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How to use tightens in a sentence

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Wait until the line tightens before striking, again be ready for fireworks if the fish is a carp.
Soap tightens the skin, leaving you more prone to cuts and, post-shaving, flaky legs.
Gently pull the paper so that it tightens and you can crease the folds as shown to make it lie perfectly flat.
From the bottom position, she tightens her glutes and uses those muscles to push back up to a standing position.
The Prusik can slide along a rope when loose but tightens when weight is placed on it.
The helicopter uses a scissor-type grapple which tightens on the logs as it lifts them.
Your chest tightens up, and you instinctively gasp for air in which the oxygen largely has been displaced by water vapor.
This tightens the belts, gets the airbags ready and repositions the seats when the car thinks things have gone horribly wrong.
This procedure, like the tummy tuck, removes excess skin and tightens you whole face to reduce the signs of ageing.
From the claustrophobic setting of an underwater oil rig to the potential nuclear meltdown each scene slowly tightens the screws of suspense.
Eventually he rams it into gear and inches it backward as the line tightens slowly until a sound like a rifle report pings through the chassis.
Using polymer sensors, the bra tightens and loosens its straps, or stiffens and relaxes its cups in response to the movements of the wearer.
A typical Lancashire-pattern wing nut on the heavy screw tightens the blade.
His stomach tightens in a knot as he stumbles down the hall towards his bedroom.
It tightens the coils by contracting the individual muscles between its ribs and so prevents the prey from moving.
If the horse gets apprehensive or frightened, his back tightens and shortens.
Driver and passenger front air bags, plus a safety belt tensioning system that tightens the belts within milliseconds of a crash.
As the boa constrictor tightens its grip our feelings of euphoria will grow as our power to transact on our own account diminishes.
Thus the screw tightens for those who dare hesitate to embrace this circular truth.
He tightens his arm around my shoulder, and we just sit, leaving each to our own thoughts and memories.
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Examples from Classical Literature
The knurled cap D tightens the split chuck in order to hold the measuring rod firmly.
Directors drive you with harsh cuts, The music score is all head butts, Lasher movie tightens the nuts, Tightening screws with blood and guts.
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