Words similar to tighten

Example sentences for: tighten

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

This allowed us to tighten the stringency of overlap, leading to improved assembly, especially of repetitive regions.
I check the oil and I tighten the straps that are holding her fucking sofabed onto the roof.
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.
President Clinton cited the shooting as another reason to tighten gun laws.
"She'd be fine for five days then would tighten up again," Sherman explains.