She tightened her hold on the handle. tighten the straps on the backpack so that the load doesn't shift while hiking
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Bring the power of red light therapy to your beautiful skin with this Red Light Wand that will not only tighten your skin and lift your face but fight against wrinkles too.—Hyphensocial Contributors, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2024 The pants come with super-wide legs and an elastic drawstring waistband that can be loosened or tightened depending on your preference.—Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2024 Since 2020, the nation’s electoral apparatus has upgraded its equipment, tightened its procedures, improved its audits, and hardened its defenses against subversion by bad actors, foreign or domestic.—Barton Gellman, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024 Almost immediately, the polls tightened, showing Harris and Trump neck-and-neck.—Lucille Sherman, Axios, 24 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for tighten
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