tense

Example Sentences

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Outside El Helicoide in western Caracas, the atmosphere is tense, with relatives keeping vigil.

From BBC

But there was an immense elephant in that grand and glittering Paris meeting and the underlying atmosphere was extremely tense.

From BBC

While celebrations among the Venezuelan diaspora broke out around the world, in Venezuela the mood was tense after the ouster of President Nicolás Maduro.

From Los Angeles Times

Xi and Lee last met in November on the sidelines of a regional summit in Gyeongju in South Korea -- a meeting Seoul framed at the time as a reset following years of tense relations.

From Barron's

But the political climate remains tense, part of why she did not give the BBC her real name.

From BBC