TIGHT in a Sentence

Learn TIGHT from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
260 example sentences for TIGHT, such as:
1. We have a very tight budget.
2. He kept a tight grip on her arm.
3. This coat is tight under the arms.
4. The trial was held under tight security.
5. We decorated the house on a tight budget.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of TIGHT
tight
 ad.  in an attentive manner
 a.  affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow
Classic Sentence: (201 in 14 pages)
1  Mammy carefully dropped the twelve yards of green sprigged muslin over the mountainous petticoats and hooked up the back of the tight, low-cut basque.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
2  She tried to draw deep breaths but Mammy's lacings were too tight.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
3  We are fighting the Yankees' new rifles with Revolutionary War muskets, and soon the blockade will be too tight for even medical supplies to slip in.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
4  Miss Hope, death in her face, sat erect beside her, holding her sister's skirt in a tight grasp.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
5  In his eyes, there was a fagged, haunted look, and the sunburned skin was tight across the fine bones of his face--her same handsome Ashley, yet so very different.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
6  His coat and trousers were actually of the same material and they fitted him, instead of hanging in folds or being almost too tight for movement.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
7  With a tight grip on her he dragged her several paces away from the wagon.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
8  If she could only be rid of her tight stays, the collar that choked her and the slippers still full of sand and gravel that blistered her feet.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
9  Little close-set eyes, squinting in the sun glare, calmly surveyed the house from beneath the visor of his tight blue cap.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
10  Swift as a panther, Rhett was beside her, his heavy hand across her mouth, his arm tight about her waist.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
11  She bent and twisted every way against the iron of his arm, her heart near bursting, her tight stays cutting off her breath.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
12  Talking to Rhett was comparable only to one thing, the feeling of ease and comfort afforded by a pair of old slippers after dancing in a pair too tight.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
13  She was uncomfortable in the tight black dress she had borrowed from Mrs. Meade, for she had had no time to get mourning clothes for herself.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
14  Scarlett lay back in her chair and unbuttoned the two top buttons of her tight basque.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
15  Immediately the fires which smoldered beneath tight basques flamed wildly and the two organizations split up and glared hostilely.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
Example Sentence: (59 in 4 pages)
1  The nut isn't tight enough yet: give it another screw.
2  He kept a tight grip on her arm.
3  These trousers are a bit tight around my waist.
4  I spotted a well-endowed girl in the audience wearing a tight white T-shirt.
5  Friends are like fiddle-strings, they must not be screwed too tight.
6  The trial was held under tight security.
7  This coat is tight under the arms.
8  Her tight skirt hikes up when she sits down.
9  The visit took place amidst tight security.
10  My shoes were so tight that I could hardly walk.
11  Those jeans have got too tight and I can't wear them any more.
12  He is not slim enough to wear these tight trousers.
13  The government has placed tight constraints on spending this year.
14  We decorated the house on a tight budget.
15  We have a very tight budget.