Usage of "be a tenseness"

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Usage of be a tenseness in English

There was a tenseness, almost a fierceness, in his brilliant blue eyes. 
 The Gay Cockade 

It was a tenseness that adults always showed when things weren't going well. 
 The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud 

But there was a tenseness in his face which he could not conceal. 
 The Valley of Silent Men: A Story of the Three River Country 

But there was a tenseness in his rough features and wariness in his eyes. 
 Ilse Witch 

There was a tenseness which gave to him even in repose a look of activity. 
 The Broken Road 

There was a tenseness in Hurstwood's voice and manner which could but have some effect. 
 Sister Carrie: A Novel 

There was a tenseness in the very atmosphere. 
 Kid Wolf of Texas / A Western Story 

There was a tenseness which would have frightened her except for the tenderness which accompanied it. 
 The Lever: A Novel 

There was a tenseness, however, in her attitude which indicated that sleep was far from her. 
 Stories by English Authors: The Orient (Selected by Scribners) 

There was a tenseness in the question. 
 The Place Beyond the Winds 

There was a tenseness in the air. 
 Nano 

While her lips smiled, the eyes sometimes betrayed her; and there was a tenseness about her that almost screamed. 
 Ashton-Kirk, Investigator 

There was a tenseness about her manner, a restraint in her tone, which seemed to speak of some emotional crisis. 
 A Lost Leader 

Somehow there is a tenseness and a boredom about the day and they are both relieved when it is over. 
 The new yorker 

There was a tenseness about his jaw, a smouldering light in his eye that sent a queer chill over the girl. 
 Where the Sun Swings North 

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