Sentence examples for physically tense from inspiring English sources

Sometimes you just have a bad run of luck where you fall a lot - but that probably has to do with being stressed, physically tense, and trying too hard to keep out of trouble meaning you can actually cause crashes by trying to avoid them, as other guys can't predict your movements.

When we get nervous, we physically tense up.

Another way to relax your muscles is to physically tense and hold for ten seconds before releasing; you should feel as well as imagine the tension leaving.

Combined with the authenticity of the handling, the smooth (and crucial for input/feedback) 60 frames-per-second rate, and credible – if unremarkable – visuals, the audio is the final component that ensures a level of intensity that has you wincing, and even physically tensing up, when things go wrong and you're hurtling sideways into the scenery.

The tender, antagonistic bond between mentor and protégé -- the psychologically tense and physically dangerous process by which amateurs turn pro -- is an endlessly fascinating theme for Mr. Mamet.

Keenlyside, always engrossing, nevertheless seemed physically awkward and vocally tense in Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad and "Bredon Hill" by George Butterworth, who died on the Somme in 1916, aged 31.

At that temperature, the long muscle fibres of chicken have tensed up, physically wringing all the flavourful juices out of it.

In real life the two poets' relationship was growing so tense and violent that Verlaine became physically ill and mentally disturbed.

I was sent away to live with my grandparents, a relief after the tense, hot summer months, even if I was physically separated from my beloved George.

A tense situation quickly turned into arrests, with officers physically picking up and carrying some detainees as other protestors shouted for authorities to stop.

Because the novel is told in the past tense, we know from the outset that Mireille will physically survive her ordeal, and in this way, Gay turns the thriller form on its head.