Sentence examples for adding tension to from inspiring English sources

The circumstances have changed for Jeter and the Yankees since his last time here, with his offensive numbers dropping last year and adding tension to the off-season negotiations that led to a three-year, $51 million contract.

And, just as the design dictates, finding yourself in last place isn't a death sentence – pulling a show-stopping drift in the last corner is sometimes enough to tip the points in your team's favour, adding tension to every finish.

So adding tension to the visuals and set-up of those locations are key.

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

My partner blurted out that this was rude, which added tension to what should have been a fun evening.

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.

An agitated string accompaniment added tension to the heated verbal depiction of Actaeon's being chased and devoured by his hounds.

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.

Here, the quick, gestural, Reginald Marsh-line lise is a stark contrast to the highly defined forms of his football series, which in this instance adds tension to the scene.

As they prepare food, they are joined by a passing Pole whose outspoken antisemitism adds tension to an already charged atmosphere.