cinch

The high school “experience” ought to be a cinch to capture on film but it rarely is.

It took me three hours to force the hose onto the pump nozzle, but I couldn’t cinch it up securely.

The hourglass silhouette – the cinched in waist and fuller skirt – felt pointed and intentional.

He certainly was no cinch to make it to the major leagues, though.

His lifetime batting average has dipped to .299, and milestones such as 500 home runs and 3,000 hits that once seemed a cinch are now long shots or downright impossible.