"tension" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- As tension gripped the country, the army stepped up its presence in major cities, in case the rebels strike first.
- He paused at the landing, and a fierce tension suddenly gripped his features, as if he found it painful there.
- A new stark tension gripped her.
- A strange tension gripped her, making breathing difficult.
- The prickling of his neck had become a squeezing of his stomach as tension gripped him.
- Again tension gripped him.
- He had thought never to feel that way again, and he felt tension he hadn't known gripped him gradually uncoil and relax.
- Earlier in the evening, tension gripped the capital as it became clear the margin in the race was razor-thin.
- But tension gripped the room, anticipation and nerves.
- A feverish tension gripped her, her body automatically straining away from him.
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