tightly

Example Sentences

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In an FCC structure, particles are packed as tightly as possible.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

Alibaba’s Taobao Shangou integrates quick commerce tightly into its China strategy, with fiscal 2026 revenue of 78.5 billion yuan, and executives expect positive unit economics by fiscal 2027.

From Barron's • May 23, 2026

This is not a tale where the heroine’s acceptable aesthetics are revealed by her removing her glasses or allowing her tousled waves to tumble out of a tightly pinned hairdo.

From Salon • May 20, 2026

For years, Jin built a thriving Protestant congregation in the heart of Beijing, known as Zion Church, that operated outside the government’s system of tightly controlled official churches.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

She had one too, Christopher saw, from where she had embraced Gelifen too tightly; three curving lines, next to her eye and along her cheek.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell