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01. These pants are too [tight]; I think I need something a little larger.
02. You should [tighten] the strap on your bicycle helmet or it will fall off if you are in an accident.
03. The little boy held his mother's hand [tightly] as he walked along the road.
04. The straps on your knapsack are adjustable, so if they're too [tight], we can fix them.
05. I can't get the lid off the peanut butter jar; someone put it on too [tight].
06. My mom got mad at me for wearing a [tight] sweater and short skirt to school.
07. Security is very [tight] at the conference where leaders of the Commonwealth countries are meeting.
08. Fashion designer Edith Head once remarked that your dresses should be [tight] enough to show you're a woman, and loose enough to show you're a lady.
09. Don't be late for the 4:00 meeting because I'm on a [tight] schedule and I have to leave by 4:30 at the latest.
10. Tennis star Arthur Ashe once said that for an athlete, the ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally [tight].
11. The nurse wrapped the bandage around my arm too [tightly], and it's cutting off my circulation.
12. If giant clams sense any danger, their huge shells shut [tight].
13. A Zen proverb suggests that the [tighter] you squeeze, the less you have.
14. Political controls in China remain [tight] even while economic controls continue to be relaxed.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • tight — [tīt] adj. [ME, altered (prob. infl. by toght: see TAUT) < thight < OE thight, strong, akin to ON thēttr, Ger dicht, tight, thick < IE base * tenk , to thicken, congeal > MIr tēcht, coagulated] 1. Obs. dense 2. so close or compact in… …   English World dictionary

  • Tight — Tight, a. [Compar. {Tighter} (t[imac]t [ e]r); superl. {Tightest}.] [OE. tight, thiht; probably of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. [thorn][=e]ttr, Dan. t[ae]t, Sw. t[ a]t: akin to D. & G. dicht thick, tight, and perhaps to E. thee to thrive, or to thick …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tight — 1 Tight, taut, tense are comparable chiefly in their basic senses in which they mean drawn or stretched to the point where there is no looseness or slackness. Tight implies a drawing around or about something in a way that constricts or binds it… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • tight — tight; tight·en; tight·en·er; tight·ish; tight·ly; tight·ness; un·tight; air·tight·ness; gas·tight·ness; oil·tight·ness; up·tight·ness; wa·ter·tight·ness; weath·er·tight·ness; …   English syllables

  • tight — tight, tightly Tight is used as an adverb in combination with a number of verbs, primarily in commands or instructions: hold tight, sit tight, sleep tight. It also occurs as the first element in a few compound adjectives, e.g. tight fisted, tight …   Modern English usage

  • tight — (adj.) mid 15c., dense, close, compact, from M.E. thight, from O.N. þettr watertight, close in texture, solid, from P.Gmc. *thenkhtuz (Cf. second element in O.E. meteþiht stout from eating; M.H.G. dihte dense, thick, Ger. dicht dense, tight,… …   Etymology dictionary

  • tight — ► ADJECTIVE 1) fixed, closed, or fastened firmly. 2) (of clothes) close fitting. 3) well sealed against something such as water or air. 4) (of a rope, fabric, or surface) stretched so as to leave no slack. 5) (of an area or space) allowing little …   English terms dictionary

  • Tight — Tight …   Википедия

  • Tight A$ — Song by John Lennon from the album Mind Games Released 16 November 1973 Recorded July–August 1973 Genre Rock …   Wikipedia

  • tight — [adj1] close, snug bound, clasped, closefitting, compact, constricted, contracted, cramped, crowded, dense, drawn, enduring, established, fast, firm, fixed, hidebound, inflexible, invulnerable, narrow, quick, rigid, secure, set, skintight, solid …   New thesaurus

  • tight´en|er — tight|en «TY tuhn», transitive verb. to make tight or tighter: »He tightened his belt. –v.i. to become tight or tighter: »The rope tightened as I pulled on it. –tight´en|er, noun …   Useful english dictionary

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