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tense

Definition for tense

adjective as in tight, stretched

Strongest match

strained

Strong matches

close, firm, stiff

Weak matches

rigid, taut

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Example Sentences

The bulk of an eight-minute body-camera video of the incident released by the Sheriff’s Department shows a tense exchange between several deputies and a woman clutching her baby.

In the end it got a tense finale - at least a finish closer than looked likely for much of the match.

From BBC

He was arrested in January in a dawn raid at the presidential palace after a tense fortnight where he had resisted being taken in and there were clashes between his security detail and police.

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The hurried and tense one-minute exchanges have had hundreds of thousands of views across TikTok, YouTube and Instagram, with listeners from outside Wales often amused - if slightly baffled.

From BBC

What does get revived is Shula’s buried trauma, which in childhood led her to a fascination with the title bird’s cautionary cry, and in the film’s present day manifests itself through Chardy’s mesmerizing, tense impassivity.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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