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
A tautness comes over us as we watch it, a brace-your-body fear.
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2024
I think of Philip Roth’s “Everyman,” the tautness by which it re-creates the life of its protagonist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2023
Pairing her with Paul, who brings a hardened soulfulness to Caleb, freights their adventure with palpable tautness.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2022
Hours later, he felt a tautness in his stomach when he heard Master’s car: the crunch of gravel and the hum of the engine before it stopped in the garage.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
