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Example sentences for: tightening

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

The bond market, meanwhile, seemed so concerned about inflation that it felt as if the Fed was leaning toward tightening.
In fact, the Fed had already adopted a neutral bias at its previous meeting, shifting from a bias toward tightening.
The Democratic campaign-finance scandal expanded while tightening around President Clinton.
Trade agreements and the tightening of capital markets have opened Japan to foreign investment.
USAT 's headline announces the international "rebuke on [the] test ban vote" received by the U.S., while the Washington Post and Los Angeles Times --which off-lead the story--note merely that "Clinton Fumes at [the] GOP" ( LAT ) and "Fault[s] GOP Partisanship" ( WP ). The Post and LAT lead with the military's tightening grip on Islamabad, a story off-leaded by the NYT and stuffed by USAT .