make taut
Example Sentences
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Moving up the complexity scale are clear films that you apply indoors to the framing around a window with double-stick tape, then blow dry to shrink and make taut.
From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2021
They fell the pines five gar in length, and hew The timbers square, and soon construct a new And buoyant vessel, firmly fixed the mast, And tackling, sails, and oars make taut and fast.
From Babylonian and Assyrian Literature by Anonymous
There were swift actions, too: a Kanaka crawled out upon the bowsprit to make taut a slack stay, while two others with pulley-blocks swarmed aloft.
From The Ragged Edge by MacGrath, Harold
What engine is to generate the heat and make taut the energies by which alone significant form can be created?
From Since Cézanne by Bell, Clive
Our ears have developed an abnormal acuteness, so that almost a pin falling will make taut nerves scream, though in reality nobody moves—a glance is enough to both ask and answer a question.
From Liége on the Line of March An American Girl's Experiences When the Germans Came Through Belgium by Bigelow, Glenna Lindsley
