The present international situation remains tense and turBulent.
Without the many distractions of our daily lives, we feel anxious and tense.
He told a joke to alleviate the tense atmosphere in the room.
It is written in the present tense and tells the entire screenplay as if it were a short story.
Personality tests revealed that unlucky people are generally much more tense than lucky people, and research has shown that anxiety disrupts people's ability to notice the unexpected.
Not so long ago, there was still fighting in Korea and the international situation was quite tense; this could not but affect our attitude towards coastal industry.
Yet another great way of relaxing is an exercise where you tense each muscle in your body, one body part at a time, and then let the tensed muscle relax.
But a tense muscle is a slow one. So the high levels of training in the martial arts teach and demand balance and relaxation as much as anything else.
scented cream in the bathroom and massaged his tense shoulders.
The most kissable lips are smooth and sweet, not dry, chapped and tense.
The transfer of the two campaigners Thursday has ended a tense standoff in the icy waters of the Southern Ocean.
Yelling at your kids is a bad habit because it leaves everybody feeling tense and tears down your children's self-esteem.
The romantic, melancholy atmosphere among the group by the pond suddenly became still and tense: every one of them could sense the approach of the "storm-centre," and they prepared themselves for an outburst of gratuitous invective.
And will learn The simple past tense, The present perfect tense, The past perfect tense as well as The future tense.
After several tense exchanges, Rice warned that any unsubstantiated allegations made by Washington politicians would be deeply damaging and wrong.
One girl was so tense her lips moved all through my talk as she rehearsed, repeatedly, the question she planned to ask me in English.
Amazing! How you can play in a series that goes seven games, and down to the final tense minute at that, and there's still enough energy left to celebrate madly.
Write in present tense and only what you can see and hear on the screen.
They appear more excited when we talk about university life in the United States than when we discuss the correct usage of the present perfect tense.
As the scalpel cuts deeper, Liau's eyes are tense above her surgical mask.
And because they're typically tense and insecure in social situations, Type d's may also shy away from seeking medical care or prefer not to discuss worrisome symptoms with their doctors.
If things get tense, parents need to remember that they are there for the children, not themselves.
The current situation is growing increasingly tense.
Another tense moment occurred in the Indian Ocean off Indonesia, where the Intrepid was approached by a suspected pirate boat.
