All 6 Uses of
taut
in
Gone with the Wind
- She's my sister now," and Ashley bent and touched her cheek with cold lips, his face drawn and taut.†
Chpt 1.7
- Her nerves taut with suspense, she turned on him as swiftly as an angry cat, hot words bubbling to her lips, but he stopped them with a gesture.†
Chpt 2.14 *
- Scarlett caught sight of Phil Meade and hardly recognized him, so black was his face with powder and grime, so taut with strain and weariness.†
Chpt 3.18
- Melanie hung onto it as though it were a life line, straining, pulling it taut, slackening it, tearing it.†
Chpt 3.22
- Scarlett's taut nerves almost cracked as a sudden noise sounded in the underbrush near them.†
Chpt 3.24
- Cathleen was thin and taut.†
Chpt 3.29
Definition:
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(taut) pulled or drawn tight;
or: subjected to great tension