Examples of tauten in a Sentence
The wire tautened as they pulled on it.
he tautened the rope and then tied it off
Recent Examples on the Web
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
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“Tauten.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tauten. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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