The two big box kites quivered taut canvas, lashed to a bollard and waiting.

Then she was interrupted by the sound of Peter dramming on the taut canvas above her head.

Standing midship at the rail Juan lifted his eyes to the taut canvas, bright as a gull's wing.

The steel sliced through its target down to the waist with the same ease and sound it would make ripping through taut canvas.

There are few sounds I enjoy more than the patter of rain on taut canvas.

We soon had the tent pitched, its canvas taut and gleaming in the sun.

A taut canvas formed a deck over the back part of the car.

She heard the raindrops hitting the taut canvas above her, like an endless series of tiny fists, punching the cover.

Janice's gaze turned again to the sky, rising from the mountain peaks like a taut, platinum canvas.

Another fierce blow descended onto the taut canvas, landing on his shoulder with a dull thud.