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Example sentences for: tension

How can you use “tension” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

He carries his tension in his shoulders, so that even when he's sweet he suggests a man on the verge of snapping.
The idea was that you had to hold the rope in your hand and reduce the tension to what the elasticity would tolerate.
The tension between two conceptions of government—bipartite and tripartite—came to a head in a classic decision of the Supreme Court in 1905.
The paper describes the atmosphere around the scandal as "escalating partisan tension."
The tension between the haves and the have-nots is supposed to destabilize the system, leading to--in Marx's view--a revolution of the proletariat.