Tighter
[taitə]
Definition
(n.) A ribbon or string used to draw clothes closer.
Edited by Jonathan
Examples
- I squeezed the tighter. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He wished to improve that which was already perfect--to draw the rope tighter yet round the neck of his unfortunate victim--and so he ruined all. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Shall I stretch this corner a shade tighter, Timothy? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Clasp your arm tighter,' said Sikes, as he drew him through the window. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- And the more trouble a young un is, and the more good for nothing, as a gen'l thing, the tighter they sticks to 'em. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- With a roar the lioness turned completely over upon her back, falling full upon her enemy; but the black-haired giant only closed tighter his hold. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I won't squeeze you tighter than I can help. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Edited by Jonathan