Sentence example with the word 'tauten'

tauten

continue, drag out, draw out, extend, let out, prolongate, pull in, spin out, stretch out, tense, winch

Definition v. become taut or tauter

Last update: July 24, 2015


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The whistle shrieked again, the warp tautened, and tug and lifeboat made for the mouth of the harbour.   [Please select]

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There were delicate adjustments to be made, wire rigging to be tautened, a score of minute tests before all could be safe and sure.   [Please select]

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The main-sheet slacked and dipped, then shot over our heads after the boom and tautened with a crash on the traveller.   [Please select]

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The tow-line had now tautened, at right angles to the two boats and the predicament was laughable.   [Please select]

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Joe was already creeping toward the bow, and, having reached it, he crouched there, blinded by rain and spray, and waited for the rope to tauten.   [Please select]

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