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
It was the woman, the way she clutched her handkerchief and brought her tight hand down on the desk for emphasis, the flash in her eyes which reflected something deep in her experience.
From Time Magazine Archive
Of course you have to keep a tight hand over them, and when they're at school nobody has authority over them except the teachers.
From The Eldest Son by Marshall, Archibald
