as in tight
stretched with little or no give
a taut clothesline
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Alexander isn’t opposed to showing the occasional rippling bicep or taut pectoral but declines to go the full monty.
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Andrew Rummer, WIRED, 19 Oct. 2024
Holding skin taut, glide tool across damp skin, treating each area no more than twice.
—Emily Orofino, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2024
The veteran prestige-TV drama director Michael Dinner (who had previously worked with Silo creator Graham Yost on Justified) and the show’s crew keep the action taut, tense, and easy to follow as Juliette survives several potentially fatal setbacks and just keeps going.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 15 Nov. 2024
Despite her attempts to escape him, their paths continue to cross throughout this taut depiction of overwhelming isolation, which uses the inescapable presence of death to visualize the grieving process.
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024
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Andrew Rummer, WIRED, 19 Oct. 2024
Holding skin taut, glide tool across damp skin, treating each area no more than twice.
—Emily Orofino, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2024
The veteran prestige-TV drama director Michael Dinner (who had previously worked with Silo creator Graham Yost on Justified) and the show’s crew keep the action taut, tense, and easy to follow as Juliette survives several potentially fatal setbacks and just keeps going.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 15 Nov. 2024
Despite her attempts to escape him, their paths continue to cross throughout this taut depiction of overwhelming isolation, which uses the inescapable presence of death to visualize the grieving process.
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024
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“Taut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taut. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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