"Right now, the only thing I can do is to apologize," he said near the end of the tense session.

The album is the result of a more relaxed and creative recording process in comparison to the tense sessions for Under the Iron Sea.

The lack of a leader within the band increased tensions in what were already tense sessions.

Last Friday, in an extraordinary and tense session, the Mayor met with the Chancellor and the board and apparently changed some minds.

Bowman had little experience as Speaker and had to deal with a tense, pre-election session.

Radiohead members described the recording process as relaxed, in contrast to the tense sessions for Kid A and Amnesiac.

The counsel, William P. French, delivered his report in a tense legislative session this afternoon.

On May 11, it met for another tense, well-attended session that lasted until nearly midnight.

In spite of the warily tense session just now with Roman, Caroline couldn't help the involuntary verdict.

In a tense session surrounded by tight security, with the jury not in the courtroom, the defense lawyers unsuccessfully urged the judge to end the 16-month-old trial.