Synonym: rigid, strained, taut, tight. Antonym: flabby. Similar words: intense, sense, dense, incense, offense, license, expense, defense. Meaning: [tens] 
n. a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time. v. 1. become stretched or tense or taught 2. increase the tension on 3. become tense, nervous, or uneasy 4. cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious. adj. 1. in or of a state of physical or nervous tension 2. pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat') 3. taut or rigid; stretched tight.
n. a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time. v. 1. become stretched or tense or taught 2. increase the tension on 3. become tense, nervous, or uneasy 4. cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious. adj. 1. in or of a state of physical or nervous tension 2. pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat') 3. taut or rigid; stretched tight. 
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(91) If at any point you feel yourself becoming tense, make a conscious effort to relax.
(92) A flat, tense quality crept into her voice.
(93) Williams looked a little tense before the game.
(94) He looked almost as tense as she felt.
(95) The atmosphere in the meeting was tense.
(96) Amy was outwardly calm, but actually very tense.
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(97) But today the tense security atmosphere was obvious.
(98) They both looked ghastly white and tense.
(99) The atmosphere in the waiting room was extremely tense.
(100) There was a brief, tense silence.
(101) Inside the room, tense silence reigned.
(102) The meal was held virtually in tense silence.
(103) Her tone was anxious now, her face tense.
(104) You become tense, short-tempered and irritable with other people.
(105) I always feel tense after driving all day.
(106) So they sat in tense silence together, reading.
(107) There was suddenly a very, very tense atmosphere.
(108) So Allen lay tense and still[sentencedict.com], watching.
(109) The country was tense with suspense.
(110) He is tense, tired, spacey, wide awake.
(111) The whole atmosphere would tense up.
(112) He was tense now - on the defensive.
(113) Your muscles tense in readiness for physical action.
(114) Emily hunched forward over her handlebars, tense and determined.
(115) The policing of Northern Ireland therefore stands at a tense crossroads.
(116) Police officers and big guys in suits wearing earplugs, looking tense, had cordoned off a temporary pathway.
(117) He sat down on the bed near her and rubbed her shoulders but her body stayed tense.
(118) Stephen, lying in a shellhole with Byrne, felt his body tense with hatred at the sound of them.
(119) She sensed that mummy was growing tense with all the heat and noise and cigarette smoke.
(120) He could feel the hall go tense, it was as if the demon king had leapt up beside Digby on the platform.
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