Sentence examples for a tense climate from inspiring English sources

On Monday, Greece's future, and even the stability of the euro, were hanging on the decisions of a few wavering Greek politicians in a tense climate of political maneuvering.

The remark also came just when a series of attacks on synagogues in France and Germany in recent weeks and increasingly assertive criticism of what many people here now call the "Holocaust industry" had created a tense climate.

There was a very tense climate in 1918 1920, a time of decision.

"There was a very tense climate brewing all semester, and I think the party was just the peak," he said.

But in an increasingly tense climate after large anti-Berlusconi demonstrations on Sunday, analysts said the judge's ruling made it nearly impossible for the prime minister to govern and all but guaranteed early national elections.

On Friday, supporters of the NYPD held a counter-protest where things got heated almost immediately, a reflection of the tense climate in the city.

Senate Republicans control enough votes to filibuster the measure, and given the tense climate of a midterm election year, it is not clear that Senate Democrats will have the stomach for a protracted fight.

Set in New York City in August 2001, in the tense climate of a dot-com startup where stock price and corporate morale are plummeting, the movie unspools with an unrelieved cynicism and a metallic aftertaste.

If a lot seems familiar about the tense climate in Israel, it's worth recalling not only the example of Netanyahu but also that of Shamir, another Likud Prime Minister who faced a wave of street stabbings.

The confirmation process for the two capital markets experts comes amid a tense political climate.

In a tense political climate, the game took on larger meaning.