Sentence examples for given the tense from inspiring English sources
Given the tense political climate, the Soviet authorities are said to have conducted an official investigation to establish the facts.
State authorities retreated, given the "tense" situation and to prevent worse clashes, according to La Voz de Michoacán.
Given the tense relations between Pakistan, India and China, the deal threatens to destabilise the region by fuelling an arms race.
Given the tense relationship, tennis officials privately believe there was only a slim chance that Sampras would have played for McEnroe this coming year.
Senate Republicans control enough votes to filibuster the measure, and given the tense climate of a midterm election year, it is not clear that Senate Democrats will have the stomach for a protracted fight.
The German foreign minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, said the five-hour-long talks had been "very long, very intensive and at times very contentious" given the tense situation on the ground.
Given the current tense realities in the Middle East, senior government officials and diplomats on all sides conceded that even calling such a conference, much less accomplishing any of its goals, remained a distant prospect.
If it can increase those (although that is by no means a formality given the countries' tense relations over the past three years) the airline thinks Colombo could become a hub for the sub-region.More ambitiously, Mr Chandrasena wants the capital to become a bridging point between China and Africa.
Given the overall tense climate regarding police brutality, most recently, the protests flaring in Tulsa and Charlotte over the police killings of Terence Crutcher and Keith Lamont Scott, look for an awkwardly phrased debate question that addresses this issue directly.
It is a closely watched visit, especially given the often-tense relations between Mr. Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has known Mr. Romney for three decades.
The risk, they said, remains in the potential for miscalculation or misadventure, given the North's tense relationship with those states.
