Sentence examples for once tense from inspiring English sources

America's relationship with Saleh was once tense.

The once tense Ludwig is now mellower and easier on his caretakers.

(At times he resembled a singer he may never have heard: Aaron Neville from New Orleans, who similarly rushes into a phrase, pauses unexpectedly or sustains an aching note, at once tense and angelic).

And in Israel, he will likely be able to draw on reserves of good will for his many years, as a cardinal, improving once tense relations between Catholics and Jews.

Sometime after 2 P.M. on Thursday, a car in Washington, D.C., went where it shouldn't — through or at a barricade near the White House, near other official buildings in a city that was already disgruntled, at once tense and at loose ends, thanks to the shutdown.

Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Sometime after 2 P.M. on Thursday, a car in Washington, D.C., went where it shouldn't — through or at a barricade near the White House, near other official buildings in a city that was already disgruntled, at once tense and at loose ends, thanks to the shutdown.

By Amy Davidson Sorkin October 3, 2013 Sometime after 2 P.M. on Thursday, a car in Washington, D.C., went where it shouldn't — through or at a barricade near the White House, near other official buildings in a city that was already disgruntled, at once tense and at loose ends, thanks to the shutdown.

President Felipe Calderón of Mexico, who has been working to improve once tense relations with Cuba, said that he might postpone a planned trip there because of a decision by the Cuban government, in the wake of the swine flu outbreak, to ban flights between the countries.