Use tense in a sentence
Sentences ending with tense
- The face of the Honourable was set and tense. [11]
- To change the tense. [5]
- They seemed to ripple and string tense. [13]
- They spoke of him in the past tense. [9]
- The atmosphere at Headquarters daily grew more tense. [9]
- It was strained and tense. [11]
- He was always a little in the past tense. [4]
More example sentences with the word tense in them
- His method was withering sarcasm, and he was clearly unable to control his animus.... No champion appeared to support Krebs, who sat pale and tense while this denunciation of him was going on. [9]
- Let us change the tense for convenience. [5]
- So extraordinary was the sight that, as if fascinated, the crowd before and behind followed the action with staring eyes and tense bodies. [11]
- Lovejoy alone remained tense, though he had seated himself on a bench, and the hot anger in which he had come was now cooled into a vindictiveness that set the hard lines of his face even harder. [9]
- He had become tense, alert, suspicious. [9]
- At length the tense silence was broken. [11]
- Ours was the tense excitement of primitive man in chase: the quarry which had threatened to elude us was again in view, and not unlikely to fall into our hands. [9]
- Madelinette was standing, tense and set with terror, her eyes riveted on something that crouched beside a pile of cart-wheels a few feet away; something with shaggy head, flaring eyes, and a devilish face. [11]
- They presently entered, softly, with quickened pulses, talking in whispers, ears alert to catch the slightest sound, and muscles tense and ready for instant retreat. [5]
- She read the page with a strange, tense look, closing her eyes at last with a slight sense of dizziness. [11]
- He held a package of letters in his tense grasp, and I knew that the dreaded Pacific mail was in. [5]
- The second factor on which victory hung (we can use the past tense now) was none other than his Excellency Alva Hopkins, governor of the state. [9]
- There was a moment's tense silence, and then she got to her feet and looked at him proudly. [9]
- Not only did Lassiter turn white--not only did he grow tense, not only did he lose his coolness, but also he suddenly, violently, hungrily took her into his arms and crushed her to his breast. [13]
- What difference does it make about the mood and tense of a mere verb? [5]
- This tense craving for it she felt now was somehow the answer to an expressed wish which had astonished her. [9]
- There were a few moments of tense silence, during which he stood gazing at them. [9]
- Wetherell saw Mr. Duncan beside him, a tense figure leaning on the rail, calling to some one below. [9]
- Suddenly a sound brought us to a halt, and we stood in a tense and wondering silence. [9]
- He wanted to break this spell of tense emotion which possessed her. [11]
- Bordering West Street, behind the company's lodging-houses on the canal, were certain low buildings, warehouses, and on their roofs tense figures could be seen standing out against the sky. [9]
- The house waited and watched, in tense suspense, the stillness adding effect to the situation. [5]
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