"tension" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

tension sustantivo

sustantivo + tension
Kolokacji: 16
surface tension • muscle tension • trade tension • string tension • war tension • ...
tension + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 8
tension headache • tension level • tension building • tensions surface • tension wire • ...
tension + verbo
Kolokacji: 92
tension rises • tension grows • tension increases • tension mounts • tension eases • tension begins • tension arises • tension leads • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 14
  • The second period was even better, as the tension mounted.
  • For the two women who knew the truth, the tension mounted.
  • The tension mounted between the two men, as every now and then they looked at each other, the same message in their eyes.
  • Tension mounted in the air now that there were only two left.
  • Tension mounted and finally, in the early spring of 58, war broke out.
  • Tensions mount over the sharing of the little food available.
  • Tensions mounted in the capital following the news of the investigation.
  • As tensions in the Gulf have mounted, so has the international military presence.
  • Eventually, sexual tension mounts between them and they start a relationship.
  • He drew back and plunged again, feeling the tension mount.
6. tension heightens = napięcie zwiększa się tension heightens
(3) ease, reach, culminate, peak
Kolokacji: 4
(6) exist, threaten, dissipate
Kolokacji: 3
(7) drain, spill, seep
Kolokacji: 3
(8) surround, ebb
Kolokacji: 2
(12) flow, hang, snap, tear, pull
Kolokacji: 5
(13) show, manifest, reflect
Kolokacji: 3
(14) coil, knot
Kolokacji: 2
verbo + tension
Kolokacji: 50
create tension • ease tensions • cause tension • reduce tensions • increase tensions • stir tensions • raise tensions • build tension • ...
adjetivo + tension
Kolokacji: 136
racial tension • political tension • ethnic tension • social tension • sexual tension • fresh tension • high tension • dramatic tension • ...
preposición + tension
Kolokacji: 17
under tension • of tension • with tension • in tension • to tensions • ...

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