Sentence examples for tighten belts from inspiring English sources

"We must all tighten belts to keep going".

Let the rest of municipal America tighten belts and hunker down.

People are going to come back from their holidays resolved to tighten belts.

Instead, it is time for everybody to tighten belts (literally) and fight all sorts of inflationary flab.

Hollande said he inherited the debt from the right and had to tighten belts to steer it back on track.

This forced the Army's vice chief of staff, Richard Cody, to tighten belts that were already at the last notch.

"Everybody's tightening belts this year," Ms. Weston said.

Part of this is that – in an era of drastically tightening belts – standup is cheap.

Instead of tightening belts, the state increased spending this year by six percent; the city budget grew three percent.

It seems like we can expect more consolidation like this in India this year with investors tightening belts.

"A lot of small businesses are already tightening belts to stay alive," she said.