Sentence examples for strings tight from inspiring English sources

Still, with austerity keeping public purse strings tight, there is little alternative, he said.

With purse strings tight everywhere, financing has become a major concern.

Labour rattled on about decentralisation, but they held the purse strings tight.

Or they've just given up pretending they need to keep their purse strings tight like the rest of us.

He winds the dramatic strings tight through the revelation that Amir – a one-time public defender – has represented an imam accused of raising funds for terrorism, which brings fear and bigotry to the fore.

Never mind that the arts do sounder business than most "real" companies; when the private sector cocks up the global economy, the philistines are quick to draw the purse strings tight.

Follow each string up to its tuning key and make note of how they correspond and which way you should turn them to make the strings tighter or looser.

He stepped out into the hallway, nerves strung tight, when the three justices began deliberating.

I'm the third-string tight end who plays special teams.

Besides, with tight ends Pete Mitchell and Dan Campbell out with injuries, Fassel needs Young, who is currently the Giants' second-string tight end.

Rankin's dialogue is sharp and pithy enough but his plotting, usually bow-string tight, slackens in this story.