Sentence examples for controlled tension from inspiring English sources

"And the control – it was that lovely thing of perfectly controlled tension.

As Madeline retreats further into that past through the hypnotherapy and the entries in her teenage diary, so her present reality begins to blur and her detached, mocking observations of Lucas and his methods give way to a more agitated voice that winds tighter with expertly controlled tension as it heralds the moment of crisis.

In this present study, the mechanical response of the material at different air voids, cement content and temperature was investigated using strain controlled tension and tension compression tests.

Their coffeepots and cups, with their dense matt black and white glazes, reveal an undemonstrative and controlled tension.

On one occasion this movement also contained a particular kind of controlled tension, while on another the hand's descent looked like a leaf in autumn.

As Bobo Lo, of the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London, puts it, Russia has a taste for "controlled tension": diplomatic situations short of conflict, in which Russia's membership of the UN Security Council gives it extra clout, as in the run-up to the Iraq war.

In the present study, Laser Sintered Nylon 12 parts with different section thickness are subjected to displacement controlled tension-tension and force-controlled fully reversed fatigue loading to investigate the effect of geometry on their fatigue behavior.

The load controlled tension-tension fatigue tests (R = 0.1) were conducted at 10 Hz frequency with constant amplitude.

Mechanisms evolve for controlling tension while seeking means by which gratifications can be obtained, and these mechanisms develop into increasingly complex forms of mastery.

To control tension during vibrometry experiments, specimens were clamped into a Deben Microtest tensile stage (2 N; Supporting Figure S5).

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