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taut ADJ

taut (ened)

taut. ADJ

pull taut VB

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Taut wire systems can operate with a variety of switches or detectors that sense movement at each end of the tensioned wires.
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The taut muscles would often move, and sharp wrinkles would appear on his face, as if they were caused by intolerable pain.
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Over the next ten years, he developed a reputation for the wit and style of his direction, and for his taut action sequences.
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The film doesn't have a taut storyline that lingers in your mind.
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Other alternatives had come and gone, but tortoiseshell provided the best combination of tonal sound and physical flexibility for plucking a taut string.
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The screenplay is taut, the director rarely losing his grip on his narration.
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All high-amplitude calls are delivered with from a taut body posture.
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With a running time of more than two and a half hours, the screenplay is taut and crisp enough to keep the crowd arrested.
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The movable end was kept taut, and fitted with a pen and a moving band of paper on which the pen plotted a tidal curve.
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The steer roper starts behind a barrier - a taut rope fastened with an easily broken string which is fastened lightly to the steer.
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