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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(151) It was tense for a few minutes ... but it was the first home game ... and the first win at stake.
(152) She lost her balance and fell against him, feeling the muscular body tense and brace itself to stop her falling further.
(153) The scary bits created tense silence, while relieved cheers followed the good moments.
(154) Second, it avoids the need to use the future perfect tense.
(155) Chastising By chastising a horse, we only make a tense situation worse.
(156) The occupants of the car in front were staring straight ahead, not talking to each other, very tense. Sentencedict.com
(157) The present tense is generally also used when telling a story, as in a summary of the narrative of a novel.
(158) In each case try to focus your mind on the part of your body that has in turn been made tense and relaxed.
(159) Harrison writes in the present tense, excising names, places, location, time frame.
(160) Yet the bowlers defended well, and only Richardson mastered them so that the closing overs were tense.
(161) The officials we met in the capital looked suspicious and tense, as if they were expecting us to declare war on them.
(162) Finally lift the head, take a deep steady breath and you will feel less tired and tense.
(163) The present tense is used in this case because it carries a sense of immediacy and impact.
(164) Everyone looks so brisk in fresh suits of upright postures, so stiff and tense their buds won't open.
(165) He knew he was quite safe, yet he felt increasingly tense as he ascended the steep path in the faint light.
(166) Should the pill prove too bitter, it will add considerable strain to already tense east-west relations.
(167) P make sure the statement is in the present tense.
(168) At night I fall into bed weary instead of tense.
(169) As the months went by and peace initiatives came and went, the situation on the border became increasingly tense.
(170) The atmosphere was tense and all realised it was heads down for a full house.
(171) According to the few aid workers remaining in the town, the mood there is tense.
(172) He was too sleepy to form specific questions and answers, and too tense to get to sleep.
(173) I leave each day drained, from the not-learning as well as from the tense interactions among my classmates.
(174) Maryland Coach Gary Williams looks so tense sometimes I think his head is going to pop right off his shoulders.
(175) So the Task Force sped on toward its goal, every ship now tense and ready for battle.
(176) She also acts vividly, and the card game and last-minute rescue are effectively tense.
(177) His collar felt itchy and he could smell some strange tense body-smell coming from his armpits.
(178) Everyone worked in tense silence, concentrating on their own particular task.
(179) As the tense muscles begin to relax, sometimes pent-up emotions are also freed.
(180) If your muscles are tense and tight, blood cannot circulate freely.
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