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221 examples of Tighter in a sentence

So to compensate, I'd hold the pen tighter, and this progressively made the shake worse, so I'd hold the pen tighter still.
I'd clench my jaw a little tighter, hold my coffee pot with a little more vengeance.
If it doesn't matter to you who I sleep with, then you cannot imagine what it feels like when I walk down the street late at night holding her hand, and approach a group of people and have to make the decision if I should hang on to it or if I should I drop it when all I want to do is squeeze it tighter.
With the dramatic low pressure in a storm, the air gets pulled in tighter and tighter, so it gets going faster and faster, and this is how we get the high winds of a hurricane.
That means we must hold on ever tighter to human values and human ethics.
Temperatures would rise as space would get tighter and tighter.
So I think you want to look for kind of special opportunities, where you could have tighter control.
There's a problem: If you're not a food expert, and you've got tight budgets and it's getting tighter, then you can't be creative, you can't duck and dive and write different things around things.
If it had started out with the three buddies in the navy and concentrated on the naval action scenes, it would have been a much better and tighter film.
Still feel the film overall could be a little tighter and warmer, but it's genuinely unique, and deserves serious attention.
Barrymore gets something to do as the inspector, swapping disguises to follow Drummond, Algy, and Tenny on a wild goose chase (mostly in circles; perhaps the budget was tighter than usual) to rescue poor Phyllis, who is being held captive by people who want to lure Drummond to his doom.
The editing could have been tighter.
I learned very little about the history of tobacco in the NC economy and the ramifications to the state's economy by tighter regulation of tobacco.
I am sure with another cast and a tighter reign on the directing, this could have been a half decent film.
With a tighter script and sharper directing it could have been electrifying; instead it plods along with little tension.
Her performance is creepy and intense, and gives hint that "Sleepwalkers" might've been a much better film with a different focus and tighter direction.
The tighter the drama, the better the film of sister rivalry!
We watched this on "The Wonderful World of Disney" on ABC last night, and I came to the conclusion that things must be tighter there at "the Mouse" than usual.
Aided by hindsight, Crowe's screenplay is a lot tighter and more fleshed out than Amenabar's original.
It was Sinatra's first real movie where the producer's spent a buck and you could see it on screen (previously he'd appeared in two low-budgeters, Higher And Higher and Step Lively) but if they'd only relied on the Sinatra pipes and deep sixed Grayson's plus Iturbi's ego-tripping piano spots we'd have been left with a much tighter movie and a better showcase for Sinatra.
Again some of the scenes could have been shorter, thus (theoretically) making The Enforcer a much tighter package.
Go with a loved one and walk out holding them just a little tighter.
Although the remake in 2003 was excellent and had a tighter, more involving plot than this film, it breaks a barrier because rather than directly approaching the style of the remake and trying to live up to its success, this equally grisly thriller ignores all of the gloss, cinematography, pacing and story that it was inspired from.
But the filming should have covered them better and the editing should have been tighter.
The latter film is primarly concerned with philosophical issues pertaining to man's relationship with the universe, while Suburban Commando has a much tighter focus, presenting the individual as a mirror reflecting the socio-politcal values of the "new" deomcracy in which he finds himself captive.
This is a wonderful movie to make any parent pull their kids tighter, but watch the hands when you hug your teenage daughter!
I'm guessing the cut version would have been a bit tighter than the current one.
Urban crime drama doesn't get much better and tighter than this.
This time the story and pacing are tighter and sharper.
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION needed a proper script and tighter direction and a 75 minute running time.
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