tauten
verb (used with or without object)
to make or become taut.
tautened
Example Sentences
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The first face-lifts essentially lifted, tautened and re-draped facial skin.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 30, 2022
But this season moves with an icier malevolence than seasons past, and its focus has narrowed and tautened.
From Salon ● May 5, 2019
“The Guilty” is smartly constructed and tautened with regular twists, but, if it were merely clever, it wouldn’t test your nerves as it does.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 19, 2018
It would be helpful if Mr. Suh had tidied up his material and tautened his second act, which lacks some of the furious zaniness of the first and ends at least three times.
From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2015
The rope to the lifeboat tautened with a jerk rather than with a tug, and the rocking of the raft became more pronounced and erratic.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
