Tightening
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As African countries began to gain independence in the 1950’s, the white minority in South Africa was
tightening
its grip on power through a racial-segregation system known as apartheid.
More example sentences with word tightening
She had a bleeding up in the brain, and that's been fixed with a little stent, a metal clamp that's
tightening
up the vessel.
And they're more vulnerable to job losses, subject to inflation,
tightening
loans from banks, appreciation of the renminbi, or decline of demand from Europe or America for the products they produce.
And now I'm
tightening
lashes, shaped in hide as if around a ribcage, shaped like five bowstrings.
You filter in the sensation of your grip
tightening
on the wheel, you feel your blood pressure rise, you hear the squeal of your brakes, and you notice the expression on the face of the other driver as he pulls in front of you and quickly looks away.
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