Jeph Loeb

One of the things that I really admire about the Marvel motion pictures is that, in one year, 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier,' which was a taut political thriller, and 'Guardians of the Galaxy,' which was a cosmic comedy, came out, and they could not be more different, and yet they both felt very Marvel.

Algerian Writer

Rekha

Based on a taut screenplay by Nabendu Ghosh, 'Do Anjane' was a Hindi adaptation of Nihar Ranjan Gupta's famous Bengali novel, 'Ratrir Yatri.' It was my first chance to rub shoulders with the immensely talented Amitabh Bachchan and we went on to become a super hit pair.

Indian Actress

Julie Plec

When you're telling taut, tight storytelling that has any kind of built-in plot twist elements, you tend to want to stack everything up on top of itself as opposed to letting things breathe and be languid in terms of the passage of time.

American Producer

Channing Dungey

Ten Days in the Valley' has everything: It's a thriller, it's a taut, exciting love story, and it has the kind of character our audience loves - a strong, powerful woman who is also dangerously flawed.

American Businesswoman

Chunky Pandey

My face looks tanned and taut because I have been swimming under the sun at Otters Club every day. I have also lost a lot of weight. But I want to do plastic surgery.

Indian Actor

Al Gore

The golden thread of reason that used to be stretched taut to mark the boundary between the known and the unknown is now routinely disrespected.

American Vice President

Phaedrus

The bow kept taut will quickly break, kept loosely strung, it will serve you when you need it.

Roman Poet

Nell Scovell

Constant exercise can keep the body trim and taut, but the face is another thing.

American Journalist

Terry Teachout

For my part, I like live theater best when it's taut, concentrated and intimate.

American Critic

Pele

Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string.

Brazilian Athlete

Typically used to describe objects under strain, like strings or cables.

Physical Tension

Emphasizes absence of looseness or sagging in materials.

Not Slack

Can metaphorically describe emotionally charged situations.

Emotional Intensity

Indicates a body is well-conditioned and muscular.

Physical Fitness

Often refers to skin, suggesting a smooth, young quality.

Youthful Appearance

Used to express a story that is well-paced and engaging.

Compelling Narrative

Describes scenarios where outcomes are carefully managed.

Controlled Situations

Often relates to psychological tension or thrill.

Emotional Suspense

 probably the flattest and thinnest suspension bridge there is, with cables that are out on the side. You're used to suspension bridges with big droopy cables on the top. These cables were on the side of the bridge, like if you took a rubber band and stretched it taut across the Thames -- that's what's holding up this bridge.

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 the line all the way across. The more tension the better, because we don't want the camera to sag. We want it to be taut. There we go. As you can see, one point is secure. It's not going one way or the other. We're going to put a lot of tension on this, so we need to make sure it's pretty stable.

Alaskan Timelapse -...

 suspenders hang down from the main cables and hold up the roadway the heavy weight of the road pulls down on the cables but the Anchorage's keep the cables pulled taut holding the road up the combined forces push down on the towers compressing them into a solid rigid mass

Big Apple Bridges PIPE...

 okay the first pole you'll put right between those going that way the wind was able to flop the canvas around and it just made it weak so we're using more sticks to keep the canvas taut so that it will withstand the wind scoot it in more okay now put

How to Build a Teepee PIPE...

 one two three everyone gets their share of the whale meat and for multiple days they sing dance and jump on the traditional trampoline dozens of inupiaq people will hold a blanket that's made of seal walrus or whale and they'll hold it taut

Camping on Sea Ice with...

 that one is so toe and that's because of a sort of distinctive kind of half C similar to the one that plunk has on his thigh and he's got a half seen this one so taut he's got a half see on the right right-hand side of the Nick says one

Safari Live - Day 380 PIPE...

 pretty incredible to have this whole taut glass facade and then have the rhythm of these elements marching their way down you know the facade I think this is gonna really create a pretty cool pattern you know on the building he

Architects' Inspiration...

 by the time she is finished she will have fixed several dozen of these sticky taut vertical lines an ant is approaching in the distance an orb web would never catch one of these

Red Back Spider PIPE...

 And it needs to be tough to span the wide river. With the bridge taut and the ground anchor in place, it's time to construct her trap.

Real-Life Spider Shoots...

 wide river with the bridge taut and the ground anchor in place it's time to construct her trap

Taut

Stretched or pulled tight; not loose or slack.

Often appears as...

Having a firm and fit body.

Often appears as...

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Describes a situation, story, etc. in which everything is effectively controlled and arguments and disagreements are avoided.

Often appears as...

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Physical Tension

Not Slack

Emotional Intensity

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