be wrapped tight

We'd been wrapped tight with our arms behind us, though; now that they were free, there was some slack-four or five centimeters.

Her arms were wrapped tight around the little boy, and she was shuddering with cold and fear.

The leaf is wrapped tight and secured with a stick, then placed on a steamer.

They were wrapped tight as a monkey's paw, secluded from public view by the walls of the fence.

Under his tunic Luis's rib cage was wrapped tight.

Her father's strong arms were wrapped tight around her, and his coffee breath fell onto her cheek.

Her cardigan was wrapped tight around her.

I was wrapped tight in darkness, as if oblivion were an Ace bandage, both supportive yet constricting.

Her arms were wrapped tight around her waist as she swayed weakly where she knelt.

Neither Karr nor Jenette took notice of the incident; each was wrapped tight in their own concerns.

The blue robe was wrapped tight over a tighter sheath of flexible gold that gleamed through the filmy blue.

Once the gauze had been wrapped tight, Harvath leaned him up against the wall and crossed his arms, encouraging him to continue applying pressure.

Right in front of Rangda it sprang; next instant its foliage was wrapped tight around her, stilt burgeoning as she screamed and threshed.

Finally, both shins were shot with either Novocaine or Lidocaine (local anesthetics), heat ointment was applied, and my legs were wrapped tight with tape.

Rennie's reactions were wrapped tight around Ontongard biology, alien invasion tactics, and Ukiah's status as the only breeder ever created on Earth.

Her long hair was blowing in a black comet tail behind her, her shirt was wrapped tight around her in the wind, and Samson noticed, to his delight, that she was braless.

She is a tiny, tiny girl, curled up in her head, where her arms are wrapped tight around her bent knees and she is whispering over and over again, "Dan, Dan, Dan."

ISAAC MIZRAHI Inspired by a vision of a Greek goddess, Mizrahi resisted the trend toward a more generous silhouette, presenting clothes that are wrapped tight against the body.

If the ball were wrapped tighter, as some people suggest, Smith said more yarn would have to be used to make the ball large enough to meet the size standard, and that would make the ball too heavy for the specified weight.

But seven bodies, including that of Muhammad, who was wrapped tight as a mummy in a green Hamas flag, were carried Tuesday by a chanting crowd of thousands through the missile-pitted street, past a blocklong "condolence tent" set up for the grieving families.