Sentence examples for taut contest from inspiring English sources
It's very finely balanced this taut contest.
Davis's buzzer-beating jumper ended a taut contest in which Harvard held the advantage for most of the game.
A game that looked like a potential rout after Notre Dame took a 16-7 leat at halftime turned into a taut contest as both teams made critical mistakes.
— Friday was the first time the Detroit Tigers didn't bother to show up for the A.L.C.S. Manager Jim Leyland and Max Scherzer, Detroit's Game 6 starter, offered their thoughts via conference call, but with only one ballclub present, the scene at the Ballpark here was akin to a debate with an empty chair, given the taut contests in this series that Texas leads, three games to two.
For the 48,000 neutrals here the Twenty20 World Cup final delivered a wonderful spectacle: a taut, fluctuating contest that was enthralling.
Even so, the principal difficulty lay in keeping this contest taut.
Werth provided the difference, blowing open a taut, nerve-racking contest well after the reddish haze of dusk had come and gone from the sky.
Their contest, a taut, tense, thrilling 6-2, 7-6 (3), 6-4 victory for Djokovic, was a testament to this golden age of men's tennis.
This lends a taut and unbreathable air to the contest.
Tears, trembles, taut neck.
