nervous tension
Example Sentences
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Act Three offers a performance at a point when nervous tension, romantic fury and artistic demoralization bring the production to a nervous breakdown.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2025
And then, with just 13 minutes left, one of those moments of calamity that have characterised Chelsea far too often punctured the atmosphere of elation and transformed it into nervous tension.
From BBC • Oct. 21, 2023
This malbec is not as scary as its label might suggest, but it does display a nervous tension, the kind of energy that makes a wine lively and tasty.
From Washington Post • Oct. 18, 2019
But nervous tension in early autumn is also part of the team’s identity.
From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2019
The hard work they had done, combined with the nervous tension, were beginning to tell upon the old gatehouse-keeper.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
