'tense' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'tense' with 14 example sentences.
- tense adjective
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: 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
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: 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
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: 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.