tense

• Even the saplings were tense, and you could almost hear the cracking of the muscles of the animals holding themselves together and watching which way the tiger would pass. —  Kari the Elephant
• Her face was tense, agonized. —  There was a King in Egypt
• The narrative is usually given in the present tense, and in most of the collections is animated and dramatic. —  Italian Popular Tales
• The competition was very tense--and they all arrived in my absence. —  The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story
• The skin of the scrotum is tense, and it may be edematous (pitting on pressure), as are the deeper envelopes and spermatic cord. —  Special Report on Diseases of the Horse

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