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Definition of Tightens
1. tighten [v] - See also: tighten
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tightens
Literary usage of Tightens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Canada by Charles George Douglas Roberts (1897)
"The English Hold tightens on Nova Scotia. — From the valley of the Ohio let us
now turn to the far east and observe the Halifax struggle in Nova Scotia. ..."
2. Three Feathers: A Novel by William Black (1892)
"... in this smoking-room, " if I go to Jamaica, I must get married before I start."
CHAPTER XII. THE CHAIN tightens. ONCE, and once only, Wenna broke down. ..."
3. Production; a Study in Economics by Peter Harboe Castberg (1907)
"AN INCREASING INCLINATION ON THE PART OF THE PEOPLE TO DO BUSINESS tightens THE
MONEY MARKET The production of a country often remains stationary for a long ..."
4. Ten Years in Wall Street: Or, Revelations of Inside Life and Experience on by William Worthington Fowler (1870)
"... Plot—Money tightens, and the Trap is Sprung—Jerome Laid Out Cold—A Meditated
Scolding Terminates in a Dinner at Delmonico's—What Came of the Dinner—A ..."
5. Dairying by Correspondence College of Agriculture, Edward Holyoke Farrington (1910)
"The guides for the chain tie are placed at an angle nearer to each other at the
top, which tightens the ..."
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