Sentence examples for already tense from inspiring English sources

The situation was already tense in 2009.

Things were already tense between the couples.

The absurd deadline lends tension to an already tense situation.

Relations are already tense between the police and the media.

"Relations between the ruling family and the religious establishment are already tense," he said.

Mr. Jones's complaint stoked already tense race relations between community members and the Police Department.

On her blog, Ms. Woeser said the atmosphere in Lhasa was already tense before Sunday.

The situation in Lebanon, which was already tense, looks increasingly febrile.

They also seem likely to further inflame an already tense relationship.

That relationship is already tense in the wake of the Snowden revelations.

The announcement ratcheted up the pressure in an already tense political drama.