Sentence examples for for a tense from inspiring English sources

The stage was set for a tense day.

— for a tense episode with strange overtones of violence.

It is all set up for a tense afternoon.

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

Either way it makes for a tense season.

Bracing for a tense standoff with The Man, he usually just gets a quizzical look.

Christopher Hitchens, then a columnist for the magazine, was on hand for a tense staff meeting.

Ms. Siddiqui's story is just as unlikely, and seemingly made for a tense Kathryn Bigelow film.

DAVID Cameron will visit Paris tomorrow for a tense bilateral meeting with Nicolas Sarkozy.

This made for a tense but not always pulsating pace before a shrill matinee audience.

Mr. Sutherland sidesteps the obvious fire-spitting for a tense affability that is far more daunting.