All 5 Uses
taut
in
Hollow City
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- A strand of taut brown rope extended up from the water and disappeared into the fog.†
p. 25.2 *
- And then it saw me see it and its whole awful body drew taut.†
p. 66.8
- it unreeled and snapped taut, and then a net unfurled at the end of it and smacked against the ground.†
p. 69.4
- Then a metallic squeal rang out, the rope pulled taut, and we lurched into the air.†
p. 71.2
- It flew a short distance before a string she'd tied around its foot snapped taut and it hovered, caught in the air, like a dog straining at its lead.†
p. 287.8
Definitions:
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(1)
(taut) pulled or drawn tight;
or: subjected to great tension - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)