Both Uses
taut
in
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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- She was thin without the taut look of wiry people, and her printed voile dresses and flowered hats were as right for her as denim overalls for a farmer.†
p. 93.4 *
- Her mouth was too taut and her tongue too still to attempt the strange sounds.†
p. 229.5
Definitions:
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(1)
(taut) pulled or drawn tight;
or: subjected to great tension - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)