The head contains flower buds that are tightly closed and at least two leaves wrapping it.

VOA: special.2010.03.09

To build the houses, he fills a wood frame with tightly packed bales of straw.

VOA: special.2009.10.05

said Ben,holding the bird tightly. "I just want you to get off my land."

VOA: special.2010.03.20

It worked. He was able to repair the broken door so it shut tightly.

VOA: special.2009.06.24

Also,make sure outerwear is made of material that is water resistant and tightly knit.

VOA: special.2009.12.23

"The development environment, the programming languages, some of the libraries that are used were things that Steve Jobs was very tightly connected to from the very beginning.

VOA: special.2011.01.28

Make sure outerwear is made of material that is water-resistant and tightly knit.

VOA: special.2010.12.22

The door of the spacecraft refused to shut tightly.

VOA: special.2009.06.24

After that, store them in a tightly closed container.

VOA: special.2009.06.02

The hands were tightly closed.

VOA: special.2009.10.31

However,APEC leaders are expected to call for exchange rates to reflect market realities, apparently referring to the tightly controlled yuan.

VOA: standard.2009.11.13

Woods spoke for more than 13 minutes in a tightly controlled setting that was covered live by the major television networks.

VOA: standard.2010.02.19

Sri Lanka this year tightly controlled media coverage of fighting that led to the defeat of the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

VOA: standard.2009.09.06

"This will wedge itself in so tightly and completely block the airway that within minutes, because of lack of oxygen, a child will die."

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

Researchers adjusted their computer algorithm to the slower insulin absorption rate and on a repeat experiment blood glucose was tightly controlled in all of the subjects.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

"This is not part of the political process. The political process is very tightly controlled and the entry to the political stage is very tightly filtered and controlled by the Kremlin.

VOA: standard.2010.06.10

He says,while the cattle industry has been tightly regulated, (that's not the case with the fishing industry.) "And when you're talking about a several thousand pound cow versus a bass, let alone a shrimp."

VOA: standard.2010.05.27

The fast-paced sport of ice hockey is thrilling when there is a tightly-played contest, but that is not what spectators observed in each of the opening women's games contested by Canada and the United States.

VOA: standard.2010.02.15

Access to a Caesarean section to relieve the pressure of obstructed labor is the most common way of preventing an unborn child from pressing so tightly in the birth canal that it cuts off blood flow to surrounding tissue.

VOA: standard.2009.12.23