tense **
tense up

He looked hard at her for a moment, and she tensed.

He tensed, turned his head to look toward the sound.

Just a little, but both men saw it and tensed.

He tensed as if she had moved, tried to get past him.

Suddenly he moved next to me and I tensed up.

She tensed, but the pain was almost too quickly gone.

Then suddenly someone was running toward them and they tensed.

Mom had not been one of the family who'd tensed up.

He gave no sign of having heard, but his body tensed.

The others in the car all tensed, looking at him, waiting.

For a moment he stood there, his whole body tensed.

She tensed as this person sat next to her on the bed.

Church looked around at him, tensing, as if reading his mind.

She felt the same, still tensed up from last night's events.

I was tensing up already, and nothing had happened to make me so.

You're tensed up all the time, waiting to go to war.

His hand tensed on the stick, but he did not move.

He reached into the box again, and his body tensed.

She tensed as if not knowing what to do next.

I tensed, looking up at the hills behind the city.

My shoulders tensed up as I looked back at him.

I tensed, waiting for another cut, but it never came.

I asked what sort of music she likes, and her face tensed in thought.

I tensed and looked down at the dog standing to my right.

For a moment, his face tensed, as if something had to be done very carefully.

He moved his hands down to my but and I immediately started to tense up again.

How can you relax and tense up at the same time?

He seemed to tense up, then shot an arm straight into the air.

Suddenly he moved next to me and I tensed up.

Mom had not been one of the family who'd tensed up.

I felt her tense up and start to quake as she came.

She felt the same, still tensed up from last night's events.

I was tensing up already, and nothing had happened to make me so.

You're tensed up all the time, waiting to go to war.

He suddenly thought of Cindy, which made him tense up.

Michelle felt herself tense up the way she always did when people asked her that.

My shoulders tensed up as I looked back at him.

Within no time at all, I feel him tense up and begin to moan.

He had no heart to watch her soft face tense up as she returned to reality.

For a moment her face went blank as she tensed up.

You tense up, just a bit, and it hurts more.

He tried to keep his tone mild, even as she could feel him tense up.

"I used to tense up and doubt myself," she said.

Her eyes widened and she tensed up but said nothing.

A thud almost directly over his head made him tense up.

I could feel all the muscles in my body tensing up.

A determined man would be tensing up at that point, ready to make his break.

Mary began to moan and I could feel her tense up.

I could see the muscles of his body tense up in near panic.

He could feel himself tense up, ready for anything.