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Usage examples of tighter.

It seemed impossible the Taraboners face could grow any tighter, yet it did, and it was the turn of the men on his side of the room to mutter angrily and curse.

Now Talene was tethered tighter than Meidani, closely guarded even if she did appear to walk free -- how to keep a Sitter prisoner without anyone noticing had been beyond even Saerin -- and she was pathetically eager to offer up every scrap she knew or even suspected in hope it might save her life, not that she had any choice.

With a gasp, Thera suddenly pulled her cloak tighter and jerked back into the depths of the tent.

He folded himself in tighter around his anger, embracing the heat for energy.

Water oaths were tighter than oaths of fealty in some ways, yet they left considerable room for stupidity in the name of honor.

Cramps began to burn in her legs, her shoulders, her sides, bunching muscles that seemed on fire, twisting tighter and tighter and tighter.

Sometimes he tugged his gauntlets tighter, or glared at his fur-lined cloak, lying across the back of a chair ready for him to put on.

With every touch, every stroke, his stomach knotted tighter and tighter.

His mouth moved against her and he held her even tighter, fitting her to him almost as if they were making love.

The strangely colored mist wound tighter and tighter until the driver was choking, gasping, turning gray, then blue, his eyes rolling back in his head.

She was shaking with need now, her muscles clenching tighter and tighter.

He brought his hands down and rubbed one on each of her legs She clasped them tighter around him and forgot a little about feeling sick.

Despite the heat, she pulled her short, thin, blue cotton cloak tighter across her shoulders.

Sister Verna pulled her heavy brown cloak tighter around her shoulders.

Taraboners face could grow any tighter, yet it did, and it was the turn of the men on his side of the room to mutter angrily and curse.