Tightly

Examples

• Juries,' said Mr. Bumble, grasping his cane tightly, as was his wont when working into a passion: 'juries is ineddicated, vulgar, grovelling wretches. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• When I came to I found that it was still bleeding, so I tied one end of my handkerchief very tightly round the wrist and braced it up with a twig. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• That feline personage, with her lips tightly shut and her eyes looking out at him sideways, softly closes the door before replying. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• A tightly stretched leather strap extends horizontally from the upper end of the arc back to the post, where it is fastened with a swivel screw. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• When I was clear of the house, a black muffler was drawn tightly over my mouth from behind, and my arms were pinioned. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• When this is fastened the cloth is tacked around the remainder of the bed; being stretched as tightly as possible in every direction. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He drew his arms tightly over his bosom, and choked back the bitter tears, and tried to pray. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• These arrow-heads have generally a shoulder where the arrow was set into the shaft, there to be bound tightly with sinew or fiber. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Bandag e the arm so tightly that no pulse is felt at the wrist. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• His arrow heads were of flint, beautifully made, and he lashed them tightly to their shafts. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The transverse channel through the breech is tapered, and the sliding breech block X is slightly wedge-shaped to fit tightly therein. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• It should be thickly padded where the part of her body rests upon it, and should be tightly strapped to the lady across the shoulders and back. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Some hated thought seemed to have him in its grip, and to hold him so tightly that he could not advance. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• As he did so I staggered back clasping the sword tightly with my arm and thus fell to the ground with his weapon apparently protruding from my chest. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• After filtering it is again boiled, and if any scum or impurities appear on the surface they are removed, when the juice is to be bottled, corked tightly, and should be left for one year. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• They did not understand but they held the money tightly and started down the road. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• The poor child shrank against me and I felt her two little hands fold tightly over my arm. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• All this time Mr. Guppy was either planing his forehead with his handkerchief or tightly rubbing the palm of his left hand with the palm of his right. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• It was held tightly by screws. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• At No. 4 liquid air imprisoned in a tube and tightly corked up, blows the stopper out in a few minutes with explosive effect. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• His scarlet robe of office was pulled tightly about him in anticipation of the cold that comes so suddenly with darkness as the sun sets. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Round his brow he had a peculiar yellow band, with brownish speckles, which seemed to be bound tightly round his head. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Taking her hands in his, when she insisted upon it, he held them tightly to prevent her. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• As I descended, my old ally, the guard, came out of the room and closed the door tightly behind him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• She did not lose consciousness, but she clung tightly to him, shuddering and trembling like a frightened deer. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• He knew of the old device of a tightly-stretched string or wire between two little boxes. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• A screw-operated spreader in the center presses the heating element tightly against the entire surface of the shell and insures rapid conduction of the heat from the element to the water. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• They were always black and tightly fitting, with an expensive glitter: she was the kind of woman who wore jet at breakfast. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Is civilization perhaps too tightly organized? Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• If you bind a man tightly to a woman he does not love, and, possibly prevent him from marrying one he does love, how do you add to his virtue? Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.

Edited by Della