She could make each separate muscle of her body move and tighten in complete freedom from the muscles around it.

He could feel his muscles tightening from the effort to hold back.

Laws enacted a decade ago and tightened after 9/11 distance even legal immigrants from the protection of the law.

A producer helps a writer tighten his pitch from 45 minutes to 15.

I asked again, my throat tightening from the strain and the possibilities I could almost see.

You can't tighten your belt from a position of subsistence.

As the counselor instructed me on the visiting procedures, my stomach tightened from excitement.

Her fingers in his hair tightened into fists from the pain.

Samitsu's voice tightened from the effort to stop it short of trembling.

The two men tightened their grip on her wrists, perhaps at a sign from Devlin.