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Recent Examples of tauten
From that queasiness comes bristly tension, tautening and deepening what otherwise seems a low-key, low-stakes character study, and eventually a sweet, conciliatory sliver of hope too.
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 18 Feb. 2023
Pimples pop, pupils dilate, tendons tauten, and breathing gets so shallow that people fall into respiratory acidosis.
—John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver, 20 Apr. 2022
Those systems use hydraulics or electromagnetic fluids to soften or tauten the ride.
—Jack Stewart, WIRED, 9 Apr. 2018
BMW’s adaptive dampers stifle road imperfections and tauten the 5 Series for hard cornering.
—Miles Branman, Orange County Register, 26 Feb. 2017
Guy Lodge, Variety, 18 Feb. 2023
Pimples pop, pupils dilate, tendons tauten, and breathing gets so shallow that people fall into respiratory acidosis.
—John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver, 20 Apr. 2022
Those systems use hydraulics or electromagnetic fluids to soften or tauten the ride.
—Jack Stewart, WIRED, 9 Apr. 2018
BMW’s adaptive dampers stifle road imperfections and tauten the 5 Series for hard cornering.
—Miles Branman, Orange County Register, 26 Feb. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tauten
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Pell Grants The new law tightens eligibility rules for the Pell Grant program, the largest source of federal aid for low-income students.—
Anne Marie D. Lee,
CBS News,
11 July 2025
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More than three years into Putin’s unprovoked war on Ukraine, the Kremlin’s political vice is tightening again.—
Clare Sebastian,
CNN Money,
11 July 2025
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As the faith leaders arrived and asked their group to take a knee and pray on the building’s steps, Department of Homeland Security officers trained pepper-ball guns on clergy members, and National Guard members tensed their riot shields.—
Hailey Branson-Potts,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2025
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Chronic impacts of emotional abuse can include anxiety, depression, insomnia, binge drinking or substance abuse and muscle tension from flinching or tensing up, Patel says.—
Hannah Yasharoff,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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“Tauten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tauten. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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