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Meanings of tense body in English

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Usage of tense body in English
1
There was something terrifying in the tense body, so still, so mute.
Baldy of Nome
2
Again and again she struck, an unthinkable strength in her tense body.
Wolf Breed
3
Little by little her tense body relaxed; the line of her lips softened.
Then I'll Come Back to You
4
The air heated as Anna's fury spilled from her tense body.
Darkness revealed
5
With a mighty effort of will he forced his tense body to relax.
Flowing Gold
6
For a moment Thyra strained her small, tense body away from Cynthia's embrace.
Further Chronicles of Avonlea
7
Her breasts heaved while she rode out the pain shooting through her tense body.
The spurned viscountess
8
She put her arm around him and felt his tense body relax against hers.
Rage of the Dragon
9
Genevieve sighed with relief, her tense body relaxing and a faintness coming over her.
The Game
10
Matthias's tense body shook as he bent his head, tasting her mouth with his.
Shadowlight
11
He sprang up with a quick movement of his tense body and threw her off.
The Foolish Virgin
12
His tense body squirmed, convulsed, under Jan's great weight like a thing galvanized by electricity.
Jan: A Dog and a Romance
13
His artic gaze flicked over her tense body.
Darkness unleashed
14
The Disciple sighed, and his tense body relaxed.
A Day Dark as Night
15
Then he returned to the tense body, so strangely thin and wet, and removed saddle and bridle.
O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920
16
Again he glanced up, paused-andon the instant every muscle of his tense body went suddenly lax.
Ben Blair / The Story of a Plainsman
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