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'tense' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'tense' with 14 example sentences.


tense adjective

: in or of a state of physical or nervous tension

: pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')

: taut or rigid; stretched tight

tense verb

: become stretched or tense or taut

: increase the tension on

: become tense, nervous, or uneasy

: cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious

tense noun

: a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time


  • She looked like she was tense.
  • The future perfect tense can be difficult to conjugate in some languages.
  • This sentence is in the present tense.
  • Relations between Greece and Germany are tense.
  • Your muscles are very tense.
  • Why is everyone so tense?
  • The situation was very tense.
  • I am always tense before I get on an airplane.
  • Which endings does this verb have in the present tense?
  • What Jane said made the atmosphere less tense.
  • Relations between China and Japan have been tense recently.
  • The government's financial situation is tense.
  • You were probably too tense, and that prevented you from sleeping well.
  • These sentences only differ with respect to tense.
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