Unlike the tightly-knit groups of the past, such as the Red Brigades in Italy or the Abu Nidal group in the Middle East, al-Qaeda is loosely knit.

The paediatric S.H.O. glanced around the room, but the only other occupants formed a tightly-knit group in the opposite corner, where they were loudly debating an ethical issue.

Rod bumped into Yorick, who was trying to shoo them all into a tightly-knit group again.

Building a tightly-knit spiritual group of people that depended on each other led to mentorship among those on the "steps" that could not have happened in more individualistic settings.

Teso originally and during its peak was a small and tightly-knit group, it is estimated that Teso had more than 50 members before disbanding.

The elite that he refers to are the elect, or "a tightly-knit group of 'brethren' that Junaid designates by such phrases as 'the choice of believers' or 'the pure ones.

Like the closely related Northern White-crowned Shrike this species is highly sociable and will form small, tightly-knit groups.

We see the aspirations and realities of his tightly-knit group of friends, as well as the everyday lives of other Soviet citizens.

Although they are a larger and less tightly-knit group, this might well also apply to agency secretarial workers.

We are governed by a tightly-knit group of crooks who do one another favours and scratch one another's backs at our expense.