: closely integrated and bound in love or friendship
a tight-knit family

Examples of tight-knit in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The cast, tight-knit, weave their way in and out of the rooms of the home, Teresa only occasionally stepping out to meet with friends. Holly Jones, Variety, 8 Mar. 2024 My family is very tight-knit and supportive now, and with the exception of a few, may have supported me back then, too. Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2024 For that reason, the community got very tight-knit very fast. Alex Barasch, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2024 Company leaders can sometimes take union organizing as a personal rebuke, particularly if the company is family-owned or if management considers its culture tight-knit. Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2024 Ariana DeBose stars as Kira, the new kid aboard the space station, entering into a unique and tight-knit dynamic among the Russian and American crew. Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2024 Wahlberg credits his wife for keeping the family tight-knit and together. Audrey Schmidt, Peoplemag, 7 Dec. 2023 President Joe Biden has two younger brothers, James and Francis Biden Joe Biden comes from a large but tight-knit family. Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 11 Nov. 2023 Though the family is tight-knit, both Fisher and Cohen have refrained from posting their children on social media. Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 3 Oct. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1839, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of tight-knit was in 1839

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“Tight-knit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tight-knit. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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