hypertense
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- hypertensely adverb
- hypertenseness noun
Etymology
Origin of hypertense
hyper- + tense 1, or as back formation from hypertension
Example Sentences
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“We found that they were both hypertense, but it’s still extremely weird that they both died at the same time.”
From Washington Post
As this year’s final season wound itself up ever tighter, Nathan Barr’s hypertense, eastern-tinged intro music only got more effective.
From The Guardian
“Easygoing Tim and hypertense Andrew,” he writes of lyricist Tim Rice, who moved into the Lloyd Webber family compound almost as soon as he and the teenage Andrew teamed up as songwriting partners in 1965.
From Washington Post
Polling in New Hampshire puts him in eighth place behind Carly Fiorina, a businesswoman with a patchy record and hypertense style of oratory.
From Economist
Mr. DelBello, described in a 1985 Forbes magazine article as “a sinewy, hypertense, almost panther-lithe man,” started his political career on the Yonkers City Council and became that city’s mayor in 1970.
From New York Times
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