| In cases where executions are accomplished by use of a crane, the extended arm is raised slowly, first tautening the rope, then lifting the condemned man from the ground. |
| You could say the same of Lynne Ramsay's film, but, when she heightens the volume, she is tensing Joe's world like a piano tuner tautening a string, and making his headspace ever less endurable. |
| It's set in an Irish small town that's been devastated by the economic collapse of 2008, and it shows the complicated web of local relationships tautening towards violence under that strain. |
| The steel parts are corrosion-resistant and the tautening lever can be secured by means of a padlock. |
| His nerves had ceased their jangling under the tautening of necessity. |
| How to operate M4: The telescopic principle allows for quick opening and closing by means of the slide and tautening lever. |
