tautness
Example Sentences
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In the days leading up to my due date, I snapped pictures in the mirror of my belly under the tautness of a silver dress.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025
Bowers’ works typically create a vivifying tautness between the individual and the group.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 6, 2022
Pairing her with Paul, who brings a hardened soulfulness to Caleb, freights their adventure with palpable tautness.
From Salon • Jun. 26, 2022
But in a feat of literary archery, Branum’s lyrical prose hits its mark again and again, rich but never overly ripe, delicate but with a tautness that propels the narrative.
From Washington Post • Jan. 25, 2022
The land would move once more, the sea-anchor ropes would snap to tautness, and the roller coaster would start again.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
