Sentence examples for reported tense from inspiring English sources

Some voters have already reported tense interactions at the polls during early voting.

In a discussion about the "The Last Jedi" on the sci-fi Web site io9, viewers report "tensing up" when they hear musical cues evoking prior films and getting "flashes of the prequels" during the new movie's lighter moments.

Minor clashes also took place on Tuesday but police reported a tense calm late in the afternoon.

In another, men reported feeling tense, anxious, and fatigued and noticed their memory slipping after losing just 1.59percentt of their body weight.

But they have also said witnesses reported a tense exchange Wednesday at a holiday luncheon for the county health department before Farook left and returned with his wife, Tashfeen Malik.

When a comment in the past tense is reported, use "had" (past perfect tense): "She said: 'I ate too much chocolate'" (past tense) becomes in reported speech "she said she had eaten too much chocolate" (not "she said she ate too much chocolate").

No problems were immediately reported as a tense atmosphere filled the stadium.

The situation not just in Male but in other parts of the Maldives, too, was reported to be tense.

The blood flow increased dramatically to both the left and right lobes of the almond-sized amygdala, just as the women reported feeling fearful, tense, and repulsed.

I went to bed early, but I could not sleep deeply and was easy to be woken up.' (Male, 21 years old, continuation phase, outpatient) All the participants who had received treatment more than one month reported they were tense and fearful when they will get a check-up after one-month treatment.

An exception occurs when a completed action is reported in the past tense.