"tense rhythm" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where a certain amount of pressure or tension is felt in the atmosphere or an activity. For example, "The tense rhythm of the chess match created a palpable energy in the room."
Tense rhythms, ominous strings, and the icy vocals of the group's lead singer, Beyoncé Knowles, helped "Say My Name" make art of war, not love.
Coltrane wasn't yet the meteoric inventor that he'd become after his six-month stint with Monk at the Five Spot, but his sound is searching, his tense rhythms and broken phrases pregnant with far-reaching ideas.
On the page, the play reminded me of Alan Bennett's 'The History Boys' and also of Lionel Shriver's novel 'We Need to Talk about Kevin' but its tense rhythms are all its own.
The camera pushes into dim rooms to capture the claustrophobia of their inhabitants, and well-timed jump cuts impart a syncopated, present-tense rhythm of anxiety and disconnection to their lives.
But my wrists are tense, and the rhythms readily grow slack or stiff.
Music critic Jim Farber commented that D'Angelo's torso "sways in grinding rhythm, tensing and releasing as his mouth curls in pleasure and his eyebrows narrow to measure an ecstatic contraction", while claiming that the video has "nothing but close-ups of D'Angelo's buff body on the apparent receiving end of one of life's great payoffs".
Left Behind does nothing new with The Last of Us' tense and exhilarating gameplay rhythm; you're always either in intense danger, or fearfully anticipating the next moment of intense danger.
The narrative, which culminates in the September 11th attacks, oscillates violently between first person and third, past and present tense, New York's daily rhythms and the destruction of Jerusalem's Holy Temple.
The crowd clapped in rhythm before each tense point during Robredo's unlikely escape against fifth-seeded Juan Carlos Ferrero, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (1).
