If it's a really strong heart dropping feeling, tighten your stomach and lean forward.
"When voters are feeling belt tightening in their own homes, they want government to spend less," she said.
The majority of my friends feel like we're still not out of a recession, and everyone's feeling a tightening on wallets in general.
The tighthead Samson Lee, who was making his first appearance since achilles tendon surgery last March, was taken off at half-time after feeling a tightening in one of his calves.
And, many other conditions can cause coughing, gagging or a feeling of tightening or discomfort around the neck and chest.
Now hold this tightened position, feeling the contraction stretch your abdominal muscles and maybe even your pelvic floor muscles.
Otherwise, he favours clunking, one-line plot-quickeners: "Andorra, he thought, feeling his muscles tighten".
But now Ntaganda may be feeling the net tightening around him.
I would describe the feeling as a tightening in my stomach, the sort you get when you're backed into a corner, literally or figuratively, and you don't quite know how to get out.
Although the credit card system has, until now, been relatively insulated from the financial meltdown, cardholders are finally feeling the belt tighten.
