Sentence examples for are pulled tight from inspiring English sources

The Barclays Center was built for basketball, and because little concern was paid to hockey — sorry, Rats — the Barclays' seats are pulled tight around the court.

Smithfield!" Shawls are pulled tight: "Is it the Ripper cahm bahk?" It doesn't take long to clock that Penny Dreadful (Tue, 9pm, Sky Atlantic) is a bit of a ghoulish affair.

Gores is a more expansive writer in his other work, but here the reins are pulled tight in; this is as much an attempt to ventriloquize Hammett as it is an attempt to pay homage to the world that Hammett created (not just the novel of "Maltese Falcon," but the film that followed, and the entire industry of the hard-boiled American private eye), and it succeeds beautifully.

Open image in new window Fig. 2 a The position of the ruptured tendon is marked; b The first needle is inserted; c The second one is inserted taking care to penetrate the tendon perpendicularly; d The two straps are pulled tight simultaneously; e The plastic buttons and the weights are threaded in order to fix the device; f A below-knee plaster cast is applied.

For hatred can only exist when the shades are pulled tight.

You won't be able to untie the knot if the ends outside of it are pulled tight.

Every square inch of skin is pulled tight against muscle.

THOUGH it was afternoon, the shades in the studio were pulled tight, which seemed appropriate for a Scissor Sisters rehearsal.

There's this kind of line between myself and the camera and Daniel that's pulled tight.

Jackets were pulled tight, as if insulating or protecting her woman from the outside world, fastened with strips of Velcro.

The crown of thorns is pulled tight, so it pierces the skin at his temple, the stinging sweat slides down, but Amadeo is just not feeling it.