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tense
accented, close, duree, high-strung, lingual, palatalized, protract, spin out, syllabic, uneasy, worried
Definition
adj.
in or of a state of physical or nervous tension
Last update: August 17, 2015
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The ship is anchored with a
tense
rope.
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He was in a
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mood.
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He was
tense
enough to feel claustrophobic.
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Richard had stopped too,
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, quivering for a spring.
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He stood erect, a
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, tall figure, alarmed, but not afraid.
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The figure of Wharton was
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and rigid.
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Then Ned saw his form grow rigid and
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.
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When summer came, its thick verdure proffering ambuscade, the air hung
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along the border.
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” She was sitting up, two masses of tawny hair fell on each side of her
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face.
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With
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nerves he sat leaning forward in his chair, but suddenly he relaxed and dropped back, smiling.
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A week passed; a
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, uneventful, but uncomfortable week for all the inmates of the little Wisconsin farmhouse.
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