Sentence examples for driving tension from inspiring English sources

Executives, unlike most rank-and-file workers who travel by motorbike, bus or the metrorail, usually drive themselves to work, which shields them from the assaultive Indian traffic but not the driving tension of avoiding constant collisions while sporadically bursting into the next gap.

The driving tension of "October Road" comes not from the question of whether Nick and Hannah will resume their relationship; you would be much happier to see her stay with the dopey builder of pizza franchises she is dating.

So the driving tension of the story becomes: what happens when a live-and-let-live man is forced to take a life?

There were twin sources of driving tension in this episode: Would the astronauts make it back from the moon, and would SC&P land the Burger Chef account?

In his essay on the (il)logic of the city's deservedly ballyhooed freeway, Times' book critic David Ulin argues that the city's "driving tension" has always been "between what we can see and what we can never see, between the city that eludes us and the city that we know".

The driving stress for deformation is derived from the surface tension and the interconnected pore geometries.

What's currently driving the tension, on the surface at least, is the matter of Dexter's possible apprehension.

SEOUL, Aug 10 (Reuters) - South Korea urged North Korea on Thursday to stop all action that is driving up tension on the Korean Peninsula.

This allows us to set out the role of immigration within that: as much immigration as possible, without driving social tensions to such an extent that racism breaks out.

He said the West was trying to raise the pressure on Tehran ahead of the second round of nuclear talks between Iran and world powers, scheduled for May 23. "By driving up tensions in the Persian Gulf, the U.S. and their allies are trying to send a message to Iran: back down, or face pressure on other fronts," Mr. Zarei said.

Conservative and nationalist Malay Muslim groups that fight for Malay rights - such as Perkasa, backed by the former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad - have become increasingly influential and vocal in recent years, driving up tensions.