tightening造句
31 One of Syl's ways of expressing displeasure was by tightening the purse strings.
32 Or it may be that the race is in fact tightening up as the Nov. 5 Election Day nears.
33 The United Nations has reported tightening of food rations already in the country.
34 He'd felt the tightening in his throat and tasted the salt of his own tears in his mouth.
35 Duvall had just glued the joints of the chair and was tightening a vise to hold them in place.
36 That ribbon of distress had knotted itself about her, tightening around her stomach which suddenly felt overfull of coffee and food.
37 A recent decision tightening up the laws relating to overseas players will greatly restrict the flow of foreigners to Ireland.
38 While tightening control of film content, the government has opened the film industry to market forces in two ways.
39 His hand went out, reached for the submachine gun, his fingers tightening on the stock.
40 However, planning permission is required, and legislation is tightening its grip on mast sites.
41 I was to behave like a kind of white-skinned rani to whom such things as tightening girths and punishing dromedaries were unthinkable.
42 Other reasons given were the sale of subsidiaries, tightening controls on costs and improving the structures and systems of group companies.
43 He signalled us to keep still as he stood upright, tightening the grip on his spear.
44 Can one doubt that such a tale is one of a tightening grasp of an actual reality?
45 It might have been an airport beacon back on Earth, and he stared at it with a tightening of the throat.
46 Nevertheless Mr Brown could have introduced a further tightening of the rules inhis Budget.
47 The gaping round mouth of the gun, centred squarely on his left eye. Finger tightening on trigger.
48 Although the quality control needs tightening, the Diamond Phoenix is hard to beat on price.
49 The Government's approach has been to tackle the misuse of knives by tightening the law on possession of knives in public.
50 It was only when they tensed, curling and tightening their grip on the floor, did he realise they were alive.
51 The low-emission consortium deals with technology that will cut petrol engine emissions to meet the tightening regulations.
52 State legislatures responded by tightening restrictions and supervision of slave activities.
53 In taps, replacing the tap washer and tightening the gland nut will both contribute to stopping water hammer occurring.
54 Their captor had instantly pulled them to a stop, his grip tightening painfully on their necks.
55 Another example of the tightening of papal authority concerned relics.
56 He went up on his toes, the muscles in his calves tightening.
57 So why were his arms tightening about her? she wondered as the kiss deepened.
58 Each time the toecap went into his stomach, Pike moaned quietly, his knuckles tightening round his toupee.
59 The tightening up of safety standards at nuclear power plants inevitably followed the reactor accidents.
60 She looked up from her Tarot cards as Topaz approached, her thin lips tightening.
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