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- verb Present participle of
tauten .
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Examples
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Standing on the trap, leg-manacled and arm-manacled, the knot against the neck, the black cap drawn, they will drop me down until the momentum of my descending weight is fetched up abruptly short by the tautening of the rope.
Chapter 3 2010
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She felt the humming of the tautening string, hovering on the edge of her consciousness, making her strain toward it. . .
How to Woo a Reluctant Lady Deborah Gonzales 2011
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She felt the humming of the tautening string, hovering on the edge of her consciousness, making her strain toward it. . .
How to Woo a Reluctant Lady Deborah Gonzales 2011
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The length of paper also became a variable linea snake-like contracting or tautening as we moved between the burnt saplings.
Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009
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The length of paper also became a variable linea snake-like contracting or tautening as we moved between the burnt saplings.
Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009
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I visualize the tautening of her buttocks as a clench of anticipation runs through her.
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I visualize the tautening of her buttocks as a clench of anticipation runs through her.
Archive 2008-05-01 CC 2008
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He looked up at her for a long moment, then lifted a shaking hand and put it in hers, rising unsteadily to his feet, his gaze drifting over her, his body tautening.
Naughty or Nice MELANIE GEORGE 2004
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He looked up at her for a long moment, then lifted a shaking hand and put it in hers, rising unsteadily to his feet, his gaze drifting over her, his body tautening.
Naughty or Nice MELANIE GEORGE 2004
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He looked up at her for a long moment, then lifted a shaking hand and put it in hers, rising unsteadily to his feet, his gaze drifting over her, his body tautening.
Naughty or Nice MELANIE GEORGE 2004
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