Sentence examples for less tense than from inspiring English sources

It has seven strings, which are richly resonant though less tense than the cello's four.

The political atmosphere is generally less tense than it was five years ago.

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

If anything, at this stage it seems less tense than in recent days.

Seeming less tense than a length of string, he walks down the first, his caddie beside him.

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.

"It kind of got to a point when I thought it was necessary to visit the community, and not only see the community, but serve the community in any way that I could," she said, adding that she found it to be less tense and chaotic than she had imagined.

Malawi feels less colonial, less expat-riddled and less politically tense than, say, South Africa or Kenya.

"I was less tense in the play-off than walking the last few holes because you have done all you can in 72 holes and the rest is about trying to hit good normal shots," said Manassero.

But what is most surprising -- and I regularly hear this from bishops, clergy, and congregational lay leaders -- is that things are much less tense in the Episcopal Church now than they have been in recent years.

Paradoxically, in a curious way, New York feels less tense to me — more fraternal, less fractious — than it did before.