tauten
/ˈtɔːt(ə)n/
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American sound/ˈtɔːt(ə)n/
tauten
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- 2 syllables
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- 1st syllable stress
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- Aw vowel
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tau - ten -> tauten
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- ‘In terms of any sonata rationale, Prokofiev's wish was quite clearly to tauten the first ‘half’ of his reverse recapitulation.’
- ‘Ali's nerves tautened as he noted that the hall was silent.’
- ‘I sensed muscles tauten and weight shift as I executed leaps, and I had that rare thing, perfect harmony.’
- ‘Apprenticeship as a sub-editor and reporter pared and tautened his prose.’
- ‘This atmospheric thriller, shot almost entirely at night, tautens the suspense like rough hands around a little boy's neck.’
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