Sentence examples for an tense from inspiring English sources

Even an encounter between Obama and Putin at a recent summit in China turned, at moments, into an tense staring contest.

Dan Robson crossed before Josh Furno went in to leave Newcastle looking comfortable but two quickfire scores by Billy Twelvetrees and Henry Purdy set up an tense finish.

Earlier in the day, the group is working on an tense scene featuring Shawkat and Reynolds as well as John Early and Meredith Hagner, who play Dory and Drew's self-involved friends Elliott and Portia.

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

After a tense half an hour, officers let them pass.

After an hour of a tense standoff, gunfire started.

"It will be a great day and a tense day.

"I understand that pensions are a tense issue, that pay is a tense issue.

A reality check can sometimes help defuse a tense situation.

A tense silence followed.

It was a tense scene.