The boat-puller obeyed, taking a turn around the little forward thwart and paying the line as it jerked taut.

Jary ducked a gleaming stalactite, moved forward quickly before the safety line between them jerked taut.

The safety line jerked taut, battering him against the tight walls of the cleft.

But he didn't faint, just stumbled, the rope jerked taut preventing him from falling.

The long chain jerked taut and held it helpless by the scruff of its tawny neck.

A rope fell over him and jerked taut around his waist.

The quivering, shambling body jerked taut; the head lifted.

Gould's shaken voice stopped Louis like a child's marionette whose string had been jerked taut.

The tether attached to her waist reached its full extent, jerked taut, and pulled her back.

The pump line jerked taut as the truck bucked forward, and snapped loose with a spwang.