Sentence examples for ran tight from inspiring English sources

The Dutch, who apparently ran tight but very grimy ships, were forever having their ships quarantined, and they were known to respond with what Professor Harrison calls "tit for tat" health measures, quarantining the ships of those who dared quarantine their own.

Ooops -- we're running tight on space.

In the 20th Century, their organizations competed on scale efficiency and relied on hierarchical bureaucracies to run tight ships.

He leaps out of dummy-half, runs tight and probing lines, and feeds his speed men wide.

There are so few refineries in the U.S. now that they are run tight to the bone, typically using about ninety per cent of their total capacity.

Jam him at the line or make him run tight routes, and you have a good chance of slowing him down.

"If anything, we're running tight on inventory because everyone has sold a lot more than they expected to," Ms. Dias said of the sites she works with.

I have a bunch of TV programs recorded on my TiVo that I don't want to erase, but I'm running tight on drive space.

Many early-career scientists have ambitious supervisors who run tight ships, and everyone is expected to be on deck all day.

"Some guys wore two pairs of running tights.

He was dressed in running tights and looking for coffee.