Water is pumped out of the cylinders until the entire assembly lifts up in the water, pulling the tethers taut. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
taut sails. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Spread the skin taut and position the needle at a 90 degree angle. From Wordnik.com. [July 2004] Reference
Christos, his expression taut and irritated, had passed a hand across his eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Carides Pregnancy]
The nose, while still a bit taut, is spicy, with ginger, ripe pear and minerals. From Wordnik.com. [Tasting Notes] Reference
The idea is to pull the skin taut, so the face looks smoother and more youthful. From Wordnik.com. [Medpundit] Reference
(To work the skin, hold the skin taut and pull it back and forth over a the edge of a board.). From Wordnik.com. [Writing Update - DAY TWO - In a Pig's Eye] Reference
Accelerator Center (SLAC) in the USA, that the electron has a relative some 3 500 times heavier, which is called the taut. From Wordnik.com. [Press Release: The 1995 Nobel Prize in Physics] Reference
If Miró ever knew the meaning of "taut," the seven films in this retrospective certainly do not prove it. From Wordnik.com. [GreenCine Daily] Reference
"Nice taut feel lacking in many competitive cars.". From Wordnik.com. [From the logbook: 2009 Mazda6] Reference
Use moisturizerAs you age, your skin becomes less taut. From Wordnik.com. [Cheating Time] Reference
“The ride is taut and controlled without being stiff.”. From Wordnik.com. [From the logbook: Volkswagen GTI] Reference
His skin was stretched taut against the kettledrum of his pelvis. From Wordnik.com. [‘Hotel de Dream: A New York Novel’] Reference
But "Breach" is actually a wonderfully taut cat-and-mouse thriller. From Wordnik.com. [Good Spy vs. Bad Spy] Reference
I squat and stretch my hamstrings, pull on my forever-taut Achilles. From Wordnik.com. [My Morning Run Is A Moving Meditation] Reference
The taut, incisive first half works better than the later stretches. From Wordnik.com. [Dark Nights Of The Soul] Reference
Reporters noticed his taut nerves, sheepish grins and clowning with Shore. From Wordnik.com. [SIX MEN AND A DONKEY] Reference
Handling is impressively taut and responsive, frisky and alert in corners. From Wordnik.com. [Driving impressions: Buick Regal] Reference
During the day the brain keeps the throat muscles taut and the airway open. From Wordnik.com. [Sounds Of Sleep] Reference
Best of all, the original's buckboard ride has given way to taut Teutonic handling. From Wordnik.com. [Road Test | Mini Cooper : Mine Is Smaller!] Reference
The plot is unusually taut, and he writes with the legato phrasing of a great composer. From Wordnik.com. [The Corpses Of Summer] Reference
Road handling is decent, though not as taut as I would have expected from this German badge. From Wordnik.com. [Road Test: VW Eos] Reference
Inside the crowded hearing room at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, emotions were stretched taut. From Wordnik.com. [Reliving Bloody October] Reference
We walked slowly toward each other, and she was in my arms, her body slim and taut against mine. From Wordnik.com. ['I Know I'll Get Through This'] Reference
The cord of the retractable leash had looped around her finger and pulled taut when Penny bolted. From Wordnik.com. [Retractable leashes pose problems for people and their pets] Reference
So as the fields become more and more taut over the course of 11 years, something eventually gives. From Wordnik.com. [Mysteries Of The Sun] Reference
The action is taut -- including a wonderful chase scene through Venice's canals -- but not overdone. From Wordnik.com. [Nothing Is as It Seems] Reference
Mann vividly captures the nocturnal pulse of East L.A. in this taut, confined game of cat and mouse. From Wordnik.com. [SNAP JUDGEMENT: MOVIES] Reference
And it's Joan Allen's taut and uncanny Pat Nixon who partners him in some of the movie's finest scenes. From Wordnik.com. [Hollywood's Most Controversial Director Oliver Stone Takes On Our Most Controversial President Richard Nixon] Reference
His high harmonies with his former sideman Skaggs on "All I Ever Loved Was You" sound as taut and tart as ever. From Wordnik.com. [Mountain-Music Summit Meeting] Reference
But Condit's smile, so natural and easy for so many years, now looks taut and labored, observed this congressman. From Wordnik.com. [Behind The Smile] Reference
A daily regimen of shadowboxing, jogging and weight lifting sculpted his thickening frame down to a taut 218 pounds. From Wordnik.com. [He's Back] Reference
The dermis contains blood vessels that nourish the skin, and proteins called elastin and collagen that keep it taut. From Wordnik.com. [The New Science of Cosmetics] Reference
JOAN DIDION'S NEW Novel is likely to be called "spare" or maybe "taut" by her admirers, and just plain "skimpy" by everyone else. From Wordnik.com. [The Art Of The Dirty Deal] Reference
Also in the room was Kerry Smith and his wife, Lisa, running her hands over the little lumps beneath the taut skin of Cantor's belly. From Wordnik.com. [The Curious Lives of Surrogates] Reference
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