Sentence examples for add tension from inspiring English sources

(When the guitarist Miles Okazaki joins the action, his spidery lines add tension but hardly any drag).

And it has Russia to the north – a long-term enemy/rival/meddler in Georgian affairs – to add tension.

The clocks – and their echoing noise – add tension and conceptual depth to a room that's already brimming with both.

Katharina Grosse uses horizontal lines of brown spray paint to add tension to Rococo swathes of blue and white that resemble both clouds and waves.

Herrmann promised to comply, but wrote something typically dark and suspenseful, which he believed would, as with Psycho, add tension to an essentially lacklustre film.

Listen to how the cellos add tension to the song's intro or the way the violins enhance the emotional intensity of Nelson's soulful vocals.

"They create tension by not adding tension.

"It adds tension, but in a subtle way," se said.

That added tension with the team during off-season negotiations on a new contract.

Enon sullied tuneful pop songs with deliberate dissonances that added tension to their steady rhythms.

A banking squeeze is causing added tension between some landlords and tenants these days.