Sentence examples for tense determination from inspiring English sources

At the same time, the movement was freighted: full of sudden reversals, sharp attack, tense determination.

Each person moves through the throbbing club with tense determination on their faces, scanning the amorphous crowds of dancing clubbers to find their target.

Shaughnessy, ranked 18th in the world, attributed her tense second-set victory to Schiavone's determination and her own nervousness.

Now a review of firearms law is developing into a politically tense contest between the prime minister's determination to protect "community safety" – a central element of his pitch in next year's federal election – and the National party's determination to stand up for the interests of law-abiding gun owners in the bush.

Tense the calf muscles as another way to increase determination.

Correspondents say Cairo is tense after interim Prime Minister Hazem Beblawi said the government's determination to break up the two protest camps was "final and irreversible".

My only beef is that Brown's determination to tell all his stories in the present tense snarls him up.

The situation heralds an unwatchably tense finale as Mia's adoration turns into anger and then a determination to survive, to outgrow her surroundings, and to forgive.

The relationship between Madrid and the player's camp is extremely tense and although it is impossible to predict how this will end, Ramos's determination to leave is real.

In veteran director Robert Wise's tense, trim "Run," an aging but vigorous Gable plays Richardson with panache and iron determination.

As this story broke, the world was paying closer and closer attention to the tense political situation in Hong Kong, as demonstrators massed in the streets for self-determination and the right to choose their government.