tensed in English

verb
1
become tense, typically through anxiety or nervousness.
her body tensed up

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1. I'm tensed.

2. You're too tensed up.

3. Their faces tensed up.

4. GRE tensed him up.

5. Little tensed about receiving him.

6. Why are you so tensed, sir?

7. The muscles in my face tensed.

8. She tensed, hearing the noise again.

9. Every time the phone rang, she tensed.

10. She tensed, hearing the strange noise again.

11. He tensed his muscles for the leap.

12. She tensed, struck by a sudden brainwave.

13. He spread his legs and tensed his fingers.

14. A muscle tensed a fraction in his jaw.

15. Players get very tensed up before a match.

16. She tensed up as she heard the explosion.

17. Neal tensed slightly as the plane took off.

18. The athletes waited, with all their sinews tensed.

19. She tensed, trembling. Heavy footsteps were mounting the stairs.

20. I tensed every muscle in my body in apprehension.

21. Every time the vestibule door opened, he tensed up.

22. Jane tensed her muscles to stop them from shaking.

23. She tensed involuntarily, looking into his eyes with growing panic.

24. 4 Every time the vestibule door opened, he tensed up.

25. He put his arm around me, and I tensed up.

26. Richmann tensed as the approaching engine noise reached a peak.

27. The troopers followed behind, every muscle tensed for the sudden gunfire.

28. He tensed himself, listening to see if anyone had followed him.

29. I tensed on the controls, involuntarily leaning forward, ready to take off.

30. You seem very tensed up. Are you still waiting for that phone call?

31. He tensed himself for the jump and landed expertly on the other side.

32. Guy tensed the instant she moved, as though bracing himself for resistance.

33. He walked hesitatingly forward, his skin tensed for the feeling of metal tearing flesh.

34. 27 Francesca's neck muscles tensed every time she took a breath and her nostrils dilated.

35. Their women were tensed forward on their seats, almost in a crouch of inquiry or solicitude.

36. Tensed and driven at high speed by an electric motor, the cable makes the cut desired.

37. 24 The Monsignor tensed with the sound of flatware clanking and tinkling in the kitchen.

38. Her hand froze against his cheek as the realisation tensed every muscle in her body.

39. All the tensed heads came up hopefully, all the too quiescent bodies braced, all the wary eyes gleamed.

40. She tensed; very softy he blew into her ear, until she quivered as his warm breath passed through her.

41. Over these passed a string of steel or brass and this was tensed by a peg on one side .

42. For a second or two Ben knelt there in front of him threateningly, his whole body tensed as if to act.

43. US presidential race hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton walked somberly into a press conference Tuesday and stood before microphones. Reporters tensed, sensing something big might be afoot.

44. Said reinforcement is formed by the spokes (15-1 to 15-5) that are tensed between an outer pressure ring (21) and an inner anchoring hub (20), the outer pressure ring (21) being integrated into the tube as an reinforcement of the same.