"No," Michael said, feeling a sudden tightness in his gut.

He swallowed to clear a sudden tightness from his throat.

She smiled at him, and he felt a sudden tightness in his chest.

Feeling a sudden tightness in his chest, Derec looked away.

She felt a sudden tightness in her heart, and it was not from lovemaking.

He cleared his throat to get rid of a sudden tightness.

She bent forward and clutched at the sudden tightness, only to find her hands around another hand.

He paused to clear his throat of a sudden tightness.

Land said nothing but followed the colonel and felt a sudden tightness fill his stomach.

I asked, feeling a sudden tightness around my throat at this chance to look into another's past.