Example Sentences

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This is not a tale where the heroine’s acceptable aesthetics are revealed by her removing her glasses or allowing her tousled waves to tumble out of a tightly pinned hairdo.

From Salon • May 20, 2026

Their approach considered several factors, including bite force, skull shape, and how tightly the bones of the skull were connected.

From Science Daily • May 20, 2026

You have to be at a place in your life where you claim your agency, but you can’t claim something so tightly that you think you can dictate it.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

When she died at home, where she had asked to be, I held her tightly and sobbed.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Christopher swung out a hand above the waves: in it, tightly clutched, was the vial.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell