tension

Example Sentences

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But amid the platitudes, sadness and shock is calcifying into anger and tension.

From BBC

The US Coast Guard is in "active pursuit" of another vessel in international waters near Venezuela, an official has told the BBC's US partner CBS News, as tensions in the region continue to escalate.

From BBC

Candace Owens’ name surfaced repeatedly and rather viciously in a speech given by actor Rob Schneider, often as a point of tension rather than unity.

From Salon

Where other shows would have flattened the tension between the men into a simplistic equation of a suitor terrified of his girlfriend’s father, the writers developed a different relationship for Reiner and Johnson.

From Salon

"This last point has been a source of debate over the past five or so years, and with our new results, we can say that we do not see tension between weak lensing and CMB."

From Science Daily