Synonym: latent hostility, stress, tautness, tenseness, tensity. Similar words: extension, pension, dimension, dimensions, comprehension, extensive, intensity, mansion. Meaning: ['tenʃn] 
n. 1. feelings of hostility that are not manifest 2. (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense 3. the physical condition of being stretched or strained 4. a balance between and interplay of opposing elements or tendencies (especially in art or literature) 5. (physics) a stress that produces an elongation of an elastic physical body 6. the action of stretching something tight.
n. 1. feelings of hostility that are not manifest 2. (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense 3. the physical condition of being stretched or strained 4. a balance between and interplay of opposing elements or tendencies (especially in art or literature) 5. (physics) a stress that produces an elongation of an elastic physical body 6. the action of stretching something tight. 
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271. So Renwick kept the conversation innocuous, nothing to stir up any more tension in Moore.
272. At times 25,000-plus onlookers were struck dumb by tension and anticipation, a hiccup resounding like a roar.
273. Because the front bed is now the main bed, the main tension is set on the front carriage.
274. Before suggesting methods of countering the development of tension, careful assessment of the antecedents to cutting should be carried out.
275. This increases the urgency of the task, and raises dramatic tension.
276. It was a generous gesture to try to ease the tension and relax a fellow professional.
277. She spun away from the mirror and hurried downstairs, forcing the curling tension aside.
278. Another area of heightened tension is the controversy over the draft of the new constitution proposed by Mr Mugabe.
279. In the 1830s this provoked significant tension between antislavery parliamentarians and activists in the country.
280. One of the reasons is, I think, that there was a kind of tension between abstract art and decoration.
281. Storni's use of rhythm creates an effect of tension in her poems.Sentencedict
282. We have to attend to the dynamic tension between constitutional theory and political practice, and to change over time.
283. She uses her tears as a natural antidote to tension and stress, which is one of their most important functions.
284. Furthermore, there is an emerging tension between professional aspirations and managerial imperatives.
285. I got sick, as I so often had at times of unbearable tension, which delayed our departure for a month.
286. Incidents of this kind were not the only contribution to tension over this period.
287. But mine was a transformation accomplished with a certain muteness and mildness and devoid of obvious tumble and tension.
288. Science finds that a surface tension on the water can draw the boats together, like toy boats in a bathtub.
289. Mounting social tension was accompanied by the swift development of national consciousness among the Empire's ethnic minorities.
290. The tension drained from her, and she sagged limply against the front doorpost.
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