nervous tension
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Lib, of course, has a different notion about Anna’s destiny, which is what triggers the nervous tension in the movie’s well-handled resolution of its gothic suspense and theme of moral responsibility.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2022
He cracks his third ball for four - cue nervous tension - but then he gets a thick edge to a full, wide delivery next up and is caught.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2022
It doesn’t have much to say, but it says it with style and a mood of jangly, sustained nervous tension.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 11, 2021
But nervous tension in early autumn is also part of the team’s identity.
From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2019
He then spent three weeks in bed, made miserable by constant aching in limbs, insomnia, nervous tension, and feelings of acute anxiety.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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