tense
adjective
stretched tight, as a cord, fiber, etc.; drawn taut; rigid.
tenseness
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a word derived from
tense.
Example Sentences
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“I can feel the tenseness, don’t put too much stress on yourself. You have people all around you.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2025
These incidents leave “an underlying anger and tenseness in people,” Holz says.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 29, 2021
In a meta-analysis performed by a team led by psychologist Bella DePaulo, 14 of 50 nonverbal characteristics were observed to be more frequently associated with lying, most especially dilated pupils and tenseness.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 9, 2021
Wallace and Twyford have a responsibility, too, to allow us to intuit some measure of feeling rekindled, to activate the tenseness, and at present this aspect feels underdeveloped.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 14, 2019
He felt the tenseness flow gradually from him.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
