Tightly

Little known internationally, he is a hero in his own country, his name tightly—and literally—linked with Finland's crusade for independence at the turn of the 20th century. ❋ Judy Fayard (2012)

There is no question of the possibility in space of four dimensions of entering or passing out of what we call a tightly shut box or room, or of removing the contents of an egg without disturbing the shell (see foot-note p. 23). ❋ Unknown (1910)

The restriction to only one point-of-deviation in tightly-argued Alt-History is another case (and a more extreme one). ❋ Hal Duncan (2009)

I could imagine a USA of the future that is home to, say, a billion people, but the vast bulk of these people live in tightly-packed Japan-style urban archipelagos characterized by an extremely high quality of life, and leaving far more undeveloped land to nature than the USA of 2010. ❋ Unknown (2010)

My dog leaves more intelligence and compassion on the lawn in tightly coiled piles than some of these trolls can manage to muster. ❋ Unknown (2010)

There has been much commentary about the fact that Alexander McQueen's moving memorial service at St. Paul's Cathedral a couple of weeks ago must have been unnervingly familiar for us fashion folk, seated as we were in tightly packed rows, according to rank, with what could have easily counted for a catwalk running up to the pulpit of this esteemed place of worship. ❋ Tina Gaudoin (2010)

Still, they are often featured in tightly censored official newspapers and television shows, which strongly influence public opinion in China. ❋ Jeremy Page (2010)

It was Gogoomy talking, and as she listened she gripped her bridle - rein tightly and a wave of anger passed over her. ❋ Unknown (2010)

On her face she wore an expression of tightly capped anxiety. ❋ Sally Houtman (2012)

As for me, all that groping through the smoke of decades past increased the disorientation that tends to descend on me after seeing a couple of dozen plays in tightly packed succession, when my own personal time line becomes a bit smudged. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The brutal attack was all the more shocking because of the rarity of violent crime against foreigners in tightly controlled China, which has ramped up security measures even more for the Olympics. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Wrap the napkin tightly around the bottle, tucking the interior napkin point in snugly before pulling the opposite point around. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Spread the mincemeat evenly over the dough, then roll up tightly from the short end. ❋ Sarah (2008)

Doing so will not only fuel a strong Republican campaign, it will also tie McCain tightly to the same relatively small crowd of the super-rich and over-privileged. ❋ Unknown (2008)

They are the ultimate in tightly-wound imperviousness, like some people: you can hit the leading end, the round end, with a hammer and nothing will happen; the hammer bounces off in this weird, almost disturbing way. ❋ Heather McDougal (2007)

They were packed in tightly and when I tried to remove a chair so that I could park mine there seemed to be nowhere to put it. ❋ Dave Hingsburger (2007)

When ever I have to pull in tightly and not spend, I find great inspiration thinking of the pioneer women, and my own mother, who didn't have all the niceties of life, and yet lived beautifully, from their own resourcefulness. ❋ Unknown (2006)

How [tightly] can you [keep that] [rope] ❋ Staples (2021)

My cat is so tightly wound he [springs] up off the floor if anything startles him, and he startles at [the drop] of a [feather]. ❋ Auntie Leah (2006)

[Dwight]: "She's not the kind of person you would expect to see on [Valentine's Day]... She is like..." [Pam]: "like tightly wound?' ❋ Theofficefan (2021)

Had we obeyed Our Lady and allowed Saint Pope Pius X to [consecrate] Russia to Her [Immaculate Heart], we wouldn't have gotten to know the product of a tightly-woven family - the leader who bombed a certain location in USA-zip-code 96818. Had the supposed composer of the Minuet in G not married his cousin (who then proceeded to die at the ripe "old" age of 35), the star of the movie Ama Deus wouldn't have gotten himself into such a tightly-woven booze-fueled job-situation, resulting in his body getting thrown into a common grave at the same age. Had the supposed composer of the Minuet in G not married his cousin (who then proceeded to die at the "ripe" old age of 35), the father of the composer of Moonlight Sonata, Pathetique Sonata, Fur Elise, his [9th Symphony] [Ode to Joy], and the inspiration for a disco instrumental named after drinking, which sold two million copies when released around 1976 as a single, while the album sold about 750,000 copies, probably wouldn't have fallen into a drinking problem, likely at the same age. ❋ TripleFfactoryWerkor (2022)

[Rachel] is [apparently] [tightly wound] ❋ R22222a222222e222223 (2020)