That constant tension, between them and within them, has shaped much of the current conflict.
The Labour party and the nation undoubtedly suffered from the constant tension between Blair and Brown.
"But getting dressed is a constant tension between conformity and individuality.
"When you have a culture that's embedded in another, there's a constant tension between the two," Mr. Cronenberg said.
Personal stories and public events collide and there is a constant tension between internal and external realities.
And, as in physics, climbing involves a constant tension between going it alone and relying on your companions.
I feel a constant tension between my western sensibilities and what my body and heart hint at.
Behind it lies a constant tension between death and life, resignation and resistance, fixity and flux, even town and country.
In relationships, at least in mine, there's a constant tension between relying on others and being self-sufficient.
Wagner's music is marked by a constant tension between a will to power and a willingness to surrender.
Constant tension between the government and the press is an essential requisite of our system of checks and balances.
