Often a tack line is used at leading edge to provide adjustable tension on the luff of the spinnaker.
With circumstances changing so rapidly, which ones, frozen for the purposes of a narrative, will provide optimum tension?
Each stage has its own individual background sound that provides additional tension to the atmosphere.
Their exchange also provides dramatic tension between the hero's arrival and the fight with Grendel.
There is a passive pulley at the bottom of the mountain that provides tension to the loop of cable.
To maintain joint integrity, they need to provide adequate tension between bony surfaces.
The two ends of the cord are attached with a spring at one end to provide tension and flex.
I don't think Lively intends for the secret to provide narrative tension.
The earliest design is the spring which provides tension to the pin.
Angua's relationship with actual wolves also provides much tension.