smile tensely

He smiled tensely from his position on the floor.

Harry smiled tensely as he left the telephone booth.

Smiling tensely, he strains forward and strikes himself dumb.

He stood by her elbow, and smiled tensely.

Nearest the door, a pudgy man in a baggy suit was smiling tensely.

Smiling tensely, he refused everything except water.

A look must have come into Helen's face, because he smiled tensely and said, "Your expression says I'm getting too involved."

She smiled tensely.

Warren was smiling tensely.

He looked away from her, looked back, smiled tensely, and said, "I started to tell you, earlier, but I rather lost my nerve.

If we can find a pattern . . ." Nan Ho smiled tensely.

On his first day of vacation in a secluded villa in Tuscany on Saturday, Prime Minister Tony Blair donned a white linen shirt, grasped the hand of his wife, Cherie, and, smiling tensely, admired the view.