Meanings of tense night in English

The hostages and the militants settled down for a long, tense night.

It had been an extremely tense night, and he hadn't expected to survive it.

It was his first bold move against the militias that triggered that tense night in June.

It was a tense night as scared families and Kreps himself worried police or federal agents might come knocking.

It's been a tense night for weary Hanmer Springs residents worried about potential flare ups after yesterday's scrub fire.

But on a fraught, tense night in Glasgow the dream of qualifying for South Africa survived, as did their manager.

The election results turned a tense night at Hagan's party into a sad one for supporter Brant McLendon in Greensboro.

And it took a goal in the 118th minute from Dan Gosling to win in a tense night at Goodison Park.

The Premier League's pacesetters looked nervy and lost more momentum after Michail Antonio cancelled out Sadio Mané's controversial opener on a tense night.

"It'll be a tense night."