as in tight
stretched with little or no give
a taut clothesline
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Recent Examples of taut
Tom had to insure that my breast was pulled completely taut.
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Amanda Peet, New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2026
All around the skiff, pink river dolphins pop up for air, their taut blush bodies arcing briefly before vanishing with barely a splash.
—Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Mar. 2026
Run is a taut thriller that feels like an elevated Lifetime movie in all the right ways.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Feb. 2026
This game was expected to be a taut preview of the gold-medal game but has turned into a bludgeoning.
—Sean Nevin, NBC news, 10 Feb. 2026
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Amanda Peet, New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2026
All around the skiff, pink river dolphins pop up for air, their taut blush bodies arcing briefly before vanishing with barely a splash.
—Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Mar. 2026
Run is a taut thriller that feels like an elevated Lifetime movie in all the right ways.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Feb. 2026
This game was expected to be a taut preview of the gold-medal game but has turned into a bludgeoning.
—Sean Nevin, NBC news, 10 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for taut
Recent Examples of Synonyms for taut
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Long an astute observer of discovery and rediscovery, whether the subject is a city or herself, Sante—having emerged from a tight circle of luminaries including Jim Jarmusch, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Nan Goldin—is now on the precipice of a second artistic renaissance.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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By greatly expanding the dimensions of his images, with their muted palettes, tight cropping, found symmetries, and laconic wit, had the maestro of the photographic epigram betrayed his subtractive aesthetic?—
James Quandt,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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“Taut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taut. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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