The match was a tense affair, with little action for the backs from either team.

The first final was to prove a tense affair with Monaterevan leading throughout.

Dinner at the Wilson home was a tense affair.

A recent effort to distribute food to the refugees was a tense affair.

In the 1st match it was a tense affair.

The game at Tannadice was a tense affair with chances for both sides.

It was a long and tense affair that fell 10 minutes short of lasting four hours.

The final in Limerick would be a tense affair.

The game was an extremely tense affair with the result remaining in doubt until the long whistle.

Dinner turned out to be a quiet, occasionally tense affair and it remained so over the course of the next three weeks.