Sentence examples for emotionally taut from inspiring English sources

(Piper's role as Ann in Christopher Hampton's emotionally taut play is her stage debut).

Recent Oscar-winner Melissa Leo gave a moving, gripping performance in a series of emotionally taut scenes that showed screenwriter David Simon at his best.

Mr. Wilson said he believes the interaction between the black characters and the white sheriff will "add a very powerful layer of tension" to an already emotionally taut drama.

If you haven't watched it, think of this as a cross between the quintessential, almost fetishised British quaintness of Antiques Roadshow, and the emotionally taut, nostalgically tragic French zombie show, Les Revenants.

Wilson films his two lead actors as they deliver emotionally taut performances.

More than a Bohemian symphony with an American accent, "From the New World" is a reading of America drawn taut emotionally by the pull of the Czech fatherland.

The structurally taut, emotionally resonant work is steeped in the Balanchine style and also shows the influence of contemporary choreographers like Alexei Ratmansky, but there's nothing derivative about Mr. Peck's vision.

Its latest adventure is this gripping horror tale with an emotionally searing 12-tone score by Sir Richard Rodney Bennett and a taut libretto by Beverley Cross, all set in a suitably dark staging.