tautness

They could tell by the sudden tautness in its body.

Only the tautness of his voice betrayed that anything had happened to him.

But he felt a tautness across his face: as though someone was pressing on it.

The tautness went out of old Dave and he smiled.

Already she could feel the renewed tautness in his shoulders.

But he was too keyed up for the tautness to leave his body.

But they had a quietness about them and a tautness.

And this time he felt the tautness of the bonds relax.

A little of the tautness went from her face.

The tautness of this midterm election was in evidence across the country.

Behold the tautness of my thighs, he seems to be saying.

When he met her eyes, there was the most peculiar tautness about his face: not a smile at all.

There was a strange tautness in his chest as he pushed them open.

Expanded to full length, and moved to Broadway, the play lost its tautness.

The tautness of his body put the lie to his words.

But there was a tautness to her voice that belied the smile.

And suddenly the man sensed tautness in that massive frame.

He could feel when her tautness eased a little.

But I've learned to judge the eyes, the flesh, the tautness of tiny muscles.

She touched Jon's arm, felt the tautness in his muscles.

"Strength and a beautiful sound like in the tautness of a bow.

She could feel the tautness that gripped his body.

With great care he rubbed at them, growing more confident as the tautness faded.

He could hear the tautness to her voice, now that he was listening for it.

As he pulled out his wallet the tautness went out of her.