Cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious.
Taut or rigid; stretched tight.
The grammatical construct of the time in which a sentence acts.
1 The current situation is highly tense and very dangerous, the source said.
2 The effect of her words was immediate; she saw Tom become tense .
3 In Greece's increasingly tense political environment the politics of food is delicate.
4 After the shock initial results, the situation in Sulaimaniya was particularly tense .
5 During that period, the situation is tense , and people feel especially aggressive.
6 Recently, transport minister Phil Twyford spoke candidly on the often tense relationship.
7 It means our own time, the present tense , the moment we inhabit.
8 Ramaphosa had clearly anticipated the question, although tense he handled it well.
9 Things got a bit tense as they met police along the way.
10 Sylvia heard, or thought-hoped-sheheard , aslightstress on the past tense .
11 It is into this tense political situation that Eragon finds himself thrust.
12 Blankfein was grilled during a tense hearing the subcommittee held last year.
13 Things had been so tense ever since he started working at home.
14 It's an incredibly tense and dangerous time on Manus Island right now.
15 A tense detente exists today between the Lee family and the estate.
16 The tense situation reminds him of periods of unrest in the past.
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