create tension

City officials say that more weapons would create additional tension.

Such high activity is also expected from African workers, sometimes creating tensions between groups.

There is the tension created within the family by George's humiliation.

Beyond that, every step would create huge tensions in the cabinet.

Each exercise is designed to create tension within a specific muscle group.

Match play, in and of itself, is sufficient to create tension.

That, he said, understandably can create tension between parents and the school system.

The campaign created tensions between the political and military sides of the nationalist movement.

Does the single currency not create new tensions, just when negotiations have started?

It quoted an unidentified official as saying the report was "made up" to create tension.