Sentence examples for things get tense from inspiring English sources

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When things get tense, they turn to Walton.

Mr. Donna smiles most of the time but when things get tense his fiery side emerges.

He has a deep voice, a ready ear and a childlike glint in his eye whenever things get tense.

At the core of the siege mentality Mourinho always seeks to manufacture when things get tense is a behaviour which is looking increasingly despicable.

Is David Tennant going to do that teeth-sucking thing when things get tense again, like he did as the evil choirmaster in Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger?

When things get tense in a session, she lightens the mood by cooing, making faces and uttering ridiculous nicknames like "Bu-ja-boo!" Having raised eyebrows as a teenager by going vegetarian and swearing off soda, Ms. Rosenfeld took a job after graduating from Brooklyn College at a nutrition center for low-income women, where her devotion to breast-feeding began.

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Things got tense.

One said: "Had things gotten tense 10 days ago?

Things got tense, but fortunately, all chairs were nailed down.

But when the audience was invited to ask questions, things got tense again.

But when the talk turned to that attention his magazine had received, even before it was published, things got tense.

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