tense

Example Sentences

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As the operation in Minneapolis grew more tense, Noem began to look for ways to emphasize her leadership of agencies within DHS that are unrelated to immigration enforcement.

From The Wall Street Journal

The hearing turned tense over names in the Epstein files that had been redacted, too.

From BBC

Dad’s body is tense, like he’s preparing for an epic battle, not reuniting with his sister.

From Literature

Homemade electricity would help get it off the price roller coaster caused by tense geopolitics.

From The Wall Street Journal

Next thing, we were all driving into town and they were so quiet and tense it just seemed like it was not a good time to speak, let alone talk about my groundbreaking, earth-shattering invention.

From Literature