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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241. It was a creepy spot with a strong pungent smell of garlic and there was always a feeling of tension and foreboding.
242. Her anxieties, her tension, her thoughts about racing tomorrow had never seemed so distant.
243. They suggested that the newfound connection might explain the apparent link between muscle tension and severe headaches.
244. This insoluble predicament was the source of the decay, corruption and mounting tension evident within the upper echelons of the regime.
245. The two countries share an overlapping cultural heritage, yet in many ways the tension between them is more impressive.
246. As they form under the forces of surface tension, they drag the silk into little bundles within them.
247. The wide array of central controls has necessarily created tension between central government and local councillors.
248. To me, this continuity is a great source of comfort in a world of change, tension and violence.
249. The client is also constantly reminded to study and learn the sensation of tension, to develop awareness in the resting state.
250. Episcopal elections were not always peaceful, especially if tension arose between influential families or groups.
251. The players always feel a huge build-up of tension and nerves before an important game.
252. Walking will help you to sleep and is an antidote to stress, nervous tension and depression.
253. The tension of the wire will secure the hooks against the crazy paving permanently.
254. Rachel didn't like the tension coiling in her stomach at the thought of that.
255. He says they've led to racial tension, crime and drug abuse.
256. The two messages are in perpetual tension, and the balance between them requires tuning in accordance with electoral circumstances.
257. The above strategies are potentially available for resolving the tension between word order and communicative function.
258. Alternatively they risk becoming the client state of one or other adversary in a high-risk tension area.
259. The town's magistrates were told that tension had built up for a year after a decision to dissolve the partnership.
260. There is already tension over the controversial national missile defence system.
261. Morris's ideas still provoke tension in the Clinton White House, even if Morris is absent from the inner circle.
262. There was bound to be some tension when he teamed with Marlon Brando for Guys and Dolls in 1955.
263. They drew our attention, the tension within him causing me anxiety.
264. Maternity blues linked to platelet receptors TWO-THIRDS of women suffer from postnatal depression, accompanied by crying, confusion and tension.
265. The tension in the films draws them towards minimum surface area.
266. From the inevitable tension and debate between these two forces, compromises in strategies are hammered out.
267. The deadlock in electing a president heightened the political tension in the country.
268. It constantly adjusts itself to the correct tension as the string is being wrapped.
269. Solos also create tension and release,(www.Sentencedict.com) depending on the soloist's ability to create motion over the chord changes via his/her improvising.
270. The tension was also reflected in West Beirut, where support for the blockade began to diminish.
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