Sentence examples for tense backdrop from inspiring English sources

It provides a tense backdrop for the Federal Reserve's two-day policy meeting.

As madcap as many of the sidelights of that day were, they took place against a tense backdrop.

But the visit comes against a suddenly tense backdrop, after a powerful explosion rocked a Manhattan street and a man claiming fealty to the Islamic State stabbed several people in a Minnesota shopping mall.

A tense backdrop.

It's certainly tense, and the 1973 backdrop is effectively captured by the design team.

Rendell tells this tense story against the backdrop of IRA bombings, the first Gulf War and government sleaze.

Against this Fellini-like backdrop, a tense game of diplomatic bluff was being played out on the first floor.

At times, Mr. Yang's opinions seemed to diverge from the board's consensus, these people said, creating a tense — and occasionally confusing — backdrop for negotiations.

But market players said the mood was still tense due to the backdrop of tight opinion polls on Thursday's referendum.

The Farnborough show, which starts on Monday about 30 miles southwest of London, is to take place against a backdrop of tense and uncertain relations between the United States and the Europeans on many fronts.

The dispute over the rules, unfolding against the backdrop of tense negotiations over the union's contract, set to expire Dec. 15, illustrates a central tension in the operations of the subway -- one that has been building over the last several years.