Sentence examples for taut as from inspiring English sources

"His soul stretched as taut as shrink-wrap".

The tendons in his neck looked as taut as cables.

It is a chilling read, taut as a drumskin.

His writing, as taut as David Mamet's, eschews naturalism and delights in its own self-consciousness.

She pulls her reins taut as the exercise rider coaxes out more speed.

The plot, a suspense thriller as taut as Turner's body, is full of unexpected performances.

Ms. Julias, as taut as a thoroughbred, projects every stretched toe and leg with alarming brilliance.

Jesus Lopez-Cobos, in the pit, keeps the score as taut as he can.

By then, Brown was over seventy, but fit as a fiddle — or at least as taut as its strings.

He is leaning against the rail, his tan, handsome face drawn taut as he stares slightly downward.

I jolted the rod back and up high, and found the line was now as taut as a guitar string.