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Example sentences for: tighten

How can you use “tighten” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The company, says the paper, prefers to sweep its dirt under the rug to protect its dominant share of the testing business instead of spending the money to tighten security.
But a familiar loose end remains loose: Israel's demands for specific Palestinian actions to tighten security in the area.
But do not suppose that the majority leader has developed any sympathy for a bill that would ban soft money, limit independent expenditures, and tighten disclosure requirements.
This allowed us to tighten the stringency of overlap, leading to improved assembly, especially of repetitive regions.
Any deficit-increasing tax cut would surely prompt the Fed to tighten the money supply, curbing economic growth or even prompting a recession.