"I don't know," said, a heavy realization tightening inside me.

Even now, a knot of ruthless resolve tightened inside him.

The very notion tightened the ball of fury inside him.

The cold fear began to tighten inside Joseph until was a hard knot of pain.

His hands tightened inside his jacket pockets, and he felt the white heat of a familiar rage.

A little knot of excitement tightened inside me.

When she lowered her hood, something tightened inside Merrett's chest, and for a moment he could not breathe.

And Claire felt something tighten inside her in the silence that followed.

His back and legs tightened inside the rolled mats, trapped, yet every muscle contracted as if he were running full out.

Something seemed to tighten and die inside her.