tight hand
Example Sentences
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Demands for better pay from teachers and National Health Service workers are colliding with the government’s tight hand on the public purses.
From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2022
Life means waking up every morning with the tight hand of anxiety opening and closing on my esophagus.
From Salon • Jun. 20, 2012
Murdoch was most impressed with Diller's attention to detail and tight hand on the purse strings.
From Time Magazine Archive
Inside were five shabby notebooks, all written in the same tight hand, over the period 1903 to 1911.
From Time Magazine Archive
She promises fair to take the reins of the household at a very early age, and to hold them with a tight hand.
From The Doctor's Dilemma by Stretton, Hesba
