Sentence examples for drawn tight from inspiring English sources
Below the cap, his mouth and jaw were drawn tight.
The belt was drawn tight to accentuate the slender waist.
"I don't like funder," Sonya said, pout drawn tight.
If the law was not accepted, it was drawn tight.
Below the cap, his mouth and jaw were drawn tight, as were his hands.
Once back in Africa, he determined to starve out Carthage with a blockade by land and sea; gradually the cordon was drawn tighter around the beleaguered city, and in the spring of 146 it fell to his final assault: after six days of street fighting the citadel was captured and Carthage was destroyed.
The principles which need to be applied are the same; but the answers that should emerge are different.The power of the cable companies has worried America's governments for years, and the regulatory frameworks applied to them have been drawn tighter, and relaxed, depending on the political climate.
The redrock walls soon drew tight to the road.
And straight after, the rope draws tight again.
Mr. Panetta, the budget director under President Bill Clinton, must find a way to safeguard security as the Pentagon purse strings draw tight.
