tight-laced

Example Sentences

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For example, tight-laced Singapore is famous for its chewing gum ban.

From Scientific American • Jan. 5, 2023

The Journal announced itself horrified by the "cigaret-soaked indecencies" of the naughty '90s, and peddled the theory that tight-laced corsets were responsible for gallstones.

From Time Magazine Archive

Seated in the chair was a man in a tight-laced leather jerkin and breeches of roughspun brown wool.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

And again, the girl not being able always to have her body cased in the tight-laced stays, some relaxation must take place.

From The Maternal Management of Children, in Health and Disease by Bull, Thomas

I play for him in the salon—oh, no, not in my room—that would be a crime in this tight-laced old town.

From Melomaniacs by Huneker, James