1.   I tightened my hold on the child as we crossed the busy road.

2.   Maria winced as Luke tightened his hold on her fingers.

3.   Rebel forces have tightened their hold on the capital.

4.   He tightened his hold, refusing to let her go.

5.   She tightened her hold on the handle.

6.   The suspended despair inside her splintered into a shuddering sob and Fernando tightened his hold on her.

7.   But Clemens tightened his hold around their throats just a little more, striking out Brian Daubach and Nomar Garciaparra, the latter batter for the third time.

8.   It evidently seeks to disrupt development projects, viewing them as efforts by the government to tighten its hold on southeastern Turkey.

9.   Rebels apparently knocked out all electrical power to the capital Thursday and tightened their hold on a strategic region outside this city.