creative tension

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a situation where disagreement or discord ultimately gives rise to better ideas or outcomes

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Example sentences from the Web for creative tension

Yes, cops are under stress and tension (though their jobs are far less dangerous than normally supposed).
We Need Our Police to Be Better Than This|Nick Gillespie|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was his business acumen, his own unflagging zeal for the creative business solution, that had freed Sam to do this.
How Martin Luther King Jr. Influenced Sam Cooke’s ‘A Change Is Gonna Come’|Peter Guralnick|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The creative team behind the new My Lai project is working out the details for set design.
The My Lai Massacre Inspires an Opera|Asawin Suebsaeng|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But still the Middle East conflict does cause tension between many in these two communities.
Muslims & Jews Unite vs. Abercrombie & Fitch|Dean Obeidallah|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Despite the acclaim and the viral popularity, the band has never lost that independant creative spirit.
OK Go Is Helping Redefine the Music Video For the Internet Age|Lauren Schwartzberg|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The controlling leaders being out of gear the machine did not run smoothly: there was nothing but friction and tension.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
It depends upon the fact that bile acids lower surface tension.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
John Baptiste Robinet taught the gradual development of all forms of existence from a single creative cause.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
During so long drawn out a suspense I tried to ease the tension by dictation.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
Thus the tension which serves to start the movement is intense, though the masses involved are not very great.
Outlines of the Earth's History|Nathaniel Southgate Shaler

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