All 3 Uses of
taut
in
Words by Heart
- On cold days, on the woodbox behind the stove, she would read and memorize, warm with the rich taste of the words, and at night in cotton-picking time, when she lay rigid with fatigue, she would say them over with her lips like Papa did — the pretty ones and the Don't-be-afraid-Lena, God-is-near ones that made her taut muscles loosen their grip and lower her into sleep.†
Chpt 1
- As she started on the yams, the rope she had dropped wiggled and snapped taut.†
Chpt 8 *
- Slowly she eased him off, both of them trembling, until the rope came taut.†
Chpt 13
Definition:
-
(taut) pulled or drawn tight;
or: subjected to great tension