Lacking slack |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Apr 2024 |
Stretched tight, like a drumhead |
|
|
Clearly not relaxed |
Newsday |
20 Apr 2024 |
Tight |
Mirror Quick |
17 Apr 2024 |
Instructed, say, to be tense |
Mirror Cryptic |
17 Apr 2024 |
Lacking slack |
Universal |
09 Apr 2024 |
Pulled tight |
USA Today |
09 Apr 2024 |
Taught soundly, albeit under a strain (4) |
|
|
Having no give |
|
|
Was a teacher soundly so strung up? (4) |
|
|
Stretched to its utmost |
|
|
Drawn tight |
Mirror Tea Time |
25 Mar 2024 |
Tight, as a rope |
|
|
Rigid dry container for gold |
|
|
Like a tightrope, ideally |
New York Times |
05 Mar 2024 |
High-strung |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Feb 2024 |
Stretched (4) |
Puzzler |
03 Feb 2024 |
Like a tripwire |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Jan 2024 |
Tight |
Mirror Quick |
26 Jan 2024 |
Instructed, say, to be tense |
Mirror Cryptic |
26 Jan 2024 |
Pulled tight |
Commuter |
20 Jan 2024 |
Tight |
Mirror Quick |
19 Jan 2024 |
Reportedly trained to be tense |
Mirror Cryptic |
19 Jan 2024 |
Announced wrong tense (4) |
|
|
Announced wrong tense |
The Guardian Quiptic |
15 Jan 2024 |
Stretched tight |
New York Times |
08 Jan 2024 |
With no slack |
Newsday |
03 Jan 2024 |
Stretched tightly |
USA Today |
19 Dec 2023 |
Lacking slack |
LA Times Daily |
13 Dec 2023 |
Soundly instructed to get tight |
|
|
As tight lines are (4) |
|
|
Not slack |
USA Today |
23 Nov 2023 |
Stretched tightly, like a rope |
|
|
Stretched to the max |
LA Times Daily |
29 Sep 2023 |
Not loose |
USA Today |
27 Sep 2023 |
Tightly stretched |
Newsday |
24 Sep 2023 |
Tightly stretched |
Newsday |
20 Sep 2023 |
Not hanging loose |
USA Today |
09 Sep 2023 |
Pulled tight |
USA Today |
01 Sep 2023 |
Trained, it's said, to be very tight |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
07 Aug 2023 |
Full of tension |
New York Times |
06 Aug 2023 |
Tightly stretched |
Newsday |
25 Jul 2023 |
Stretched tightly |
USA Today |
23 Jul 2023 |
Lacking slack |
Eugene Sheffer |
22 Jul 2023 |
Not hanging loose |
USA Today |
09 Jul 2023 |
Lacking slack |
Thomas Joseph |
29 Jun 2023 |
Strained sound of rebuke muffling answer |
The Guardian Cryptic |
13 Jun 2023 |
Not slack |
Universal |
08 May 2023 |
Tense time with old academics? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
28 Apr 2023 |
Tightly stretched |
USA Today |
24 Apr 2023 |
Without slack |
Universal |
24 Apr 2023 |
Not slack |
Universal |
01 Apr 2023 |
Stretched tight |
Family Time |
05 Mar 2023 |
Stretched thin |
LA Times Daily |
26 Feb 2023 |
Unlikely to droop |
Universal |
20 Feb 2023 |
Drawn tight |
Newsday |
19 Feb 2023 |
Lacking slack |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 Feb 2023 |
Greek character actor -- essentially without play |
The Telegraph Toughie |
01 Feb 2023 |
Tightly stretched |
Universal |
31 Jan 2023 |
Fully stretched |
Universal |
11 Jan 2023 |
Like a suspenseful thriller |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Dec 2022 |
Lacking slack |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 Nov 2022 |
Tightly stretched |
The Times Concise |
19 Nov 2022 |
Pulled tight |
LA Times Daily |
09 Nov 2022 |
Drawn tight |
Universal |
03 Oct 2022 |
Lacking slack |
Newsday |
16 Sep 2022 |
At a breaking point, maybe |
LA Times Daily |
16 Sep 2022 |
Speaker's educated and stiff |
|
|
Lacking slack |
Eugene Sheffer |
12 Aug 2022 |
Lacking slack |
LA Times Daily |
18 Jul 2022 |
Stretched tight |
LA Times Daily |
17 Jul 2022 |
Not slack |
Universal |
09 Jul 2022 |
Stretched tight |
USA Today |
30 Jun 2022 |
Tightly stretched |
Newsday |
16 May 2022 |
Stretched |
The Guardian Quick |
16 May 2022 |
Stretched tightly |
Newsday |
27 Apr 2022 |
Filled with suspense |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Apr 2022 |
Tightly stretched |
The Washington Post Sunday |
27 Mar 2022 |
Tightly stretched |
USA Today |
25 Mar 2022 |
Stretched tightly |
Newsday |
08 Mar 2022 |
Lacking slack |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Mar 2022 |
Stretched tight |
Universal |
02 Mar 2022 |
Stretched tight |
The Times Concise |
16 Dec 2021 |
Tight; stretched |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 Dec 2021 |
Under tension |
The Guardian Speedy |
14 Nov 2021 |
Opposite of relaxed |
New York Times |
30 Oct 2021 |
Tightly stretched |
Universal |
15 Sep 2021 |
Stretched tightly |
USA Today |
07 Sep 2021 |
Not slack |
Universal |
05 Sep 2021 |
Stretched tight |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Sep 2021 |
Tense, as is pupil in audition |
|
|
Tightly stretched |
USA Today |
29 Aug 2021 |
Lacking slack |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Aug 2021 |
Not hanging loose |
USA Today |
31 Jul 2021 |
Showing strain |
LA Times Daily |
18 Jul 2021 |
Showing strain |
The Washington Post |
18 Jul 2021 |
Not hanging loose |
USA Today |
10 Jul 2021 |
Stretched out |
New York Times |
09 Jul 2021 |
Having no slack |
USA Today |
08 Jul 2021 |
Like strung guitar strings |
LA Times Daily |
05 Jul 2021 |
Like strung guitar strings |
The Washington Post |
05 Jul 2021 |
Gave instruction as audibly stressed |
|
|
Stretched tight |
Universal |
09 May 2021 |
Tightly stretched |
Newsday |
03 May 2021 |
Greek character tense and strained |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
10 Apr 2021 |
Lacking slack |
Eugene Sheffer |
10 Mar 2021 |
Stretched tight |
LA Times Daily |
08 Mar 2021 |
Stretched tight |
The Washington Post |
08 Mar 2021 |
By the sound of it, worked in education, far from relaxed |
|
|
Without slack |
Newsday |
24 Jan 2021 |
Like guitar strings |
USA Today |
15 Jan 2021 |
Opposite of loose |
New York Times |
29 Dec 2020 |
Like guitar strings |
LA Times Daily |
28 Dec 2020 |
Like guitar strings |
The Washington Post |
28 Dec 2020 |
Pulled tight |
USA Today |
24 Dec 2020 |
Lacking slack |
Newsday |
06 Dec 2020 |
Stretched to the max |
Newsday |
01 Nov 2020 |
Stretched tightly |
USA Today |
30 Oct 2020 |
Like a drumhead |
USA Today |
25 Oct 2020 |
Stretched tightly |
Newsday |
19 Oct 2020 |
Slackless |
USA Today |
02 Oct 2020 |
Stretched tight, like a string |
|
|
Like violin strings |
New York Times |
10 Sep 2020 |
Lacking slack |
USA Today |
03 Sep 2020 |
Stretched tight |
Newsday |
09 Aug 2020 |
Jeer with any number leaving stressed |
|
|
Opposite of slack |
New York Times |
22 May 2020 |
Lacking slack |
Thomas Joseph |
13 May 2020 |
Like piano strings |
The Washington Post Sunday |
26 Apr 2020 |
Ex-lax? |
Family Time |
20 Apr 2020 |
Tight |
The Telegraph Quick |
26 Feb 2020 |
Full of tension |
New York Times |
16 Feb 2020 |
Full of tension |
|
|
Stiff knight walks out of ridicule |
|
|
Completely stretched |
Universal |
30 Dec 2019 |
Tightly stretched |
USA Today |
27 Dec 2019 |
Lacking slack |
|
|
Lacking slack |
New York Times |
24 Dec 2019 |
Not hanging loose |
USA Today |
05 Dec 2019 |
Lacking slack |
The Washington Post Sunday |
01 Dec 2019 |
Like drumheads |
New York Times |
01 Dec 2019 |
Like drumheads |
|
|
Like a drumhead |
Universal |
14 Oct 2019 |
Not drooping, like a string |
Family Time |
07 Oct 2019 |
Having no slack |
USA Today |
02 Sep 2019 |
Like a tightrope |
|
|
Like a rope pulled tight |
|
|
Like cello strings |
The Washington Post Sunday |
28 Jul 2019 |
Loose antonym |
The Washington Post Sunday |
07 Jul 2019 |
Pulled tight |
Universal |
25 Jun 2019 |
Without slack |
Universal |
14 Jun 2019 |
Having no slack |
Newsday |
09 Jun 2019 |
Not at all slack |
LA Times Daily |
08 Jun 2019 |
Not at all slack |
The Washington Post |
08 Jun 2019 |
Like many a thriller |
Wall Street Journal |
30 May 2019 |
Like skin after Botox |
Wall Street Journal |
25 May 2019 |
Like school pupil sounding unrelaxed |
|
|
Stretched tight |
New York Times |
07 May 2019 |
Stretched tight |
|
|
Stretched tight |
The Times Concise |
03 May 2019 |
Fully stretched |
Universal |
25 Jan 2019 |
Tightly strung |
Universal |
11 Jan 2019 |
Rigid |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Jan 2019 |
Tightly strung |
|
|
Pulled tight |
|
|
Like a drumhead |
|
|
Not at all slack |
|
|
Without slack |
|
|
Rigid |
|
|
Like skin after Botox |
|
|
Fully stretched |
|
|
Like many a thriller |
|
|
Having no slack |
|
|
Stretched to the max |
The Washington Post |
20 Dec 2018 |
Stretched to the max |
LA Times Daily |
20 Dec 2018 |
Like a tuned string |
USA Today |
12 Dec 2018 |
Lacking slack |
The Washington Post |
05 Dec 2018 |
Lacking slack |
LA Times Daily |
05 Dec 2018 |
Tutored in speech as not relaxed |
The Sun Two Speed |
17 Nov 2018 |
Tightly drawn |
The Sun Two Speed |
17 Nov 2018 |
Ex-lax? |
Universal |
30 Oct 2018 |
Like a tightrope, more so than a slackline |
New York Times |
05 Sep 2018 |
Tight, as a drum head |
USA Today |
01 Sep 2018 |
Stretched as instructed, say |
|
|
With no slack |
Newsday |
26 Aug 2018 |
Without slack |
The Washington Post Sunday |
19 Aug 2018 |
Tight |
Canadiana |
13 Aug 2018 |
Not at all lax |
New York Times |
01 Aug 2018 |
Opposite of slack |
LA Times Daily |
01 Aug 2018 |
Opposite of slack |
The Washington Post |
01 Aug 2018 |
Not at all saggy |
USA Today |
27 Jul 2018 |
Pulled tight |
The Washington Post |
23 Jul 2018 |
Tense, given instruction in hearing |
|
|
Stressed given coaching in voice |
The Sun Two Speed |
16 Jul 2018 |
Concise and controlled |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Jul 2018 |
With no slack |
Universal |
28 Jun 2018 |
Fully stretched |
Newsday |
21 Jun 2018 |
Free of slack |
Jonesin |
19 Jun 2018 |
Tightly drawn |
The Washington Post |
12 Jun 2018 |
Tightly drawn |
LA Times Daily |
12 Jun 2018 |
Not sagging at all |
New York Times |
10 Jun 2018 |
Tense, given instruction in hearing |
|
|
Having no slack |
LA Times Daily |
22 May 2018 |
Having no slack |
The Washington Post |
22 May 2018 |
All stretched out |
Universal |
27 Apr 2018 |
Gave instruction in speech for tense |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 Apr 2018 |
Drawn tight |
Premier Sunday |
01 Apr 2018 |
Like a tuned piano string |
USA Today |
28 Mar 2018 |
Stretched tight |
Family Time |
12 Mar 2018 |
Stretched tightly |
Universal |
22 Feb 2018 |
Tightly strung |
Premier Sunday |
11 Feb 2018 |
Quite suspenseful |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Feb 2018 |
Tense, as trained for audition? |
|
|
Like a tuned guitar string |
USA Today |
31 Jan 2018 |
Drawn tight |
Family Time |
14 Jan 2018 |
Tightly pulled |
Universal |
11 Jan 2018 |
Stretched tightly |
|
|
Having no slack |
|
|
Lacking slack |
|
|
Opposite of slack |
|
|
Pulled tight |
|
|
Stretched to the max |
|
|
Tightly drawn |
|
|
Like a tightrope, more so than a slackline |
|
|
Not at all lax |
|
|
Not sagging at all |
|
|
All stretched out |
|
|
Ex-lax? |
|
|
Tightly pulled |
|
|
With no slack |
|
|
Like a tuned guitar string |
|
|
Like a tuned piano string |
|
|
Like a tuned string |
|
|
Not at all saggy |
|
|
Tight, as a drum head |
|
|
Concise and controlled |
|
|
Given coaching in voice that's showing strain |
|
|
Like skin after Botox treatment |
USA Today |
20 Dec 2017 |
Stretched very tightly |
Family Time |
04 Dec 2017 |
Tense, gave instruction in speech |
|
|
Stretched to the limit |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
24 Nov 2017 |
Like a tightrope |
USA Today |
09 Sep 2017 |
Like a well-crafted whodunit |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Jun 2017 |
High-strung |
Thomas Joseph |
25 May 2017 |
Stretched tightly, as a guitar string |
Universal |
22 May 2017 |
Slackless |
Newsday |
18 May 2017 |
Like a well-written thriller |
New York Times |
07 Apr 2017 |
Drawn tightly |
Universal |
26 Mar 2017 |
What drumheads need to be |
Newsday |
25 Mar 2017 |
Stretched tight |
Thomas Joseph |
21 Mar 2017 |
Like many thrillers |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Feb 2017 |
Stretched |
Thomas Joseph |
31 Jan 2017 |
Like a tightrope |
|
|
Stretched to the limit |
|
|
Drawn tightly |
|
|
Stretched tightly, as a guitar string |
|
|
Like skin after Botox treatment |
|
|
Like a well-written thriller |
|
|
Stretched |
The Telegraph Quick |
01 Dec 2016 |
Stretched tight |
USA Today |
27 Nov 2016 |
Having no play |
Newsday |
05 Nov 2016 |
Like a well-written mystery |
LA Times Daily |
04 Nov 2016 |
Drawn tight |
LA Times Daily |
15 Sep 2016 |
Ready to snap, maybe |
New York Times |
14 Sep 2016 |
Drawn tight |
The Washington Post |
13 Sep 2016 |
Stretched fully |
Newsday |
31 Jul 2016 |
Lacking play |
USA Today |
18 Jul 2016 |
Filled with tension |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Jul 2016 |
Tightly drawn |
USA Today |
22 Jun 2016 |
Stretched tightly |
Family Time |
05 Jun 2016 |
Tight as a drum |
The Washington Post |
04 Jun 2016 |
Like newly Botoxed skin |
LA Times Daily |
01 Jun 2016 |
Like a tuned string |
Universal |
19 Apr 2016 |
Fully extended |
Newsday |
25 Mar 2016 |
Like a newly installed fan belt |
USA Today |
05 Mar 2016 |
Like a drumhead |
New York Times |
05 Mar 2016 |
Tightly strung |
USA Today |
26 Feb 2016 |
Lacking slack |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Feb 2016 |
Filled with suspense |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Jan 2016 |
Stretched, pulled tight |
The Times Concise |
08 Jan 2016 |
Like a well-written mystery |
|
|
Like newly Botoxed skin |
|
|
Drawn tight |
|
|
Lacking play |
|
|
Stretched tightly |
|
|
Tightly drawn |
|
|
Ready to snap, maybe |
|
|
Tense instructed orally |
The Sun Two Speed |
23 Dec 2015 |
Fully stretched |
The Sun Two Speed |
23 Dec 2015 |
Stretched tight |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 Dec 2015 |
Tight |
Eugene Sheffer |
17 Nov 2015 |
Drawn tight |
Universal |
01 Nov 2015 |
Drawn tight |
USA Today |
25 Sep 2015 |
Stretched to the max |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
25 Sep 2015 |
Like a rope during a tug-of-war match |
New York Times |
17 Aug 2015 |
Tense |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Jul 2015 |
Stretched to the limits |
USA Today |
26 Jun 2015 |
Tense, stretched tight |
Irish Times Simplex |
29 May 2015 |
Pulled tight |
LA Times Daily |
04 May 2015 |
Stretched |
LA Times Daily |
10 Apr 2015 |
Tight, as a drum skin |
Universal |
25 Mar 2015 |
Like faces after face-lifts |
New York Times |
05 Mar 2015 |
Crisp letters from the best author |
|
|
Like a nicely tuned guitar string |
USA Today |
04 Feb 2015 |
Stretched to the max |
|
|
Stretched |
|
|
Free of slack |
|
|
Stretched tightly |
|
|
Slackless |
|
|
Fully stretched |
|
|
Drawn tight |
|
|
Tight, as a drum skin |
|
|
Stretched to the limits |
|
|
Like a nicely tuned guitar string |
|
|
Drawn tight |
|
|
Stretched |
|
|
Like faces after face-lifts |
|
|
Like a rope during a tug-of-war match |
|
|
Stretched to the max |
|
|
Hardly relaxed |
|
|
Like a guitar string |
|
|
Tightly-strung |
|
|
Like guitar strings, often |
|
|
Not relaxed |
|
|
Tightly wound |
|
|
Having no play |
|
|
Tightly drawn, like a rope |
|
|
Without slack |
|
|
Tension-filled |
|
|
Stretched tight |
|
|
Without much give |
|
|
Pulled tight |
|
|
Allowing no wiggle room |
|
|
Strained |
|
|
Tightly strung |
|
|
Tightly stretched |
|
|
Emotionally strained |
|
|
Emotionally strained |
|
|
Ready to snap |
|
|
Stretched tight |
|
|
Tight as a drum |
|
|
Strung with tension |
|
|
Tense |
|
|
Like a newly installed fan belt |
|
|
Stretched tight |
|
|
Without much give |
|
|
Drawn tight |
|
|
Lacking slack |
|
|
Lacking slack |
|
|
Having little give |
|
|
Strained |
|
|
Without slack |
|
|
Without much slack |
|
|
Under tension |
|
|
With little slack |
|
|
Wound up |
|
|
Spy-movie review adjective |
|
|
Tense |
|
|
Far from slack |
|
|
Tense |
|
|
Not at all droopy |
|
|
Allowing no play |
|
|
Fully stretched |
|
|
Not at all droopy |
|
|
Keyed up |
|
|
Lacking slack |
|
|
Stretched to the max |
|
|
Articulate wrong tense |
|
|
Like a drumhead |
|
|
Sans any slack |
|
|
Stretched tight |
|
|
Having no play |
|
|
Like a drumhead |
|
|
Playless? |
|
|
Stretched tight |
|
|
Emotionally strained |
|
|
Not slack |
|
|
Lacking slack |
|
|
Stretched |
|
|
Stiff |
|
|
Tensed |
|
|
Strained |
|
|
Strung tightly |
|
|
Like a bowstring |
|
|
Tightly strung |
|
|
Wired tightly |
|
|
Without any give |
|
|
In good order |
|
|
Having no play |
|
|
Playless? |
|
|
Stiff |
|
|
Stretched tight |
|
|
Fully stretched |
|
|
Stretched just short of the breaking point |
|
|
Sans slack |
|
|
Not drooping |
|
|
All wound up |
|
|
Having no play, say |
|
|
Tense |
|
|
Not slack |
|
|
Tightly stretched |
|
|
Good descriptor for a thriller |
|
|
Like a drumhead |
|
|
Drawn tight |
|
|
Without give |
|
|
Stretched just short of the breaking point |
|
|
Not drooping |
|
|
Lacking slack |
|
|
Lacking slack |
|
|
Tight |
|
|
Pulled tight |
|
|
Tight |
|
|
High-strung |
|
|
Stretched to the limit |
|
|
Drawn tight |
|
|
Pulled tight |
|
|
Far from flabby |
|
|
Without wrinkles |
|
|
Without slack |
|
|
Without slack |
|
|
Like a newly-installed fan belt |
|
|
Like a high wire |
|
|
Like a bowstring |
|
|
Rigid |
|
|
High-strung |
|
|
Having no slack |
|
|
Not slack |
|
|
Lacking slack |
|
|
Fully extended |
|
|
Without slack |
|
|
Tight as a drum |
|
|
Unbending |
|
|
Lacking play |
|
|
Not drooping |
|
|
Lacking play |
|
|
Lacking play |
|
|
Like a bowstring |
|
|
Like a guitar string |
|
|
Like a trampoline's surface |
|
|
Like a guitar string |
|
|
Having no slack |
|
|
Not relaxed |
|
|
Like a guitar string |
|
|
Strained |
|
|
Hardly loose |
|
|
Suspenseful |
|
|
Like violin strings |
|
|
Like concise writing |
|
|
Stretched |
|
|
Under strain |
|
|
Tightly drawn |
|
|
Tension-filled |
|
|
Sans slack |
|
|
Like guitar strings |
|
|
Emotionally strained |
|
|
Lacking play |
|
|
Not at all redundant |
|
|
Having little slack |
|
|
Stretched |
|
|
Having no play |
|
|
Stretched tight |
|
|
Lacking slack |
|
|
Drawn tight |
|
|
Tightly stretched |
|
|
Stiff |
|
|
Stretched thin |
|
|
Like a bowstring |
|
|
Subjected to great tension |
|
|
Like a tuned guitar string |
|
|
Tightly drawn |
|
|
Like a bowstring |
|
|
Without wrinkles |
|
|
Unloose |
|
|
Ex-lax? |
|
|
Lacking slack |
|
|
Tightly drawn |
|
|
Stretched to the limit |
|
|
Not drooping |
|
|
Hardly relaxed |
|
|
Tense |
|
|
Stretched to the limits |
|
|
Like a tug-of-war rope |
|
|
Having no play |
|
|
Tightly stretched |
|
|
Tightly drawn |
|
|
Stretched tightly |
|
|
Tightly stretched |
|
|
Keyed up |
|
|
Like a drumhead |
|
|
Having no slack |
|
|
Lacking slackness |
|
|
Stretched |
|
|
Lacking play |
|
|
Like a tuned drumhead |
|
|
Lacking slack |
|
|
Like a fan belt |
|
|
Not at all loose |
|
|
Suspenseful |
|
|
Slackless |
|
|
Tight, as a drum skin |
|
|
Unbending |
|
|
With no slack |
|
|
Not slack |
|
|
Tightly strung |
|
|
Under tension |
|
|
Like a fan belt |
|
|
What a good fan belt should be |
|
|
Strung with tension |
|
|
Strained |
|
|
Stretched to the limit |
|
|
Tightly stretched |
|
|
Stretched to the limit |
|
|
Like a circus high wire |
|
|
Lacking slack |
|
|
Lacking slack |
|
|
Tense |
|
|
Showing strain |
|
|
Like a tabor top? |
|
|
Emotionally strained |
|
|
Unrelaxed |
|
|
Not slack |
|
|
With no slack |
|
|
Tight |
|
|
Not loose |
|
|
Lacking slack |
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High-strung |
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Like a drum |
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Without a wrinkle |
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Lacking play |
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Under tension |
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Strung tightly |
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Near the breaking point |
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Lacking play |
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Without give |
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Having no play |
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Like a newly-installed fan belt |
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Far from slack |
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Fine-strung |
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Like a drumhead |
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High-strung |
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Tensed |
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High-strung |
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High-strung |
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Without give |
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Like properly strung guitar strings |
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Not loose |
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Not slack |
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Strained |
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Tight as a drum |
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Unbending |
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Highstrung |
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Tight |
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Highstrung |
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Not relaxed |
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Having no play |
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Stretched out |
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Like some nerves |
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Tightly drawn |
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Smart |
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Like a tightrope |
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Trim |
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Very tight |
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Snug |
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High-strung |
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Shipshape |
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Well disciplined |
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Gripping |
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Stretched tightly |
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Like a high wire |
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Showing stress |
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Like a bowstring |
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Not loose or flabby |
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Firm |
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Strung tight |
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Kind of ship |
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Not flabby |
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Run a ___ ship. |
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High-strung. |
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Tense. |
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Nervous. |
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Strained. |
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Not slack. |
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Keyed up. |
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Snug. |
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Shipshape. |
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Tightly drawn. |
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Firm. |
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Kept in proper order. |
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Trim. |
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Snug; tidy. |
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Without slack. |
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Snugly tight. |
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Tight. |
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Drawn tight. |
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Tensely stretched. |
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Stretched. |
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Hard drawn. |
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Stretched |
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Like a trampoline's surface |
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Unyielding |
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