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tense

(tens),
Tight, rigid, or strained; characterized by anxiety and psychological strain.
[L. tensus, pp. of tendo, to stretch]
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Notions of suspended temporality were enhanced by the condensed spatial schema of the works, which seemed to perch tensely within the narrow confines of the gallery.
A tensely wound story about the both the light and the dark sides of the bond between brothers, Full Measure is highly recommended.
Kevin Spacey goes head-to-head in a tensely staged, muscular thriller.
The day before Mr Dickson, who served as a battery sergeant major with the 86th Field Regiment, stormed Gold Beach he and his men were held at Needles in the English Channel in their boats tensely awaiting the signal to proceed to the French shore.
It was 7pm on July 3, 1967, and the 700 men of the 1st Battalion Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders were on the edge of the city, tensely awaiting the order to advance.
tensely on opposite ends of the pew two rows behind me.
Abdel Rahman a member of the PLO committee currently in Amman stated that, ""There's undoubtedly coordination at the highest levels between Amman and Ramallah, and the 'Jewish state' issue has many implications for the issue of the refugees, so it's clear there was Jordanian-Palestinian coordination in this matter." "Moreover," Rahman added, "the Jordanian political arena is following developments very closely, even tensely -- especially what has emerged from Washington recently about the framework agreement and its details."
Conductor Langree keeps the momentum moving tensely, with good balance between pit and stage.
As Frank Agnew is about to discover, in this tensely absorbing opener, he's been plunged into something far murkier than he imagined.
With effort, straight people can be less aggressive and tensely fearful.
The working meeting was held rather tensely, there was a dispute and mutual demands were put forward.
Seoul, Jumada I 13, 1434, Mar 25, 2013, SPA - South Korea's Navy carried out maritime drills in the tensely guarded western sea on Monday ahead of the third anniversary of the sinking of the Cheonan warship by North Korea.
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