Fifty feet above me, a fellow student held taut the rope tied to my seat harness.

Her hair was tied in a bun held taut with a ribbon.

Now the left half of it was being held taut against the illuminated face of a powerful flashlight.

Robert, 14, had been assigned to hold taut a corner of the tent they were erecting.

I could feel the tense nerves loosening like springs long held taut.

Both forces rushed forward like arrows released from bows too long held taut.

Only she felt that all the threads of her fate were being held taut, in suspense.

His voice was held taut by a cord of pain.

A tethered cord, however, is held taut at the end, or some point in the spinal canal.

She adjusted the suspender so the stocking was held taut.