nervous tension
Example Sentences
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The nervous tension in the stadium quickly morphed into unbridled frustration, as the Phillies lineup was unable to do anything against Snell.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2025
What began as a moment's pause after a wicket became prolonged periods of nervous tension in a crowd that had arrived to party.
From BBC • Nov. 19, 2023
But nervous tension in early autumn is also part of the team’s identity.
From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2019
“One, there’s an enormous amount of nervous tension involved — even when you’re playing just for yourself,” he told the Dallas Morning News in 1999.
From Washington Post • Dec. 26, 2017
He was small, with wide, staring eyes and a way of raising and turning his head which suggested not so much caution as a kind of ceaseless, nervous tension.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
