Crossword clues for tightened
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tighten \Tight"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tightened; p. pr. & vb. n. Tightening.] To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner.
Just where I please, with tightened rein
I'll urge thee round the dusty plain.
--Fawkes.
Tightening pulley (Mach.), a pulley which rests, or is forced, against a driving belt to tighten it.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: tighten)
WordNet
adj. made tight or tighter; "the tightened ropes"; "a tightened bolt"
made tighter or more stringent; "endured tightened economic controls"
Usage examples of "tightened".
She caught the back of his head and tightened her hold, realizing for the first time that her face was wet.
Closing his eyes against the sudden thickness in his throat, he turned his face against her neck and tightened his arms around her.
Abruptly set ling his coffee beside hers, he closed his eyes and tightened his arms around her.
She tried to kick free, but he simply tightened his hold on her legs, giving her backside a smart smack.
Instead she tightened her hold on his face and withdrew, then smoothed her hands down his shoulders and across his chest, her mouth moist and warm as she brushed her lips against one nipple.
Devon laced her fingers through his, and Chase tightened his hold, then closed his eyes and began stroking her palm with his thumb.
He held her gaze for a moment, then tightened his hold on her jaw and brushed a soft kiss against her mouth.
She moved against him, and Chase shuddered and tightened his hold, a fever of emotion sluicing through him, wishing, ah, God, wishing he could draw her right inside him and keep her there forever.
She made another wild sound, and her counter thrusts turned desperate and erratic, and Chase tightened his hold.
She went still in his arms, then she turned her face against his neck and tightened her arm around his waist.
His throat suddenly closed up on him, and he tightened his hold on her face, hugging her head against the curve of his shoulder.
His heartbeat a frenzy in his chest, his pulse thick and heavy, he tightened his fingers through hers in a white-knuckle grip, turning his head against the pillow.
Another shudder coursed through her, and she tightened her hold on his hands, her breath catching as she flexed her hips, her hot, wet tightness gripping him, stroking him, drawing him closer and closer.
Any of the horses from Nordstrom stock still had the same easy dispositions until the chute crew dropped a saddle on their backs or tightened the flank straps.
With a wild flurry of excitement building in him, Chase tightened his muscles against her tormenting touch, yielding his mouth to hers as she deepened the kiss.