tenseness

Example Sentences

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While not exactly winding down its tenseness, “Omaha” exits with some explanatory text about the origins of its narrative that will punctuate your sadness with shocks.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

These incidents leave “an underlying anger and tenseness in people,” Holz says.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 29, 2021

In a meta-analysis performed by a team led by psychologist Bella DePaulo, 14 of 50 nonverbal characteristics were observed to be more frequently associated with lying, most especially dilated pupils and tenseness.

From Scientific American • Feb. 9, 2021

Wallace and Twyford have a responsibility, too, to allow us to intuit some measure of feeling rekindled, to activate the tenseness, and at present this aspect feels underdeveloped.

From Washington Post • Jun. 14, 2019

I recognized with automatic tenseness that the view was very impressive from here.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles