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tightly drawn



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The same is true of thunderstorms, which can form over tightly drawn areas and miss nearby areas—sometimes within a mile—altogether.

From Scientific American • Oct. 4, 2019

To be a boss lady is to reject society’s expectations that women look and behave within tightly drawn boundaries.

From Slate • Aug. 31, 2018

Yet for any interpretation of this tightly drawn work to fulfill the play’s deepest intentions, it must be above all a double portrait of its incandescently noble leading man and its equally extraordinary villain.

From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2018

We made extra sure our guesthouse curtains were tightly drawn.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2016

This was Famine with unkempt hair and sunken eyes, blanched lips, and her skin tightly drawn over her sharp bones.

From Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls by Bailey, Carolyn Sherwin




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