Sentence examples for Somewhat tense from inspiring English sources

The rehearsal was somewhat tense.

In 1994, Sunny made legal history by successfully disinheriting him, making relations somewhat tense.

Both sides characterized the negotiations as congenial, but the situation grew somewhat tense as progress stalled.

The brief confrontation created a somewhat tense mood at the gate that persisted into the night.

Racial politics at Athena College14 can be somewhat tense, but the school definitely has a first-rate English program.

A somewhat tense luncheon with the producer ensues, but finally all is resolved and he picks up the tab.

And no speaker captured the slightly tense, somewhat ambivalent relationship between the performers and the political world better than Mr. Matthews, who said: "It's an unusual crowd for us.

It was fitting that the opening goal came from one, even if it took 57 slightly tense and somewhat frustrating minutes for it to happen.

Their first four-hour meeting at the White House seemed somewhat more tense and formal than their last three sessions this year.

A tense, somewhat uncomfortable exchange transpired during the White House briefing on Thursday as spokesman Robert Gibbs, at first joking, seemed to grow increasingly irritated with ABC News Jake Tapperr.

He concluded with a somewhat awkward present-tense comment about Mr. Jobs, who died in October: "He's a fierce competitor".