Sentence examples for a tense expression from inspiring English sources

Seven of them, mostly portraits done from 1908 through 1914, are quite tame, except for a striking disembodied head of the artist, with a tense expression and a very full crown of hair.

He shook Tony's hand with a polite, tense expression, then said, "Will!" Will Arnett was passing by.

Painted not with the artist's typical technique, but in a mannerist style, the subject faces the viewer yet is glancing away, her pose tense, expression unreadable, with a bunch of discarded flowers on the ground next to the hem of her enormous formal dress.

This tight, "tense" expression gives the impression of visceral, nearly uncontrollable anger.

I prefer to think they are the tense expressions of a people ready to rise up and bolt at a moment's notice — though perhaps we can take heart that the volcano has not spewed significant ash for at least a few weeks now.

I look around at the wide-eyes of my fellow captives and the tense expressions of my captors before their faces soften into smiles, nervous laughter ripples the air and relieved chatter breaks the silence.

A tense silence followed.

What a tense game!

A tense day ensued.

But a tense, a tense, my vote for a tense!

It was a tense scene.