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Recent Examples of tauten
From that queasiness comes bristly tension, tautening and deepening what otherwise seems a low-key, low-stakes character study, and eventually a sweet, conciliatory sliver of hope too.
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 18 Feb. 2023
Pimples pop, pupils dilate, tendons tauten, and breathing gets so shallow that people fall into respiratory acidosis.
—John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver, 20 Apr. 2022
Those systems use hydraulics or electromagnetic fluids to soften or tauten the ride.
—Jack Stewart, WIRED, 9 Apr. 2018
BMW’s adaptive dampers stifle road imperfections and tauten the 5 Series for hard cornering.
—Miles Branman, Orange County Register, 26 Feb. 2017
Guy Lodge, Variety, 18 Feb. 2023
Pimples pop, pupils dilate, tendons tauten, and breathing gets so shallow that people fall into respiratory acidosis.
—John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver, 20 Apr. 2022
Those systems use hydraulics or electromagnetic fluids to soften or tauten the ride.
—Jack Stewart, WIRED, 9 Apr. 2018
BMW’s adaptive dampers stifle road imperfections and tauten the 5 Series for hard cornering.
—Miles Branman, Orange County Register, 26 Feb. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tauten
Verb
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His frequent warnings that the city would fall into ruin if Mamdani, 34, were elected mayor may have tightened the race slightly.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Meanwhile, the state AG’s race between Jones and Miyares tightened to an apparent toss-up amid a major controversy.—
Kevin Breuninger,Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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While biting, their jaw muscles tensed to squeeze venom into their meal.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
23 Oct. 2025
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My skin felt dirty, and my stomach tensed with fear.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Tauten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tauten. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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