tense

Example Sentences

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It is painful to have to write about Catherine O’Hara, so alive and lively a presence, in the past tense.

From Los Angeles Times

No one knows the answer to that last question, although nearly every local brought it up and seemed a little tense.

From Los Angeles Times

Going out in Minneapolis is tense, but “the feeling at shows has still been incredibly special,” Frank said.

From Los Angeles Times

With their last league title in 2004 and finishing behind Manchester City twice and then Liverpool last season, recent history does not bode well for Arsenal when it comes down to a tense finale.

From BBC

Christopher understood that twitch of the tail, that tense shifting of the hind legs.

From Literature