The stallion bucked as he fought against the reins holding him tightly in.(那匹種馬四蹄離地狂跳，試圖掙脫緊緊拴住它的韁繩。)

He picked up the sheets of paper, and balled them tightly in his fists.(他撿起那幾張紙，在手里緊緊地攥成團。)

No golf teacher worth his salt would ever recommend that you grip the club tightly.(沒有哪位稱職的高爾夫教練會建議你緊緊地握住球桿。)

She pinched her thin lips more tightly together.(她把薄嘴唇更緊地抿在了一起。)

I have a good pair of skates, but no matter how tightly I lace them, my ankles wobble.(我有一雙很好的溜冰鞋，但是無論我把鞋帶系得多么緊，我的腳踝還是在里面晃蕩。)

It was so cold outside that I wrapped a scarf tightly around my face.(外面太冷了，我用一條圍巾緊緊裹住自己的臉。)

She kept her emotions tightly reined in.(她盡量克制著自己的感情。)

On the bus, when you suddenly hold his hands, he will hold your hands more tightly.(在公共汽車上，你突然伸手握住他的手，他會把你的手握得更緊。)

The more poorly sorted or the more tightly compacted a sediment is, the lower its porosity and permeability.(沉積物分選越差或壓實越緊，其孔隙度和滲透率就越低。)

For example, if you tie a scarf too tightly, it increases your blood pressure.(例如，如果你把圍巾系得太緊，會導致你的血壓上升。)