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tensing
noun as in contraction
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They sense you tensing up at peculiar moments, acting skittish, laughing a little too hard, over-feigning outrage or surprise.
She was trying so hard not to smile that her face kept tensing up.
All the while, I was tensing up, knowing that this unexpected time would (and did) make me late for a crucial work appointment.
Barring a little stiffness, which he removed by flexing and tensing his muscles, he felt very strong and capable.
I felt that familiar tightening behind my eyes, that familiar tensing and hunching of my shoulders.
I was esping the muscles in his stomach, under his loose clothing, for that first tensing sign of anger, but nothing showed.
He rode for a quarter 192 of a mile in silence, his muscles slowly tensing as he watched.
She grew rigid under the shock of dire realization, tensing her muscles, without volition, as if to repel attack.
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On this page you'll find 50 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to tensing, such as: decrease, deflation, recession, reduction, shrinkage, and abbreviation.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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