How to pronounce tight
Listen to tight in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“tight” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 809 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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So, money is clearly tight, budgets are tight.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 11:14 · hear it here
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We had a historically tight labor market, historically tight.
Federal Reserve · watch from 48:48 · hear it here
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tight and nice tight answers and get everybody in.
National Archives · watch from 43:01 · hear it here
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in tight fiscal circumstances,
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 48:15 · hear it here
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