Both Uses
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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
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- Every nerve in his body was taut, all his longing was concentrated in that cigarette butt—which meant more to him now, it seemed, than freedom itself—but he would never lower himself like that Fetiukov, he would never look at a man's mouth.†
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- They passed through the gates, those zeks, like soldiers back from a campaign, brisk, taut, eager— clear the road for 'em.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(taut) pulled or drawn tight;
or: subjected to great tension - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)