Sentence examples for tight plays from inspiring English sources

With the threat of elimination bearing down, muscles went tight, plays went adrift and shots fell short.

Previously they were separately targeted and studied during different time frames and exploration schedules as either shale plays or tight plays.

There were more tight plays as the Scots looked to take yards, recognising that the Italians weren't committing at the breakdown.

The definition of "shale play or shale reservoir" is a continuous fine-grained tight plays associated with organic-rich shale source rock that is also a reservoir (Curtis 2002; Bustin 2006; Passey et al. 2010).

In recent decades, most organic-rich fine-grained tight plays, e.g., Barnett, Niobrara, Eagle Ford, and Bakken have been labeled "shale plays" and the terms of "shale oil," "tight oil," and "resource play" are often used interchangeably in public discourse (Curtis 2002; Bustin 2006; Passey et al. 2010; Jarvie 2012a; EIA 2013).

And he kept his rotation unusually tight, playing just six players for extended minutes, while using two others (Miller and Joel Anthony) for a combined 12 minutes.

But the tight play at first, known in umpire argot as a banger or a whacker, is the most consistent headache.

LME In tight play-off games, a strong finisher who can also make his own chances is worth his weight in gold.

This is a tough match to call and an added incentive for Iceland is that it was Croatia who dashed their hopes of qualifying for the 2014 World Cup, edging a tight play-off.

"If there's a tight play, I'm already looking at it before a [challenge] flag is thrown," he explains.

Harlequins left it late to book a place in their first Premiership final with a dramatic win over Northampton in a tight play-off semi-final at The Stoop.