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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 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.
For one thing, notes the Journal , to some extent, the savings rate is based on conventions such as not counting capital gains as income that make it look worse, and for another, says the Times , with much of the rest of the world mired in recession, this may not be a good time to tighten our belts anyway.
The couple would first tighten their grip on each other.
But a familiar loose end remains loose: Israel's demands for specific Palestinian actions to tighten security in the area.