Sentence examples for remain taut from inspiring English sources

Ms. Ings adores her job, but her finances remain taut, even though she is working 50 hours a week.

The discussions remain taut and frustrating, according to several people involved, but some progress was made Wednesday on a critical issue.

Of the headliners, Hawley's elegiac melancholia was reliably sumptuous, the much-maligned Levellers remain taut and rousingly anthemic, and barbed electro-auteur Labrinth may well become rave-pop's next superstar.

These cables may be pushed and bent by robots that come in contact with them but remain taut at all times.

But the silken webs of some spiders do neither: They remain taut no matter how far they are stretched or compressed.

Also, cable tensions acquired via tension sensors confirm that cables always remain taut during all experimental verifications at feasible frequencies and that they are consistent with the tension variations predicted by theory.

Mr. Fukumine's face remained taut.

The fabric should have remained taut throughout the show, but by the end, the weight of the rainwater caused parts of it to slacken.

But up until he relinquished his grip — he wasn't hurting her — Pell's jaw remained taut, and she fumed through her nose but said no word, refused to beg to be let go.

Another thrilling day, where the battle for general classification remained taut and tempestuous and the magic 8-ball seemingly dictating this year's Giro promoted more unsung heroes to the forefront.

Though Mr. Werner had some magnificent piano solos, and the show allowed room for two other players — Billy Drewes on reeds and percussion and Tony Marino on bass — to exercise their musical imagination, the arrangements remained taut and focused on Ms. Buckley's interpretive acuity.