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
Sometimes it didn’t go off for a matter of minutes, during which we sat tensely, with frozen-faced smiles, while we tried to keep the younger children from squirming.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
