Aziz's lips were tightly compressed and for a moment he resisted answering.

The lips, too, seemed unusual, being tightly compressed, as if by the force of a stronger character than had been Slater's.

But the huge engineer's mouth was compressed tightly, his features even more severe than usual.

Her jaw was clenched, and her lips were tightly compressed.

With lips tightly compressed, he went out and locked the door behind him.

His mouth was set in a straight, grim line, lips tightly compressed.

When he rose, his lips were tightly compressed and his face was pale.

Tightly compressed as they were, the Makedones could not block them all and the points plunged home between their shields.

Then I put on a net, to keep the hair tightly compressed.