tension

Example Sentences

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The French historian Ernest Renan identified the tension between a nation-state’s need for a legitimizing narrative and the often ugly truths of its actual past.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

“Things have normalized because the tension is somewhere else.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

That tension between vulnerability and self-protection extends beyond the themes of the show.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

The tension has played out in a series of demand letters sent by Moriarty to the Justice and Homeland Security departments.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

All the tension from the chase had seeped out of them.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste