tenseness
- a word derived from tense.
Example Sentences
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Even if he doesn’t call it anxiety, he admits he sometimes has trouble focusing, and there’s a tenseness in his body that can be hard to shake off.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2024
“Her physique is tightly knit, her style, although often surprisingly delicate, has a tenseness, a dynamic potential” that produces “excitement rather than unalloyed lyricism.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2023
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
He felt the tenseness flow gradually from him.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
