Sentence examples for that tighten from inspiring English sources

Like the ropes that tighten around your wrists the more you struggle, the discomfort and confusion of anxiety deepen the more you try to elude them.

Some doctors also offer noninvasive treatments that tighten the throat tissue and improve breathing, taking the roar out of your snore.

In recent months the government has scrapped or scaled back plans for future dams while drafting regulations that tighten oversight of existing ones.

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg signed three bills yesterday that tighten regulation of city lobbyists, including a ban on gifts from lobbyists to city officials.

But with only a headlamp on at night, she couldn't find the straps that tighten the head opening, "so it was just a big gaping hole".

The rest of Russia's rambunctious governors will be reined in by new laws that tighten the Kremlin's control of the regions through the installation of seven superloyal "supergovernors".

But that tightening bond also carries political risks.

They formed a ring of security that tightened each day.

He clenched both cheeks, hoping that tightened its look.

Mr. Bond also had a good suggestion: "Don't wear anything that tightens if you struggle".

As it feeds through to the economy this year, that tightening will restrict growth.