Sentence examples for lacks tension from inspiring English sources

Despite some cuts to the score and the gripping nature of the story, it lacks tension.

But although there are moments when the evening really sparks, it often lacks tension and pace.

This is as batty as the job they are hired to do, in an earnest and silly plot that lacks tension.

Her British counterparts tend to feature in crime dramas that are definitively more twee – Scott & Bailey is great, but the programme lacks tension and terror, and Broadchurch's Ellie Miller is, like Sergeant Havers before her, a sidekick to the male lead.

And while this made for a stunning film, the musical lacks tension and the staging is uneven, slow in act one, stronger in act 2. Oddly, the famous song "Somewhere My Love" is sung by nurses, rather than used as a musical cue whenever Zhivago muses on Lara.

The early parts lacked tension and transitional passages were glossed over.

Inanna's encounter with Death proceeds in languorous phrases that lack tension.

The performance of the orchestral prelude had mellow resonance but lacked tension.

"Is There Anybody Out There?" had the blind wonder of a Christmas song, and some numbers, like "She" and "Diamonds," lack tension and end up somewhat ponderous.

The stoic soul singer Candice Glover was voted the winner over the roots-country singer Kree Harrison after a showdown that lacked tension or charm.

Despite the film's far-flung locations (it was shot primarily in China), there is remarkably little of visual interest here; the setups are banal, and the scenes lack tension, which no amount of editing can provide.