They stand, tense body to tense body, for a moment.
In one, a young woman in her underwear stands, tense and listening, in a dark house as if she has just heard a strange noise.
We communicate by the way we sit, stand, tense our facial muscles, tap our fingers, shuffle our feet, and uncross or cross our legs.
I have absolutely no idea how it feels to stand, tensed all day, concentrating your mind on an object the size of a small orange, and required to sprint your heart out at a moment's notice.
Fears and rumors flew among them as they stood in tense, excited groups on the church steps.
Bronco stands at tense attention.
Many of his most famous pictures – The Pawnbroker, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon and The Verdict – stand as tense, earthy morality plays.
I stood in the elevator, tense and unable to breathe until the indicator safely passed the eighth floor.
A month later, about 20 armed members of the Great Lakes Three Percenters and other local militias stood watch outside a tense town council meeting protested by Redneck Revolt, an armed left-wing group.
In one, Jesus stands in a tense contrapposto, a pumped-up young god with soulful eyes, perfect teeth and hands demurely crossed at his chest as if he were about to take a bow.
