tensely

Example Sentences

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Grand and in-your-face, it keeps surging from hushed, tensely vibrating simmers to piercing instrumental and vocal roars.

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2024

A car door would slam outside and I’d jump, my body bracing tensely: “What next?”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2024

While waiting tensely for further news, the Shah said that he planned before his flight last Sunday to go to Azerbaijan, in northern Iran.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 24, 2023

But in fact, it’s a very big deal, taking place at a tensely pivotal moment.

From Slate • Aug. 18, 2023

She had intertwined her fingers on the stone table before her and was staring at them tensely.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins