What I had taken to be the norm taut, smooth, supple was the transient special case of youth.
But the car had rolled away from the locomotive, and the coupling was taut.
For my part, I like live theater best when it's taut, concentrated and intimate.
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With companies increasingly seeking taut but flexible global supply chains, this sluggishness is annoying.
He pulled her to the bed and his body was smooth and taut through his shirt.
Red Dragon is an entertaining movie, but not as taut or well directed as Manhunter.
The skin is taut, revealing ribs and veins in the torso, muscles in the haunch and legs.
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Previously, the Remote Touch struck me as reasonably functional interface and, covered in taut glove leather, handsome.
If it is possible to be both taut and lush in decoration, then Rosseell and Vergauwe are masters.
When browsing the spring onions, look for small bulbs and taut green stems.
But even the most trustworthy hand could eventually find it difficult to keep its grip on a taut line.
His neck felt so taut he doubted he could even turn his head.
Mr Ignatieff's writing, though taut in reportage, sags into the cloudier sort of lit-crit talk when he turns analytical.
His legs and arms are held taut, the bones smashed by repeated blows.
As the household of confectionary manners and tightrope-taut wiles of pleasure and power disperses, we witness the birth of Eurotrash.
As a few people pulled on the line, it grew taut, as a green, eerie shadow resolved itself into the classic, menacing profile.
One simply wants to enter into the taut narrative of the play, to be an observer on that train to nowhere.
There were not many jokes in a Powell speech, but the audience was held by its taut language delivered with passion.
Will best film editing go to "Argo, " the taut minimalism of "Zero Dark Thirty" or the careful rhythms of "Life of Pi"?
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And it does so without feeling even slightly harsh--smooth as glass around town, taut as a much sportier car at its limits.
But Mr Wolf writes in plain, taut English, without gimmicks or condescension.
But suffice to say it is a taut, well-written story, which manages to do something new and different with the traditional ghost story.
Unable now to meet the occasion, Husna followed the conversation from face to face, the skin around her mouth taut, as if frozen.
He starts scraping under my sideburns, holding the skin taut, and then shaves down in one stroke, exerting no pressure on the razor.
Taut and composed, with nicely weighted and direct steering feel (electric power assist), the TL absolutely hustles through the corners with very little body lean.
But it's the feeling that occurs before the end, when it's taut and undecided and not yet cruel, which makes games so addictive and worthwhile.
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The result is a powerfully taut arc that nevertheless avoids aggression.
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Every screenwriter pushes for a taut fusion of imagery and words.
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These retail industries had the farthest to rebound, so, like the elastic band pulled taut, they will improve more quickly and aggressively than other retail industries.
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