Sentence examples for is less tense from inspiring English sources

THE CORIN TUCKER BAND The first solo project from Corin Tucker of Sleater-Kinney, "1,000 Years," is less tense than Ms. Tucker's old band.

In this ethnic Tibetan zone of northwest Yunnan, some families and temples keep discreet pictures of the Dalai Lama and the exiled leader is revered, but the political atmosphere is less tense than in parts of Tibet proper.

The MotoGP championship run-in is less tense, as Marc Marquez waits to seal his title win.

The atmosphere was less tense than it had been a few hours earlier.

Diane Putnam, a longtime cab driver, said the city was less tense.

On the surface, social relationships here seem to be less tense.

For a city in the midst of its biggest upheaval since the 2004 Orange revolution, the atmosphere was less tense than television imagery made it look.

Historically, relations between the majority Macedonians, who are Christian Slavs, and the Albanians, who are mostly Muslim, have been less tense than in other areas of the Balkans.

At a day-to-day level, however, relations between Chile and its neighbours are less tense than they were three decades ago when all were ruled by generals.Similarly, Brazil's arms build-up, which includes plans for a nuclear-powered submarine and new jet fighters, has not alarmed its neighbours much.

Vocal fry, also called Murmur, orBreathy Voice, in phonetics, a speech sound or quality used in some languages, produced by vibrating vocal cords that are less tense than in normal speech, which produces local turbulence in the airstream resulting in a compromise between full voice and whisper.

One of the reasons the current Spending Review has been less tense than usual is that Whitehall is saving some of its arguments for next time, when the street will be awash with bleeding stumps.