1
I was just reaching for a cigarette when I went tense all over, listening.
2
They were mostly silhouetted, but their bodies went tense.
3
The muscles in Nora's arms and legs went tense.
4
Lionel's face went tense and he sat up again.
5
Leighton went tense, like a hound in leash.
6
The two groups, who had relaxed subconsciously at the fall of the pirate king, went tense.
7
Her muscles went tense, her head thrown back and the cords of her neck standing out.
8
Amunhotep looked quickly at the soldiers around him, whose bodies went tense, ready to defend their general.
9
Just for a moment he hesitated, and like an inexperienced gambler his face went tense and white.
10
Everything went tense and still.
11
Everyone, even Chrestomanci, went tense.
12
Bâtard growled deep in his throat, the hair bristled along his neck, and every muscle went tense and expectant.
13
Bâtard growled deep down in his throat, the hair bristled along his neck, and every muscle went tense and expectant.
14
I heard someone walk out of the alley behind me, and my body went tense and tight, despite my weariness.
15
The nurse got up quickly and pulled at Michael's eyelids, as Marion went tense and forgot what she had been thinking.
16
My whole body went tense, and Toby must have seen that, because he frowned and gave me a kind of pleading look.
