tense
Example Sentences
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"From hell to paradise, the Lions experienced every emotion", Le Soleil wrote, calling the tense and closely contested final a "crazy scenario".
From Barron's
“It could act as an antagonizer in what is already a pretty tense European context.”
A disallowed goal, players walking off the pitch and a saved penalty made it a tense night in the stadium in the Moroccan capital, Rabat.
From BBC
The push by Uber comes at a tense point for California’s legal bar.
From Los Angeles Times
As Uganda endured a tense wait after Thursday's polls, Museveni had a commanding lead against Wine, 43, a former singer turned politician, with final results due around 1100 GMT.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
