On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Tightly. Discover the meaning, how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Tightly in a sentence
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Tightly meaning
- In a tight manner.
- Curtly in a way that suggests anger or other intense emotion is being contained.
Using Tightly
- The main meaning on this page is: In a tight manner. | Curtly in a way that suggests anger or other intense emotion is being contained.
- In the example corpus, tightly often appears in combinations such as: tightly controlled, tightly contested, in tightly.
Context around Tightly
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 9 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tightly
- In this selection, "tightly" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, too, penetrate, woven, compacted, controlled and piled stand out and add context to how "tightly" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include amount of tightly piled wood and and had tightly wrapped his. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tightly" sits close to words such as ate, bio and compromised, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tightly
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Further, they are tightly regulated. (5 words)
Hart looked for a pass to Jalen Brunson, who was guarded too tightly. (13 words)
And sometimes as they're knitted together more tightly, sometimes they're dramatically separate, and we're pursuing both. (19 words)
A group of fun-loving young American girls explode into the tightly corseted London season of the 1870s, kicking off an Anglo-American culture clash as the land of the stiff upper lip is infiltrated by a refreshing disregard for centuries of tradition. (43 words)
Despite the long history of mineral exploration around the Buchans mine, the work has been sporadic and tightly clustered around areas of early success leaving large areas relatively untouched and many strong indications that have not been followed up. (39 words)
A further policy that's fired up critics, and may also require a response, is the economic concern in coastal Scotland from plans to introduce Highly Protected Marine Areas, where commercial activity will be banned or tightly constrained. (38 words)
From its muted, unlovely color palette to its tightly controlled performances, everything it shows us is placed in rigorous service of brilliantly cascading questions and ideas: What are the cost and value of forgiveness? (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
It should also be noted that, during mitosis, while most of the chromatin is tightly compacted, there are small regions that are not as tightly compacted.
A 50% drop in Tencent's NAV would drop the company's NAV by around 38%, showcasing just how tightly the company is tied to Tencent.
A cord is the amount of tightly piled wood in a stack four-feet high by four-feet wide by eight-feet long.
A further policy that's fired up critics, and may also require a response, is the economic concern in coastal Scotland from plans to introduce Highly Protected Marine Areas, where commercial activity will be banned or tightly constrained.
A group of fun-loving young American girls explode into the tightly corseted London season of the 1870s, kicking off an Anglo-American culture clash as the land of the stiff upper lip is infiltrated by a refreshing disregard for centuries of tradition.
And sometimes as they're knitted together more tightly, sometimes they're dramatically separate, and we're pursuing both.
Both proteins can perform their role in binding to and stabilizing the ribosome, suggesting that the protein's structure is not tightly linked to its function in this case.
But if the job is done well, and the reporters can penetrate tightly-controlled operations to glean insights, they can establish themselves as national authorities on important cultural figures.
But it feels like it never quite reaches its full potential because it hasn’t been woven tightly enough: the fibers sag and distort and never really seem to hold together as a single item.
But the matter remained a tightly guarded secret from the public until the learned of it through a source in January.
But we can relate to that moment after initial career success where you start to take everything a little too seriously and hang on to everything a little too tightly.
Chandler and Co managing director Glenn Chandler said the Dandenong Ranges region, particularly Belgrave, is one of the most tightly held by property owners.
Chris is also planning a new solo novel – but he’s keeping what it is about tightly under wraps.
Despite the long history of mineral exploration around the Buchans mine, the work has been sporadic and tightly clustered around areas of early success leaving large areas relatively untouched and many strong indications that have not been followed up.
Even as much of the logo scene becomes frozen, Gameday opted to make it appear as if the logo is made from tightly compacted snow that is being disturbed by the wind.
From its muted, unlovely color palette to its tightly controlled performances, everything it shows us is placed in rigorous service of brilliantly cascading questions and ideas: What are the cost and value of forgiveness?
Further, they are tightly regulated.
Hart looked for a pass to Jalen Brunson, who was guarded too tightly.
He recalled in a videoconference interview with the AP that after two torpedoes exploded, he found himself stuck between two pipes, his left arm so tightly pinned he couldn’t pull it out.
He was wearing a one-piece women's swimsuit, and had 'tightly' wrapped his legs, trunk and neck in straps of plastic and fabric.
Common combinations with tightly
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- tightly controlled 18×
- tightly contested 13×
- in tightly 12×
- so tightly 9×
- tightly in 9×
- is tightly 8×
- the tightly 8×
- are tightly 8×
- tightly to 8×
- as tightly 7×