nailing basic gameplay mechanics and getting virtually everything else right, too.

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We have a large agenda and a very tight time line (Jan . 3 to try and make recommendations that are sound and doable.

I should like to thank the Conference Chair, Tharam Dillon, for all his efforts and the members of our Program Committee for reviewing papers under a very tight de- line.

I found a really tight line down the course".

At Spa Castle, a five-story pink building in Queens that does indeed look like a castle as conceived by a drunk Korean contractor on a very tight budget there was a line of people, mostly women, waiting to get into the building.

A very tight race.

A very tight, accomplished performance.

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