tensest
- superlative of tense.
Example Sentences
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Although in the film, some of the tensest scenes are focused on the act of voting, in reality, much of the drama may come in meetings in the days before conclave officially begins.
From BBC • May 1, 2025
The tensest moment of the debate was when Bolsonaro called da Silva to stand next to him as he answered a question.
From Washington Times • Oct. 29, 2022
The show’s tensest moment is with Carmela alone in La Tofana’s for the first time, deciding whether to give out a poisonous remedy that Giulia only offers women after careful, extensive vetting.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 20, 2022
In Rome, it was all there again for Djokovic: lithe, deep and consistent returns, a pickpocket’s moxie during the tensest moments.
From New York Times • May 23, 2022
The next forty-eight hours, Hitler later confessed, were the tensest of his life.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
