She turned, tightened the belt of her robe, and went to the door.

She pulled the robe back up and tightened the belt.

"The state needs to go on a diet, and it's time to tighten the belt."

"My main recommendation would be to tighten the belt and start saving more."

"But when budgets get tight, we ask families to tighten the belt.

Helen tightened the belt on her robe, preparing to tell the story.

She stood up, tightened the belt around the robe, and reached into the small drawer of the end table.

She tightened the belt of her bathrobe and leaned toward me over the kitchen table.

"They pushed on my back again, tightened the belt more and locked it.

The girl nodded grimly and tightened the belt another notch.

"We're talking about tightening the belt around a skeleton."

He tightened the belt of his robe as he came through the door.

"No." Diana tightened the belt of her robe with a jerk.

Dan got to his feet and tightened the belt of his robe.

Abby tightened the belt around her red silk dressing gown as she turned on the hall light.

And he tightened the belt: "I was finally able to get the belt to where it could work, you know, put some pressure?"

Tightening the belt of the robe self-consciously, she looked quickly away when he gave a small, amused smile.

"It says that it is time to tighten the belts both literally and figuratively."

Then, with a jerk, he tightened the belt.

The seatbelts feature pre-tensioners that will tighten the belts immediately after impact.

On that night the Bulgarians gathered their troops and tightened the belt around the trapped enemy.

He tightened the belt on his robe, seated himself on the arm of the sofa.

But with state aid stagnant and property taxes rising, more administrators have begun to tighten the belt on special education.

Barbara, tightening the belt on her clean robe, shook her head thoughtfully.