tenseness

She could feel it in the tenseness of his body.

There was a tenseness in the way they were talking.

He heard the tenseness in her voice but did not understand it.

He could tell when it came - because the tenseness changed.

She has the tenseness of a woman who might break into pieces at any second.

There's a certain tenseness in the air as before a battle.

There was a strange tenseness in the air, but no sound.

There was a tenseness in the situation that she felt, without understanding.

All who sat there felt the tenseness of events that were to come.

But he decided not to play because of tenseness in his back muscles.

He came to hug her, and she could feel the tenseness still present in his arms.

There had been a moment of tenseness and then both men reached for their guns.

There was a waiting, listening tenseness in the night that he did not like.

Ruth's tenseness ended when she saw the way was clear.

There was something in the man's tenseness that showed him to be dangerous.

A tenseness that she had not been aware of left her shoulders.

She felt a tenseness leave her, accompanied by a small sigh.

Her mouth lost its tenseness and softened to a half smile.

Coleman's voice cut through the air of tenseness like a knife.

The tenseness in his neck made him realize just how worried he'd been.

The tenseness had gone out of his body as he fronted her.

He noticed the difference in her tenseness from his earlier massage.

Light from a floor lamp showed the tenseness of both faces.

The upraised hand, the tenseness of the voice stopped him.

And waited, aware of the awful tenseness in her body.