tauten

Example Sentences

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The crowd demanded a speech, and to quiet the yelling, Paul stepped to the porch of the inn and delivered most of the Italian words he knew: "Signori, taute grazie di vostra accoglienza, arrivederie, ciao!"

From The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World by Boyton, Paul

You have an assurance � taute �preuve; but you are deplorably superficial.

From Picture and Text 1893 by James, Henry