Sentence examples for a tense interval from inspiring English sources

After a tense interval, the caramel slid free, and she held up a gossamer cage.

Say goodbye to that tense interval between the time my wife wakes up and the moment hot coffee brings a smile to her lips.

What's tougher to account for in Mr. Argento's work is the often extraordinary grace of his filmmaking, which shows itself in the long, tense intervals between outbursts of stomach-turning gore.

A tense silence followed.

It was a tense scene.

It's a tense time.

It was a tense moment.

Expect a tense few months.

A tense moment at First Fire.

It was a tense evening.

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