Sentence examples similar to clamp down tightly from inspiring English sources

The authorities have clamped down tightly on the north-western region since inter-ethnic violence in the capital, Urumqi, claimed almost 200 lives, and left 1,700 injured last summer.

When a chiton sees these predators, it clamps down tightly to the rock.

One of the first instincts driven by outrage is to clamp down more tightly — more rules, greater punishment — so this won't happen again.

Clamp everything down tightly, and turn leaf blower on.

That hope is collapsing, and Bahrain is now clamping down more tightly.

Had we not been clamping down so tightly on our regulators, our mouths would surely have been agape.

Last week, Human Rights Watch released a broad critique of China's record on civil liberties, accusing authorities of clamping down more tightly on dissent and blaming Olympic preparations for exacerbating longstanding problems like evictions and abuses of labor rights.

Clinch it down tightly.

"Do they clamp down?

His capillaries clamp down.

He began to clamp down.