All 7 Uses of
taut
in
The Lords of Discipline
- I admired the elegiac understatement of its streets, the whole taut containment of the lower city, fragrant in its vines, disciplined in its stones.†
Chpt 1.2 *
- She was every inch the General's wife and moved with the taut, tensile grace common to high-born Southern women.†
Chpt 2.21
- Doug, with his hands held high and his body taut and glistening, moved in quickly to pressure the forward.†
Chpt 3.30
- He came at me with superb, deadly balance, handling his bulk well, and before the collision I realized Cain had spent long seasons coming out of the line at defensive back, coming straight ahead in bone-stirring downfield blocks, coming toward dummies held by taut, screaming coaches at practice, and at that moment I knew I would learn the difference between a pulling lineman and a flashy guard.†
Chpt 4.38
- Mark tenderly rubbed Pig's thick, taut shoulders, trying to get him to uncoil and relax; his entire body was flexed and his breathing came hard.†
Chpt 4.41
- At the piano, Tradd's white fine-boned face was taut with rapt concentration as he read the notes of the score and instantly translated them into sound.†
Chpt 4.48
- The flames rose high above the garden wall and illuminated the taut, nervous figure of Commerce St. Croix.†
Chpt 4.48
Definition:
pulled or drawn tight;
or: subjected to great tension
or: subjected to great tension