She caught at the papers and tore them from Miss Brownell's hand before the latter could tighten her grasp.
It may readily be understood that this similarity of tastes of Jup and Pencroft served to tighten the bonds of friendship which already existed between the honest ape and the worthy sailor.
And so they drank their cup of coffee together, and walked about the deck, and heard the captain's assurance that they should be in at Mudport by five o'clock, each with an inward burthen; but in him it was an undefined fear, which he trusted to the coming hours to dissipate; in her it was a definite resolve on which she was trying silently to tighten her hold.
Her heart bled for Philip; she went on recalling the insults that had been flung at him with so vivid a conception of what he had felt under them, that it was almost like a sharp bodily pain to her, making her beat the floor with her foot and tighten her fingers on her palm.
It was the practice of our venerable ancestors to apply that ingenious instrument the thumb-screw, and to tighten and tighten it in order to elicit non-existent facts; they had a fixed opinion to begin with, that the facts were existent, and what had they to do but to tighten the thumb-screw?
" "Yes," said Mother, "oh, yes," and Bobbie and Peter felt her hands tighten on their arms.
Now, I could feel my palms sweat and my throat tighten.
The new Nike sneakers are specifically designed for basketball and automatically tighten or loosen with a press of the button either on the shoes themselves or via a smartphone.
The US Federal Reserve raised interest rates last Wednesday and said it was keeping the core of its plan to tighten monetary policy intact even as central bank officials said they would likely slow the pace of further rate increases next year.
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Second, the US may tighten scrutiny on hi-tech exports to China.
Through investment and acquisitions, Alibaba is working to tighten grip on as many sectors as possible by merging online and offline resources through its so-called "New Retail" initiative.
I felt my head spin, my teeth clench and my chest tighten.
Britain on Tuesday joined a growing group of Western nations hardening their use of national security as a litmus test for Chinese investments, with the government in London unveiling a blueprint to sharply tighten its oversight of foreign takeovers.
Now, I could feel my palms sweat and my throat tighten.
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As regulations tighten at home, China's gold companies are increasingly looking to make overseas acquisitions.
The proposal comes as the Trump administration moves to tighten immigration controls.
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As the central government continues to tighten restrictions in the housing market, a stand-off between home buyers and sellers appears to be cooling the market and worrying property developers.
