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
In Thomas’s hands, it had a brilliant moment-to-moment tautness that made you forget the expanse of Schubert’s canvas, in which fine-honed details can sometimes get lost.
From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2023
Bowers’ works typically create a vivifying tautness between the individual and the group.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2022
Pairing her with Paul, who brings a hardened soulfulness to Caleb, freights their adventure with palpable tautness.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2022
With the threaded needle in my hand, I felt a little calmer, in control of something, even if only the tautness of a seam.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
