Sentence examples for he has tightened from inspiring English sources

He has tightened party discipline.

He has tightened his grip at their expense, slowly edging some of them out.

He has tightened controls over the media and cracked down on independent intellectuals and activists.

Peter Cowen's technical verdict "He has tightened his swing up a lot.

Since Xi Jinping took over as China's leader in 2012, he has tightened the noose on them further.

That money is now paid and Smith insists he has tightened up, "after getting bitten on the buttocks".

For years, he had tightened his inner circle, and then he went out and hired an ex-con.

Prior to the cancellation of the shows the theatre's owner, Bill Blumenreich, told the Boston Herald he had tightened security inside and outside the venue.

Braddon said he had tightened the girth just before the off, "one notch up and another for luck", without realising that Cazalet had already done it in the saddling enclosure.

The senior American military commander in Afghanistan, Gen. David D. McKiernan, said Tuesday that he had tightened the rules affecting when NATO troops could use lethal force, noting that a shortage of ground troops was contributing to the problem by making the military more reliant on air power.

In recent years, he added, the company has tightened its internal guidelines for medical writers.