Sentence examples for barely tightened from inspiring English sources
Ready to finally experience the thrill of putting the pedal to the metal with everyone else in the rear-view mirror, he has barely tightened his seat belt when... kaboom!
Over that period, the acceptance rate has tightened to barely more than half, from 80percentt.
Because risk spreads have soared, borrowing costs for firms and individuals have barely budged even as lending standards have tightened dramatically.
It should be tightened enough so that you can barely fit one finger underneath the strap.
The governing coalition, which barely held onto office in the May 2007 general election, has tightened monetary policy, including raising its benchmark interest rate to 15% in March.
America's Dodd-Frank Act has tightened regulation of the financial services sector so far that banks can barely move.
Both New Hampshire and Wisconsin tightened up with new polls, and fell back from Weak Clinton to only Barely Clinton.
On "The Morning Ritual," it was barely light outside when Mr. Lewis began knocking down arguments that gun control laws should be tightened in response to the shooting.
But, although standards for corporate lending have tightened in recent weeks, and interest rates on corporate bonds may have risen steadily, they're still low by historical standards, while the rates for most traditional mortgages have barely risen.
