Sentence examples for filled with tense from inspiring English sources

By the end of the day, he was following a stream of rebels into the capital, filled with tense anticipation.

This Is Not a Test is filled with tense moments and a whopper of an ending.

The rides home from college, or the "let's go for a drive" experiences or any other extended-length period of post-coming out alone time with a parent -- all of these are often filled with tense silence.

For the third consecutive week, young audiences flocked on Wednesday night to the Fox network's racy "Temptation Island," the reality show filled with tight bodies and tense with sexual jealousy and emotional trauma.

After a tense week filled with defiant speeches against the federal government by local politicians, accusations by family members that Elian's father has been verbally abusive to the boy in telephone calls and an unexpected show of support for the Miami relatives by Vice President Al Gore, a comparative calm settled over Little Havana this morning.

Yes, surely there were tense moments filled with frustration on both sides, when we did not understand his choices.

Tense and filled with life, they had various faces and expressions, their individuality foreshadowing portraiture.

Self-perceived psychological stress was assessed by a single question in the questionnaire defining stress as feeling tense, irritable, filled with anxiety or having sleeping difficulties as a result of conditions at work or at home.

The scene, like many involving American soldiers here, was tense, awkward and filled with mixed messages.

The book is replete with incident and spectacle, filled with rich character portrayals and a tense introspection that bares the author's own complex mental and spiritual transformation.

The climactic moment clinched a tense and exciting game, filled with great scoring chances, hard checking and extraordinary effort by both sides.