taut wire
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Examples (10)
- The tightrope walker carefully stepped onto the taut wire.
- A taut wire fence marked the property boundary.
- He tested the tension of the taut wire before climbing.
- The clothesline, a taut wire, held the heavy wet laundry.
- Engineers inspected the taut wires supporting the suspension bridge.
- The delicate sculpture was balanced on a single, almost invisible taut wire.
- A high-pitched twang echoed as the taut wire snapped.
- Farmers often use taut wires to secure their crops from pests.
- The instrument's mechanism relied on a precisely adjusted taut wire.
- The electric fence consisted of several taut wires carrying a current.