Sentence examples for sustained tension from inspiring English sources

Not long ago, that same gunfire would have led to harsh retributions and sustained tension.

Although the play has its flaws, it is finely directed by Orla O'Loughlin, who creates an atmosphere of carefully sustained tension.

Tennis connoisseurs who prefer the intricate strategy and sustained tension of baseline play did not find much to savor in the Wimbledon finals.

It had the added strength of smooth tempo transitions and the sustained tension within movements that mark the naturally gifted musician.

And because she never allows herself to let loose completely, there is no release, only a brilliantly sustained tension, as constant and troubling as unrequited devotion.

Vladislav Delay generally stuck to a steady beat, letting the rhythmic patterns evolve while the tempo held constant; the result was sustained tension.

But analysts say that neither Korea can benefit from sustained tensions.

Second, that sustained tensions even such as those present in membrane patches held at symmetric atmospheric pressures are sufficient to inactivate a proportion of the channels.

Best of all, he knows how to create and sustain tension without resorting to sensationalism.

The menisci are primarily an inhomogeneous aggregate of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) supporting bulk compression and type I collagen fibrils sustaining tension.

Cheeseman, I. M. et al. A conserved protein network controls assembly of the outer kinetochore and its ability to sustain tension.