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
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
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
The hours of daylight are shrinking, and the nervous tension grows.
From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2020
His resulting isolation only increased his fatigue and nervous tension.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
