Thesaurus / tautness
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Rare is the first book that reveals the writer fully formed, the muscles and sinews of her sentences firm and taut, the voice distinctly her own — think Imbolo Mbue’s “Behold the Dreamers” or Casey Cep’s “Furious Hours.”
‘HOW THE ONE-ARMED SISTER SWEEPS HER HOUSE,’ BY CHERIE JONES, IS A STUNNING DEBUTHAMILTON CAINFEBRUARY 2, 2021WASHINGTON POSTSquat to grasp the ends of the towel on either side of you, then raise into a half-squat with good form until the towel is taut, keeping your arms straight and at your sides.
HOW TO TRAIN POWER FOR THE LOWER BODYHAYDEN CARPENTERJANUARY 27, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINETo create straight lines, the Nazca people would pull a cord taut between two stakes, then etch the paths by scraping away dark rock to reveal a lighter layer beneath.
THE FAMOUS NAZCA LINES AREN’T MYSTERIOUS—BUT THEY ARE INGENIOUSSARA KILEY WATSONJANUARY 3, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEYet, for all of Rico’s over-the-topness, “Nightmare Vacation” ultimately feels taut and tight.
RICO NASTY WILL SHOW YOU WHAT MISCHIEF SOUNDS LIKECHRIS RICHARDSDECEMBER 10, 2020WASHINGTON POSTBraceway was amazed by the intensity of Bristow's glance, the tautness of his body, the harsh authority in his voice.
THE WINNING CLUEJAMES HAY, JR.Dalgetty, poised in a nervous tautness that could explode into physical strength, felt a clutch of fear.
THE SENSITIVE MANPOUL WILLIAM ANDERSONThe stranger was a large schooner, and the tautness of the spars and rigging showed that she was in beautiful order.
WITH CLIVE IN INDIAG. A. HENTYShe had the same appearance now as then, the same tautness of body, the same flat, constrained tone.
NO CLUEJAMES HAYTheir faces held a quiet tautness, and General Ohlmsted's hand, holding a cigar, was shaking a little.
CALL HIM SAVAGEJOHN POLLARDOne should have a sense of the firmness or tautness of the abdominal muscles and not of flabby relaxation.
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