All 4 Uses of
taut
in
Brave New World
- And once more there was silence; and the expectancy, momentarily relaxed, was stretched again, tauter, tauter, almost to the tearing point.†
p. 83..6 *
- And once more there was silence; and the expectancy, momentarily relaxed, was stretched again, tauter, tauter, almost to the tearing point.†
p. 83..6
- Sometimes, as though a finger had plucked at some taut, almost breaking string, his whole body would shake with a sudden nervous start.†
p. 170..4
- They had never seen a face like hers before–had never seen a face that was not youthful and taut-skinned, a body that had ceased to be slim and upright.†
p. 202..4
Definition:
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(taut) pulled or drawn tight;
or: subjected to great tension