Tensed

His expression tensed, lips held firmly shut over clenched teeth, then assumed a submissive position: head bowed, ears front and down, elbows out, and all fourteen fingers interlocked to show contrition. ❋ Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- (1989)

Then his expression tensed with the realization of what Flinx was telling him. ❋ Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- (1977)

CHUCK WRIGHT, EYEWITNESS: I was standing next to the atrium, and all of the sudden I heard these loud noises, like pop, pop, pop in a row and I immediately, I kind of tensed up, and I thought, what is that? ❋ Unknown (2007)

The second I said it I kind of tensed and told myself I should be humoring him, that I was a sixty-four-year-old man with high blood pressure and worse cholesterol and he looked like a cruiserweight boxer. ❋ Unknown (2004)

After she left, I tensed my brow for a few seconds and felt a drizzle of endorphins flowing through my face around the area where the needles were. ❋ Jennette Fulda (2011)

Everybody tensed up in anticipation of Louie's inevitable punishment, but then a wonderful thing happened. ❋ Charlie Carillo (2011)

He reached for no other weapon that he might be carrying, but he bent his knees and tensed his body, obviously about to spring toward his prey. ❋ David R. George III (2011)

I recalled the relaxation technique Dr. Strauss had showed me and tensed my shoulders as tightly as I could, then quickly relaxed them. ❋ Jennette Fulda (2011)

The air exploded sharply from his tensed lungs, as he relaxed in surrender, and the hand dropped limply down. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The hawk landed in a tree and Julian found he was holding his breath, arms stretched out at his sides, waiting for it to fly to her, his every muscle tensed. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Carefully, Spock tensed and moved different parts of his body. ❋ David R. George III (2011)

This mill's demeanor—grunty, free-revving, with a tensed, ready nature—is virtually indistinguishable from that of a larger, naturally aspirated six. ❋ Dan Neil (2011)

Especially at the beginning, when every muscle in your body is tensed in fear. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I tensed and wished I had thought to grab the fireplace poker. ❋ Molly Harper (2011)

Bark stretched out on his side, grunting as he tensed, then went limp. ❋ W. Michael Gear (2011)

[Rey]: Dude, this guy just [scaled] that 6 story building. [Finn]: Man, he is so tense. ❋ DaMostInterestingDudeINDaWorld (2018)

He seems [really] tense ❋ Dee Anna (2006)

eg1- That party was Tesnse! eg2- [jon]:im [grounded] steve:[ohhh] thats tense! ❋ Tom (2005)

me:wanna do [fun stuff] [amal]:no im tense [rn] ❋ Slattttttttt (2020)

You broke a [plate], [porco] [Tensing] porco Tensing! ❋ Dakota264 (2020)

[Alicia] was tensing [when the] man was [raping] her ❋ Shortstuffjo (2006)

[Rod] and [I will be] over for dinner sex tense, thinking around [7ish]. ❋ CLRG (2014)

"Stop man!" "Wow were you [dealing] with [money]? [What a] tense maria ❋ Eman9921 (2011)

He pronounced "hand" as hæ[nd] rather than hɛənd, with no æ-tensing , so we [knew] to be [suspicious] of him. ❋ ___alphabet___ (2023)

[Erlend]: sorry I couldn't join you guys yesterday. I had to rehearse for a TenSing musical. [Fredrik]: really? Because we had eyes on you and a very cute blonde at Laundromat... Erlend: folds all right, I was at a [Tinder date]. Everybody: hahahaha ❋ DJHellduck (2016)