Wondering how to use Tighten in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as change or throttle.
Tighten meaning
- To make tighter.
- To become tighter.
- To make money harder to borrow or obtain.
Synonyms of Tighten
Using Tighten
- The main meaning on this page is: To make tighter. | To become tighter. | To make money harder to borrow or obtain.
- Useful related words include: change, throttle, confine, bound.
- In the example corpus, tighten often appears in combinations such as: to tighten, tighten the, tighten up.
Context around Tighten
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 10 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tighten
- In this selection, "tighten" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, further, possible, earlier, ahead, data and gen stand out and add context to how "tighten" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and they tighten we do and boj to tighten monetary policy. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tighten" sits close to words such as contemporaries, dudley and duly, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tighten
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But certain factors are making them tighten their belts. (9 words)
Hong Kong Stock Exchange to Tighten Climate Disclosure Rulesbloomberg. (9 words)
Hedge fund giant Pimco expects the BoJ to tighten monetary policy amidst rising inflation. (14 words)
Do you anticipate the conflict in Tennessee and young voter turnout that helped elect a Democratic justice to the Wisconsin state supreme court will further tighten Gen Z's embrace of its emerging political power? (35 words)
Brumberg said that despite the UN Special Rapporteur’s designation of the Iranian government’s level of violence as a “crime against humanity,” the regime will continue to tighten its power on Iranian women. (34 words)
Again, this is where there is a requirement to tighten data security controls across the EV charging infrastructure, which is crucial to ensure data is safeguarded from unauthorized parties or bad actors. (32 words)
As we get to the quarterfinals, will the favorites continue to tighten their grip, or will an underdog rise? (19 words)
Do you anticipate the conflict in Tennessee and young voter turnout that helped elect a Democratic justice to the Wisconsin state supreme court will further tighten Gen Z's embrace of its emerging political power? (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
You should definitely transform it away from the possible tighten of the earlier tighten, as you will have completed the research at this point, thus it’s long before.
After a bit of a lull in the weather tonight, the surface pressure is once again forecast to tighten ahead of the next storm system.
After a while, it does get a little loose, but when that happens… you tighten it back up.
Again, this is where there is a requirement to tighten data security controls across the EV charging infrastructure, which is crucial to ensure data is safeguarded from unauthorized parties or bad actors.
Although the central pressure of the high will be easing into the upper 1030's by Tuesday, the associated pressure gradient over the islands will tighten.
As a result, working out facial muscles pulls on the skin and will stretch it out, not tighten it.
As we get to the quarterfinals, will the favorites continue to tighten their grip, or will an underdog rise?
Brumberg said that despite the UN Special Rapporteur’s designation of the Iranian government’s level of violence as a “crime against humanity,” the regime will continue to tighten its power on Iranian women.
But certain factors are making them tighten their belts.
Donegal will have to tighten up defensively, and there will be plenty of work done on the training field in Convoy in the coming weeks.
Do you anticipate the conflict in Tennessee and young voter turnout that helped elect a Democratic justice to the Wisconsin state supreme court will further tighten Gen Z's embrace of its emerging political power?
Either way there's no getting away from the fact that it's become increasingly expensive and many people are having to tighten their belts.
Following his dismissal, Pavlovsky became sharply critical of the Kremlin, denouncing the authorities’ efforts to tighten control over Russia’s political scene, including a relentless crackdown on the opposition and independent media.
Further tighten the stop-loss to ₹1,130 if the stock price rises to ₹1,160.
Given that Megamind was intelligent enough to defeat Tighten, he also could have beaten Metroman should he have ever actually tried.
Hedge fund giant Pimco expects the BoJ to tighten monetary policy amidst rising inflation.
He'd stand in the field and count the outs before his next at-bat and feel himself tighten up as it got closer.
Hong Kong Stock Exchange to Tighten Climate Disclosure Rulesbloomberg.
If CLO market and debt do rally and they tighten, we do think there's going to be a surge in resets, and that's the only upside.
If it is the case, spreads will start to tighten across the board," said Monchau, adding that China is under-represented in portfolios.
Common combinations with tighten
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to tighten 111×
- tighten the 36×
- tighten up 19×
- tighten their 16×
- tighten its 12×
- will tighten 11×
- further tighten 6×
- could tighten 5×
- tighten restrictions 5×
- tighten it 4×