Somewhere, in these events, an unseen pattern was tightening upon us.

Tightening her hand upon the gun, Margaret covered the crouched man.

He had hold of my hand still, and he tightened his grasp upon it.

As I thought it, he tightened his grasp upon them.

He tightened his hands upon the arms of his chair.

Warren Barringer's hands tightened upon the arms of the chair.

Byrne's arms already had commenced to tighten upon the girl.

After a time he felt her hand tighten upon his arm.

The 1980 Act also considerably tightened central controls upon capital expenditure.

He was still pressing the gun close to her heart, his finger tightening upon the trigger.