tight corner
Example Sentences
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On “Octane,” each unpredictable beat switch and layered sample can feel like a driver’s exhale after successfully turning a tight corner.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026
We try a tight corner off the square, a bodega with hanging leather wineskins and plenty of barrels, and finally win a spot at the small counter.
From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025
The defeat has pushed Rajasthan into a very tight corner with six points from nine games and only five matches left.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 17, 2020
Still, Russell’s earnestly clenched, intrinsically decent performance – pulsing and perspiring in such ideal contrast to the late, great Walsh’s unflappable, silver-eyed villain – keeps you in his tight corner to the ludicrous end.
From The Guardian • Apr. 3, 2020
If they should get into a tight corner, Ragear would serve as an expendable fool.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
