Sentence examples for close tighten from inspiring English sources

defer.add img); Holding the loop in place with your right hand (so the loop does not close), tighten the knot by pulling on the free ends of the shoelace.

Place the whole stack on the open flower press, then close and tighten.

What happened from 1978 to 1986 was the KDQKTIYQK (203 211) GDQRAIYHT mutation, which concentrates four nonpositive mutations (KG, TA, QH, and KT), all four increasing hydrophobicity cooperatively and closing (tightening or compacting) the structure.

Warnings of a plan to bomb schools attended by the children of foreigners prompted the Jakarta International School to close briefly to tighten its security.

After the market closed, Intel tightened the range of its first-quarter sales forecast to $6.6 billion to $6.9 billion, still in line with most analysts' estimates.

Treasury Prices Fall (By Reuters) Treasury prices dropped yesterday after the Federal Reserve held interest rates steady but suggested it was a step closer to tightening monetary policy.

Yesterday it fell on speculation that the Bank of England is closer to tightening monetary policy, because Britain's economic recovery is gathering pace.

The prototype design utilises an innovative closing and tightening system.

With each shake, the ants pull themselves closer together, tightening their grips on one another and shortening the bridge, Phonekeo reported at the meeting.

Aiming to prevent a repeat of what legislators say were management lapses at the National Science Foundation (NSF), the U.S. Congress yesterday moved a step closer to tightening up the rules the agency must follow in building and operating large research facilities.

The authors highlight a number of ways in which this gap can be closed, including tightening the rules for counting emissions and expanding the scope of pledges already made.