| 单词 | tensely |
| 例句 | At midday she rested with them, tensely waiting to see if the baby would approach her again. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z All the children in the hall were watching tensely, waiting for something to happen. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z All the next day I was in a state of exhaustion, waiting tensely for the plan to be revealed. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She sat still for a moment, holding her cigarette, but without dragging on it, in her left hand, and with her right hand fixed tensely around the base of the glass of milk. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z As Kit looked back at him mutely, the restraints that held the tensely waiting crowd gave way. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z He waited tensely, afraid to move for fear of bumping into something in the dark and betraying his presence. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He was very small and was looking tensely about him—wide-eyed as a kitten above ground for the first time—as though by no means sure where he might be. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She had intertwined her fingers on the stone table before her and was staring at them tensely. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z People stood tensely, their arms folded or at their sides. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z I guess it was toward noon on the third day aboard the raft that Timothy said tensely, “I ear a motah.” The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Squinting tensely through the darkness, they watched the figure drawing nearer, walking steadily toward them between the graves. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Richard sits tensely, his hand clutching the armrest, his knuckles bleaching each time the tires slip. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z One day Matt ordered a Safe Horse from the stables and waited tensely to see whether the request would be denied. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I can’t believe him,” said Harry tensely, “if he’s caught. “Made it so far, though, hasn’t he?” said Ron. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He waited tensely as the third officer, at a signal from the colonel, ambled over from the wall and seated himself on the table just a few inches away from the chaplain. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z At Sitti’s house, a small crowd of men and women had gathered tensely outside. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Thus it was that the hall was tensely silent when she stepped hesitantly into the room. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I sit tensely and watch his every movement in case he may perhaps say something. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I sat slowly, tensely, as if the seat were made of needles. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z "They are looking for Don Carlos," Chino says tensely. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “Right, it’s nearly time,” said Hermione tensely, looking at her watch. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Richard and the Doc leaned forward tensely but they were watching the line of men sitting on the log. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Hazel, sensing at once that they had nothing in common with himself and his companions, started and sat up tensely. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Donovan broke in tensely, “What was the first order...the one that was superseded by the marching directions?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z The assembly, sensing a crisis, was tensely expectant. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Lord Asriel could see the effort he made to hold himself together, and sat tensely gripping the arms of his chair until Baruch found the strength to go on. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z As she answered he leaned forward and stared in- tensely at her. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I would go into the dining room upon some petty errand and find Granny kneeling, her head resting on a chair, uttering my name in a tensely whispered prayer. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z You could see people poised nervously, waiting as tensely as if Mr. Birkway was going to announce someone’s execution. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z “Hurry up,” she said tensely to Harry and Ron. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Sometimes it didn’t go off for a matter of minutes, during which we sat tensely, with frozen-faced smiles, while we tried to keep the younger children from squirming. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z They stood around, hands in pockets and thin shoulders hunched forward tensely. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Powell lined up the sights tensely, and pulled the trigger three times. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z The consul’s wife smiled tensely and said, “Oh, dear, that’s too bad,” which baffled Mami completely, as she thought Yale was the school where the best families in the United States educated their sons. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Powell whispered tensely, “I’ve been trying to get him by radio but he doesn’t answer. The radio circuit is probably out.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z He began to laugh, softly, tensely; he stopped still in his tracks and felt something warm roll down his cheek and he brushed it away. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Matt waited tensely for the hum of El Patron’s motorized wheelchair. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He was tensely eager to stay and see how it would all end, even if that end swallowed him in blackness. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “At the nursery door,” Luke said tensely, speaking clearly through the noise. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Charlotte Hale is there, too, tensely waiting for Ford to deliver his promised retirement speech. “Westworld” Season One Finale: Violent Ends 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z On “Holding Cell,” a highlight, voices harmonize over swarming violins, cello and electric bass; the harmony shifts tensely around them as they sing: “Holding cell/I can’t get well while you hold me.” Samora Pinderhughes Explored Incarceration in Song. The Result Is ‘Grief.’ 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z By now, you’ve probably heard that song, with its watery intro, climactic build, and tensely linked lines. Regina Spektor’s “…Cheap Seats”: The Return of the Pop Maverick and Her Piano 2012-06-01T10:45:25Z When she draws on her cigarette through tensely pressed lips you feel sorry for the cancer stick, wondering who is killing who. "The Bear" hides crusts of meaning and trauma in an episode about the Feast of the Seven Fishes 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z Sometimes, the heavy-handed use of metaphors – in the language of tectonic plates shifting or in the wardrobes of longline girdles constraining – left me wishing everyone would settle into their roles less tensely. 'Masters of Sex' Recap: Seeking Safe Harbor 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z Nobody wanted to clap after a tensely funereal closing Gigue. Matt Haimovitz and Bach, Colonizing Columbia’s Campus 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z Danchev is intimately familiar with the French surrealist circle that Magritte and his Brussels cadre tensely orbited. Review | René Magritte was an enigma. A new biography tries to make sense of the genius. 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z In “Cleo,” the story of a woman who is killing time in the face of death, Varda, who died on March 29th, at the age of ninety, rendered the act of observation tensely dramatic. What to Stream This Weekend: Agnès Varda’s Chronicle of a Parisian Pop Star’s Dread-Filled Afternoon in “Cleo from 5 to 7” 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z “Stop holding tensely onto yourself,” she writes, “trying to control your fear, trying ‘to do something about it’ while subjecting yourself to constant self-analysis.” Desperately Seeking Hope and Help for Your Nerves? Try Reading ‘Hope and Help for Your Nerves’ 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z “Vanessa Williams!” exclaimed Mr. Annan, as the actress, in the thriller “Eraser,” glanced tensely at a clock, marking off 10:25 in both reel time and real time. Flock Around ?The Clock? 2011-02-16T23:45:09Z The audience in the Medieval Hall of Salisbury Cathedral Close sat tensely as we waited for him to appear. RS Thomas, my favourite religious poet 2010-04-29T16:50:00Z In general, however, the piece’s four movements were all stridently overchoreographed; even the music’s diminuendos and most tensely developmental passages were treated as occasions for pyrotechnics. Dance Review | Ballet Corella Castilla y Le?n: At City Center, ?ngel Corella and a Surfeit of Bravura 2010-03-18T22:40:00Z They now form a feathered aureole framing the extraordinary figure of a nude black man who sits, tensely perched on a pillow, legs spread wide. John Singer Sargent’s Drawings Bring His Model Out of the Shadows 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z Powerful and tensely edited, this tiny movie says more in those few minutes than some movies manage in hours. ‘The 2022 Oscar Nominated Short Films’ Review: Small Tales, Big Ideas 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z Another whispers tensely: "We want to minimise their bender sources." Film review: The Last Airbender 2010-08-12T21:40:00Z We tensely await the arrival of Fink and Noah’s boyhood friend whose unhappy history figures in the plot of Noah’s movie. Theater Review: ‘The Bad Guys’ by Alena Smith at McGinn/Cazale Theater 2012-06-06T21:13:07Z For contrast, there are other songs that barely use drums and enfold electric guitar with strings: chamber-pop tracks like “Nesting Behavior” and “Burden of Proof” that move slowly and tensely, like bitter lullabies. Review: On the Debut Album by Mothers, Austere Honesty 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z The team of investigators holds meetings, tracks down witnesses and waits tensely for DNA results, always with an awkward consciousness of the hovering cameras. Review: ‘Killing Fields,’ on Discovery, Examines a Cold Case 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z Whereas Mr. Obama’s predecessors are, to the man, shown expressionless and composed, Mr. Obama sits tensely forward, frowning, elbows on his knees, arms crossed, as if listening hard. Obama Portraits Blend Paint and Politics, and Fact and Fiction 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z The director, Lee Kyu-man, makes the camera hover tensely over scenes, but only a couple of action sequences pack much oomph. ‘The Policeman’s Lineage’ Review: Undercover and Overcaffeinated 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z For all the demanding intellectual organization of his performances, his work always stretched tensely between sound and sense. How Eric Dolphy Deepened My Love of Jazz 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z Just before, the inventive young R&B producer Dev Hynes performed under his Blood Orange moniker with a batch of tensely melodic grooves. FYF Fest Day 2: Redemption through Flying Lotus, Haim and more 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z They combine the tensely fluttering, flickering quality of his instrumental music with a remarkably varied approach to the human voice, sometimes speaking, sometimes keening, sometimes as pure-toned as a boy soprano. Review: Skittering, Creeping Music That Had Me Seeing Things 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z The climactic sequence — simple in concept but tensely staged, foregrounding the ticktock of time that’s present from the opening minutes — may leave you as breathless as it leaves José. Review: In ‘En el Séptimo Día,’ He Wants to Work and Play. What Will He Do? 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z While Anderson and the film’s editor, Dylan Tichenor, later conceded it could do with a trim, “Magnolia” remains a thrilling three hours, tensely constructed and “defined,” says Nayman, “by its fleet, hurtling sense of purpose.” To appreciate the ‘Masterworks’ of Paul Thomas Anderson, here are 5 essential movies of his to watch 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z And his twitchy tongue may as well have been forked the way it darted in and out of his tensely puckered lips. 11 mistakes you don’t want to make under the mistletoe 2013-12-23T01:00:00Z It’s a gamble, one that this episode plays out tensely as Dr. Bill’s white patients balk at parking their El Dorados with leather seats in the black neighborhood in which the hospital is situated. 'Masters of Sex' Recap: Jumping Into an Ice Cold Lake 2014-08-10T04:00:00Z Later, as the presiding judge's reading of the judgment appeared to swing against Taylor, the former president clasped his hands more tensely in front of him. Hague court convicts Taylor of war crimes in Sierra Leone 2012-04-26T12:34:02Z Michael Fabiano’s Faust was, as usual with this tenor, tensely forceful — sometimes exciting, sometimes strained. Review: ‘Mefistofele’ at the Met Opera Is a Devil That Dances 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Set to Mr. Saunier’s tensely modernist music but often moving through silence and establishing independent rhythms, it came as near as anything to losing the sympathy of Tuesday’s friendly Vail audience. Review: Vail International Dance Festival Celebrates Meter 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z Opening night at City Center showed both the company’s future and its past: Wayne McGregor’s “Chroma,” a tensely kinetic work created in 2006 for the Royal Ballet, was followed by Ailey’s 1960 masterpiece, “Revelations.” Dance Review: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, at City Center 2013-12-05T23:34:14Z But “Radio” bops hard, and, Rob, you’re not singing too tensely. New Music: New Music From Matchbox Twenty and Animal Collective 2012-09-03T21:42:33Z At the beginning, over tensely quiet tremolos, the low strings erupt with violent bursts of abrupt phrases. Music Review: Mahler?s ?Resurrection? From Philharmonic - Review 2011-09-11T22:08:40Z Hilarity of sorts results from a family trip to a theme park, while Pauline, tensely awaiting news of her divorce, decides to ease matters with a drink. Tonight's TV highlights: ER 2011-04-08T07:00:01Z By the time she delivers a fine, tensely eerie mad scene, the stakes of the drama — that queasy, distinctively operatic blend of empathy for and exhilaration over the heroine’s degradation — are almost entirely forfeit. Music Review: Dessay Is Pale in ?Lucia di Lammermoor? 2011-02-25T08:38:16Z “Agon” — black and white, with no more story than the complex, dodecaphonic music and tensely intricate dance design — still defines modern ballet. Review: At City Ballet, Taylor Stanley Is a God for Our Time 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z I felt like plunging a razor into my tensely exposed wrist from the very first minutes. The Smurfs ? review 2011-08-11T21:30:02Z Near the end, for example, a number of women, lifted from behind and facing the audience, have their knees tensely bent and held together; then, suddenly, they part their thighs for our benefit. Dance Review: Underworld Notes, in the Homeric Sense 2014-02-02T22:31:20Z Her voice was unmistakable, with its Kentucky drawl, its tensely coiled vibrato and its deep reserves of power. Loretta Lynn, Country Music Star and Symbol of Rural Resilience, Dies at 90 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z Like Ariana Grande, who recently had to stand tensely at a funeral while a bishop pulled her near and let his hands wander toward her breasts. The New Yorker’s Steve Bannon fiasco and Monica Lewinsky’s walk-out: There’s power in sayin... 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z While waiting tensely for further news, the Shah said that he planned before his flight last Sunday to go to Azerbaijan, in northern Iran. AP WAS THERE: A 1953 CIA-led coup in Iran topples prime minister, cements shah’s power 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z The two eventually conclude, tensely, that there has been a mix-up. For 40 years he blamed himself for a girl’s murder. Then came a shocking discovery 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z The atmosphere was that of a tensely quiet office, with all of them playing a game of whack-a-mole against the Russians, trying to catch and rain ordnance on them before they could attack Ukrainian forces. On the front line in Bakhmut, as Ukraine and Russia battle for control 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z And now, dozens of supporters, one with "We the People" tattooed on his forearm and another with cowboy boots stamped with American flags, whispered tensely among themselves. Two Republicans kicked off county election board in North Carolina for failing to certify results 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z Things went tensely and tautly, the goals all but walled. With a roaring World Cup moment, Morocco rolls to the quarterfinals 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z Now the Rio Grande City students stared tensely at the stage from their seats. A Championship Season in Mariachi Country 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z That something is more interior, more chaotic and in many ways more disturbing, and it’s exquisitely limned by Field, who doles out information with tensely judicious restraint. Review | ‘Tár’: A seductive deep dive into a woman’s unraveling psyche 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z Its population of 80,000 is divided evenly — and tensely — between Muslims and Greek Orthodox Christians. Review: Orhan Pamuk's 'Nights of Plague' entangles an epidemic with a (fictional) revolution 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z The night of the election, my colleagues in the local press and I watched tensely as results poured in and turned into a landslide victory for Marcos. Philippines dispatch: Pigs, presstitutes and how journalists are harassed 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z I later learned that sitting tensely for several hours a day in a huge rattling vehicle can sometimes be bad for your back. I Lived the #VanLife. It Wasn’t Pretty. 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z As the Third Party System tensely took shape, Republicans and Democrats vied for power in the North while Democrats ruled most of the South. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Reports of serious violence against Ukrainian protesters have been limited, for the most part Russian forces seem to be tensely watching. 'We are not co-operating': Life in occupied Ukraine 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z More often they smiled tensely, as it wasn’t clear if I had one or was one. ‘Philadelphia Freedom’ Isn’t Just a Gay Anthem. It’s a Pride Anthem. 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z What quickly emerges in their brittle, tensely overlapping dialogue is that they detest each other. Review | Trapped with your spouse during covid lockdown: The movie ‘Together’ reminds you how awful that was. 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z “Reaching his side, I recall hearing an unidentified person on the other end of the speaker phone tensely ask, ‘Are you denying our request?’ Generals cast military response to Capitol riot as an ‘unforeseen’ change in mission 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z The rally began tensely when police arrested 10 activists who were putting up banners and signs in the public space. Thai police arrest 10 activists at pro-democracy rally 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z In the midst of a tensely contested presidential campaign in a deeply divided country that is still struggling to cope with a deadly pandemic, we could have done without what happened in Graham on Saturday. Editorial Roundup: North Carolina 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z “I don’t have a choice,” he told the Guardian, laughing tensely. 'The hotspot of a hotspot of a hotspot': coronavirus takes heavy toll in south Texas 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z He studied the greats - Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy and BB King - combining their tensely coiled playing style with the shimmering vibrato of The Shadows' Hank Marvin. Obituary: Peter Green 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z And his campaign was boosted again in late June after he and Hegar tensely sparred over whose experience was more needed in Washington. Texas Senate runoff asks whether what worked for Democrats in 2018 still works in 2020 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z Three Hours by Rosamund Lupton A Somerset school is under siege in this tensely emotional thriller, unfolding over the titular three hours: ordinary heroes are revealed, as teachers and pupils are tested by extraordinary events. The great escape: 50 brilliant books to transport you this summer 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z Families with children filled the pavement in many places, and men frequently stopped to stare tensely at passing police cars. As virus spikes among ultra-Orthodox, Israel deploys security forces to make them stay home 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z Powell folded his hands in front of him, his toes tensely pointed outward. Dancing a Memoir at Alvin Ailey 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z The tensely convoluted relationship between parliament, ministers, monarch and favourites, played out during a war in Europe, echoes into our own era from the age of Anne. Out of the Brexit nightmare must emerge a more robust democracy | Andrew Rawnsley 2019-01-13T05:00:00Z All the families waited tensely for the children’s first appearance after the plane landed. A Toddler Who Appeared in Immigration Court Goes Home to Honduras. ‘Mi Amor,’ Her Mother Cries. 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z I sat tensely on the designer couch, knowing my mom was listening from the other room, ready to pounce. For my entire childhood, my mom convinced me I was dying 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z Ken and Angela had kept up a bright appearance of enjoying themselves, but it was threadbare, and the strain had told: they had quarrelled more tensely than usual over directions and plans. “Cecilia Awakened” 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z The climactic sequence — simple in concept but tensely staged — may leave you as breathless as it leaves José. 7 movies open July 13; our reviewers weigh in 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z Is there a sofa you’re not allowed to sit on, or a complicated system of outdoor shoes/indoor slippers, or a clock that ticks very loudly in an otherwise tensely silent room? Caitlin Moran: everything I know about sex 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z The state-controlled Global Times reported that China’s vast and intense online community was obsessed with the already-famous photo of the G-7 leaders, apparently showing Mr. Trump tensely squaring off with his fellow leaders. Donald Trump receives chilly reviews from Canada, Europe after G-7 summit 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z Those what-ifs evaporated when Harry Kane found one of his accomplished finishes to decide a tensely fought game where a high-energy Newcastle caused umpteen scares. Spurs can say goodbye to Wembley with Champions League mission accomplished | Amy Lawrence 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z On a recent rainy Monday, Bill Wagner, who runs primary care clinics in poor neighborhoods here, listened tensely as a state health official explained how the state would enforce the complex and contentious new rules. Kentucky Rushes to Remake Medicaid as Other States Prepare to Follow 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z PRAGUE—Czech voters are set to choose a president, Friday and Saturday, in a tensely fought contest that reflects the region’s crosscurrents of pro-Russian nativism and Western liberalism. Czech Vote Pits Pro-Russian Nativists Vs. West-Leaning Liberals 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z Sitting tensely on a patio chair within a gated migrant shelter just a couple of miles from the border, Hernández is dazed, weepy, and tormented about what to do next. This is what the hours after being deported look like 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z People in red “Make America Great Again” hats mingled tensely with people holding communist flags. 'The University Has Coddled Students Too Long.' Conservative Firebrand Roils Berkeley 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z Afternoon Classics at New Beverly Cinema The rep house kicks off its Wednesday matinee series with Alfred Hitchcock’s tensely comic 1951 thriller, Strangers on a Train. The Moviegoer, Sept. 3-9 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z Crowds have rallied and faced off tensely against those who support the removals. New Orleans Removes Beauregard Statue, and Subdued Crowds Look On 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z In the hours before, however, the mixed crowd mixed it up more vigorously — sometimes tensely, sometimes politely. A presidential parade to match the nation’s mood 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z The band, with a moniker that riffs on KCRW radio host Chery Glaser’s name, rips through a hard-rock song that moves from a tensely strummed ode to a gradually climaxing, distorted rock anthem. California Sounds: Check out new music from Cherry Glazerr, Tinashe and the Gaslamp Killer 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z When Clinton spoke Thursday night, hundreds of Sanders delegates listened tensely for some sort of praise for their candidate. For one Sanders delegate, a long journey finally comes to an end in Philadelphia 2016-07-31T04:00:00Z Hunched tensely over the operating table, Cooper was uncovering arteries hardened by high blood pressure and Type 2 diabetes - no good for sewing on her husband’s kidney. Organ transplants have come a long way but hurdles remain 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z Hunched tensely over the operating table, Cooper was uncovering arteries hardened by high blood pressure and Type 2 diabetes — no good for sewing on her husband’s kidney. Organ transplants have come a long way but hurdles remain 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z As a wave blocked Fanning from sight for nine seconds, viewers watched tensely until they saw the surfer swimming safely with limbs intact. Mick Fanning and Surfing Tour Return to Site of Shark Attack 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z “We waited tensely, wondering what would happen next, realising that this day might be our last.” ‘The roaring of the shells was diabolical.’ It was zero hour on the Somme 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z But by February, when I met them, the area was tensely calm: Nkurunziza had suspended non-governmental organizations and shut down the independent radio stations. On the Run in Burundi 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z SÃO PAULO—The national mood fluctuates between a festive carnival parade and a bitter family feud as Brazilians tensely await Sunday’s congressional vote on whether to impeach President Dilma Rousseff. Brazilians Demonstrate Social Fissures 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z The first ladies’ relationship began tensely, but warmed over the years. Editorials from around New York 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z These issues are hot-button and inflame a tensely divided voting populace, leaving little room for even the creation of sensible policy. Reroute American Politics in 2016 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z When she finally noticed Mr. Rogan, her eyes widened with surprise, he said, and she gripped his hands tensely. The White House Holiday Photo Line: A Tradition of Awkwardness 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z And that, he says, will help you to move into more situations with more determination to express yourself honestly than to tensely try to micromanage the opinions of others. You, Unfiltered: How To Master The Art Of Being In The Moment 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z On the other side of these barriers, blue-uniformed police officers stood tensely in riot gear, clutching Kalashnikov rifles. Political crisis raises fears of widespread bloodshed in Burundi 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z Sunday’s demonstration began tensely but peacefully as hundreds, then thousands of protesters, mostly Ethiopian Israelis, marched waving national flags and placards against racism and police brutality and calling for equality. Violence erupts as Ethiopian Israelis protest treatment by police 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z That is the $64,000 question as the St. Louis area tensely waits. What the Ferguson grand jury is secretly trying to decide 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z Near them, a tensely grinning boy was examined by the orderly, who pushed up each of his eyelids with a fat thumb and shone his flashlight against the pupils of his eyes. Story Excerpt: ‘Traveling From Brooklyn’ 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z The Schaeffers tensely but skillfully straddled the worlds of Christian orthodoxy, humanistic art and a quickly modernizing Western culture. How Frank Schaeffer Walked Away From Power To Find Meaning 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z Outside the door of his solitary confinement cell at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution here, five corrections officers in riot gear lined up, tensely awaiting the order to go in. When Cell Door Opens, Tough Tactics and Risk 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z Sitting and occasionally pacing tensely along the German sideline was Mark Verstegen, the team’s trainer. Train Like a German Soccer Star 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z The bombings occurred on a tensely symbolic day: the one-year anniversary of the start of massive protests that culminated in the Egyptian army removing Islamist president Mohamed Morsi from office. Bomb blasts near Egypt's presidential palace kill 2 police officers 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z In his small flat in the Mesekeen Uthman neighborhood on the desert outskirts of Cairo, Hamid pulls prayer beads tensely through his dry fingers, his legs folded beneath him on the living room floor. Egypt's Government Cracks Down on Syrian Refugees 2013-08-25T02:05:24Z A miniature photo of a tensely smiling middle-aged man with a furrowed forehead and thinning shoulder-length hair, whom she would have claimed she’d never seen before. Joyce Carol Oates: “Mastiff.” 2013-06-24T04:00:00Z He watched intently from the sideline, his feet spread apart, his fingers curled tensely at his sides. For Jurgen Klinsmann, a World Cup Ahead and a U.S. Team in Progress 2013-01-23T20:21:03Z "Where's the proof?" she asked tensely, forgetting for a moment that she was retiring. Doctor and Patient: Are Longer Office Hours Cost-Effective? 2012-10-25T21:56:52Z So even if the presidential campaign is officially over in the physical world, the battle rages online, where many vent, speculate and argue while they tensely wait for the outcome. The Lede Blog: Campaign Over, Venezuelans Are Left to Tensely Wait (and Tweet) 2012-10-05T21:54:40Z On the great night, the court was assembled, tensely waiting for Marie to arrive. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z Will waited tensely: not a word came from the boy's lips. Swift and Sure 2012-03-16T02:00:24.627Z The emaciation of my body was extreme, my limbs were pithless reeds, my skull grinned through the tensely stretched skin, and my eyes were enormous. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Uncloaked, but courageous in their gray armor, the trees wait tensely for the intolerable onslaught of the cold: the blizzard with knives of sleet. Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z Sewell stood still for almost a minute, and the men, who were tensely impatient, wondered at it and the hardness of Leger's voice. Delilah of the Snows 2012-01-23T03:00:09.087Z “I won’t sell a product that gets scratched,” he said tensely. The iEconomy: Apple, America and a Squeezed Middle Class 2012-01-21T18:47:19Z He paused a moment and wiped the moisture of his anxiety from his brow, and his voice was tensely even in its control. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z It is human, palpitating with reality, tensely alive. The Millionaire Baby 2011-12-21T03:00:32.447Z Then she was silent for a moment, with downcast eyes, and the two men waited tensely. Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z He went forward some swift paces, the stumbling gone from his feet and his mind sprung tensely out of its dull circling; then he stopped. The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z There was little risk of detection, but standing tensely still, with set lips and her heart beating faster than usual, she shrank from the decisive action. The Protector 2011-12-14T03:00:17.460Z He sat up and listened tensely through the still open door. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z I had a brief and warning vision of Captain Larpent, seated at an office table adorned with sheets of perfect ground-plans and elevations, issuing instructions to a tensely intelligent Sapper Sergeant. In Mr. Knox's Country 2011-11-21T03:00:16.010Z Her eyes, terrified and tensely drawn, were askance and looking in his direction. An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West 2011-11-17T03:00:31.330Z “Dad—look!” she whispered tensely, tugging at his sleeve. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z Each storm would be a little tap on the tensely strained crust. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z He has contented himself with weaving a tensely written story around one Event, and concentrating the whole love interest of the book upon two people. A Crooked Mile 2011-10-03T02:00:26.870Z Her heart beat fast and her nerves were tensely strung, but she knew that she must be calm. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z Again Rutley chuckled, chuckled convivially, for evidently the softening influence of the liquor relaxed his tensely attuned nerves. An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West 2011-11-17T03:00:31.330Z "I want you to tell me one other thing," said Mrs. Boyd, tensely, as they were entering the front doorway of the cottage—"was Jane Hemingway there?" Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z This may in part have been due to Herrick's tensely strung imagination, which Christina's message of the night before still mercilessly played upon. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z His wife, sitting behind me, was squirming anxiously in her seat and peering tensely out of the windows through the low mists. Test Pilot 2011-09-21T02:00:37.513Z The men and the girl who had been leaning tensely out, watching him, stepped back respectfully to give him room. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z Yet in Virginia’s tensely excited frame of mind it passed unchallenged. An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West 2011-11-17T03:00:31.330Z Doctor Dollar," she said, tensely, "nothing can undo this hideous thing, though I hope to live long enough to make such poor amends as a human being can. The Crime Doctor 2011-09-09T02:01:05.570Z I hung over the drop and looked and listened tensely for any stir in the garden, expecting every moment to hear the clamour of sentries and the drone of bullets. Caught by the Turks 2011-09-09T02:01:01.073Z Her back to her son, tensely keeping guard, she was questioning feverishly. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z The arms that upheld her gripped her close to him as one who defends his own as he said tensely: “That beast ahead, did he touch you?” The Wayfarers 2011-08-28T02:00:32.867Z They stood like setters at point, crouching tensely forward, and the latter held a pistol levelled at him. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z The bulk of the body is again slipped forward in the loosened caterpillar skin, so that this becomes tensely stretched over the anterior end, and very much wrinkled at the posterior end. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z Cellular Field, the home of the Chicago White Sox, glared tensely the other day at the large weather radar screen perched over his desk. | Chicago: A Month of Record Rain, a Number of Close Calls 2011-08-06T22:38:15Z On the contrary they were rather tensely set. Marjorie Dean, College Senior 2011-08-01T02:00:12.720Z His lips twitched tensely; his eyes moved like the eyes of a man who is dizzy from too much turning on his own heels.... The Sea Bride 2011-07-30T02:00:14.537Z Listen here," I said tensely, "for once, don't make a fuss. The Scapegoat 2011-07-14T02:00:09.903Z He was still seeking to discover Ann, a man now, anxious and tensely determined. Nobody's Child 2011-06-29T02:00:24.827Z "It proves that it's love," he replied tensely. The Last Straw 2011-06-27T02:00:58.100Z She nodded tensely: "I guess a regular minister will be good enough for us." Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z Frank held himself tensely, but his companion’s voice reached him from a little distance in front, while he heard other bolts being drawn. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z “There!” whispered Belle, tensely, and she gripped Cora’s arm hard. The Motor Girls at Camp Surprise The Cave in the Mountains 2011-06-16T02:00:18.377Z He was suddenly as violently a-quiver as the suffering animal, curiously and tensely excited. Nobody's Child 2011-06-29T02:00:24.827Z The scene had become tensely real and horrible. The Old Blood 2011-06-13T02:00:22.897Z She was too exhilarated, too tensely throbbing with conquest and recklessness. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z Hazel, too, was tensely regarding the deathly silent figure of David Slosson. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z She waited tensely as the motor died, as she heard footsteps approaching the cabin. Nan Sherwood on the Mexican Border 2011-05-26T02:00:20.467Z She went as soon as it was dark, and waited for him, sitting tensely upright under the willows; usually it was Garvin who waited. Nobody's Child 2011-06-29T02:00:24.827Z Withal it is a species of modern morality, replete with a reformatory purpose that reflects deeply the author's tensely didactic state of mind. Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy 2011-05-17T02:00:20.900Z Suddenly she noted the figure of the woman waiting on her tensely. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z As the girl huddled, listening tensely, the tears ceased and dried on her distressed face. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z The stranding of a string; a sudden strain upon the tensely bent bows; the least deviation from the horizontal, would have been instantly fatal! Captain Kyd (Vol 1 of 2) or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-05-06T02:00:10.447Z Few moments are more tensely anxious than those in which a belated member of the wedding party is awaited by the others. Book of Etiquette Volume I 2011-04-28T02:00:13.993Z Seattle tensely held on for its first shutout of the season and extended its unbeaten streak to five, currently the longest in MLS. Big win and big loss for Sounders FC 2011-04-23T04:14:32Z As a matter of fact, Clay was tensely impatient to begin work on the wreck. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z Miss Worth, who knew the stallion's reputation, stood with hands gripping each other tensely and with averted, pallid face. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z It did not somehow seem to fit, or dovetail, or appear logical, or—— And then, with a sudden start, Billy Kane leaned tensely forward, his eyes fixed narrowly on Marco. Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z They flattened to their bunks, and waited tensely. The Hero 2011-04-06T02:00:04.180Z “Have you ever seen that face?” he asked tensely. Peggy Parsons at Prep School 2011-04-01T02:00:43.170Z He paced up and down the corridor, tensely anxious. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z The mate was tensely agitated; he sputtered and stuttered. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z Billy Kane leaned tensely forward, watching through the corner of the hanging. Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z "You're a white man right through, and I'm only dirt compared to you," she cried tensely. The Man Without a Memory 2011-03-09T03:00:45.963Z Wild-eyed, panting, the two gray kittens stretched full-length and waited tensely. Swamp Cat 2011-03-06T03:00:20.453Z Burl sat tensely still, his wide eyes watching everything, his mind groping for an explanation of what he saw. The Mad Planet 2011-03-02T03:00:25.117Z Miss Graham gently smoothed the fingers that were tensely closed over the sleeve of her jacket. Ethel Morton at Sweetbriar Lodge 2011-02-24T03:01:03.877Z “I’m telling you the truth, sir,” Jackson whispered tensely. Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z Then you waited tensely for the next light. The Secret Battle 2011-02-06T03:00:59.983Z I was tensely determined that no matter how much I suffered I would not whine or cry. Trenching at Gallipoli The personal narrative of a Newfoundlander with the ill-fated Dardanelles expedition 2011-02-02T03:00:25.187Z Sally whispered, her fingers closing tensely over David’s arm. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z His face was pale and drawn, and he was talking tensely, earnestly, evidently striving, with all the power within him, to convince and persuade with his words. The Carleton Case 2011-01-24T03:00:17.240Z Conrad drew himself up tensely and his eyes narrowed as he fixed them upon the Mexican’s. The Delafield Affair 2011-01-19T03:00:21.497Z Even as the girls tensely listened, the sound died away. Whispering Walls 2011-01-17T03:00:48.373Z At the bridge leading to the pilot house, Captain Barker stood tensely watching, his hand on the signal ropes. Guilt of the Brass Thieves 2011-01-04T03:01:18.213Z Tell me something I’d give almost anything to know—” She leaned forward tensely, her violet-blue eyes darkening with excitement and appeal until they were almost the color of Sally’s. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z “He’s telling him to get aboard the rubber boat,” Mr. Parker interpreted tensely. Voice from the Cave 2011-01-04T03:01:09.533Z She felt his arms now, her face was upraised, her eyelids tensely shut. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z Yet when she did see him, through the car-window, watching the platform for her appearance as tensely as a terrier watches a rathole, Joan shrank back with a faint gasp. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z Emma waited tensely for the one sound she hoped she would not hear; the dog's challenging bark. The Lost Wagon 2010-12-20T17:12:36.807Z Mrs. Marborough and the two girls waited tensely, hardly daring to hope. The Wishing Well 2010-12-20T17:12:27.090Z After the boys who comprised the advertising staff had gone home for dinner, she caught herself listening tensely to every unusual sound. The Secret Pact 2010-12-20T17:12:03.907Z The girls, watching tensely, saw several sandbags swept over the brink. Hoofbeats on the Turnpike 2010-12-20T17:11:45.463Z The North will most probably respond by holding a live-fire drill on its side of the tensely guarded sea border if the South goes ahead with its exercise, they said. Seoul to go ahead with drills despite threats of war 2010-12-20T03:06:30Z He'd still have to work, but he wouldn't have to work until his whole insides tightened into a hard knot, and inner forces built up so tensely that he seemed ready to explode! The Lost Wagon 2010-12-20T17:12:36.807Z We sat tensely for a long time, not talking. George Saunders: “Escape from Spiderhead.” 2010-12-13T05:00:00Z Christmas was declared a national holiday in 2008, though celebrations are muted, and in Kirkuk, a tensely disputed city north of Baghdad, Christmas Mass was canceled last year. With New Violence, More Christians Are Fleeing Iraq 2010-12-13T01:49:00Z She listened tensely as the dispatcher’s crisp call flashed over the wire. Hoofbeats on the Turnpike 2010-12-20T17:11:45.463Z The pope's response, while carefully couched, has ricocheted around the globe, reigniting one of the most tensely debated issues facing the Roman Catholic Church. Pope's Condom Comments Set Off Firestorm 2010-11-21T22:22:00Z But Joe was already going on, leaning forward tensely in his chair, his face eager and alive. The Lost Wagon 2010-12-20T17:12:36.807Z But the capital, Port-au-Prince, is tensely preparing for its arrival in the densely populated slums and tent camps of earthquake survivors. At Cholera Epicenter in Haiti, Fear and Misery 2010-10-25T17:25:00Z Megan Martin kept her hands tensely folded in front of her, as she testified via video link from Kandahar on Friday. Through hours of wrenching testimony, Ft. Hood psychiatrist Nidal Malik Hasan shows no emotion 2010-10-16T10:10:00Z She spoke tensely into the transmitter: “Hello, is this the Star office?” Hoofbeats on the Turnpike 2010-12-20T17:11:45.463Z She seemed to be thinking rather carefully about what she might say, and I waited, tensely, perhaps even holding my breath. Daniel Alarcón: “Second Lives.” 2010-08-09T04:00:00Z They tensely scan the treetops and startle at every noise. When Chimpanzees Go on the Warpath 2010-06-21T20:44:00Z He tensely called for colorful items like plants and cookbooks to enliven the apartment’s neutral shades and added a basket of lemons in a photo because, “Lemon fresh — it’s psychological.” The Appraisal: To Sell a Luxe Apartment, No Ordinary Snapshot Will Do 2010-06-21T15:51:00Z The final session saw only two breaks over 50 with the man known as the Jester from Leicester superior in the tensely fought frames. Selby fightback stuns O'Sullivan 2010-04-28T22:16:00Z His second was better and, as he bent down to pick up his tee peg, he expelled the air that had been tensely growing in his gut. Crowd warms to Tiger Woods' first steps under the Masters spotlight 2010-04-05T19:50:00Z Obama called Lee to offer support and condolences after the sinking of the South Korean naval vessel Cheonan on March 26 near a tensely disputed maritime border with North Korea. Obama to South Korea: U.S. able to help on sunken ship 2010-04-01T00:18:00Z Then he took several restless turns across the floor and halted tensely before his benefactor. The Law of Hemlock Mountain She would watch it grow, and watch so eagerly and so tensely the face that was so well-known yet so elusive now! The Belovéd Traitor "I know he did not," she said tensely. The Window at the White Cat But one acquires the habit of living tensely in that other world that we have lost and can't find again. Stranded in Arcady He spoke tensely and rapidly and moved towards the door as he concluded. The Man from Jericho "Unless things go my way first, that curtain will never go up on this production," said Gordon, tensely. A Star for a Night A Story of Stage Life "Yes!" she said—and the word came tensely—and she pulled impulsively upon his arm. The Belovéd Traitor "But suppose we are mistaken—" he urged tensely. An Engagement of Convenience A Novel He knew that to fire on an unarmed man in the tensely overwrought gathering would mean wholesale blood-letting. The Tempering Spence hung tensely over the table, his fingers on the key, waiting for the sounder to break, waiting for the Brook's Cut call. The Night Operator "The time is short, so I will speak plainly," said Gordon, tensely. A Star for a Night A Story of Stage Life "Dr. Loeb is guilty of being one of the most heartless of quacks, it is true," Kennedy's voice rang out tensely, as he faced us. The Social Gangster Mr. Hitchin dropped her hand and ceased his inspection, and immediately he turned more tensely solemn than upon his entrance. In And Out Boone Wellver had been leaning tensely forward in his seat as he listened. The Tempering "Keep your hands off me!" he said tensely. The Night Operator "Dad, someone broke into the cottage!" she told him tensely. Penny Nichols and the Knob Hill Mystery "I saw a shadow just then!" she whispered tensely. Penny Nichols Finds a Clue "Then," he said, tensely, "then I must—" He seized her in his arms and kissed her unresponsive lips. H. R. In the abrupt tightening of his arm muscles there was the warning of one abruptly thrown on guard, and she whispered tensely, "What is it, Boone?" The Tempering "You must," she said tensely, "and don't hesitate to disturb me if I can be of any use." The Gray Mask Otherwise her sad face remained expressionless, but her hands clasped each other tensely under an old-fashioned shawl. Helena Brett's Career "I must follow that truck!" she thought tensely. Penny Nichols Finds a Clue "My promise!" he whispered, tensely, and looked at her pleadingly. H. R. Alan leaned tensely forward, watching; what he had heard seemed to have increased and deepened the priest's feeling over what he had to tell and to have aided his comprehension of it. The Indian Drum "What are you doing here?" she whispered tensely. The Gray Mask My limbs grew large and strong; the muscles of my chest and back were tensely strung and knit as firmly as the muscles of an athlete. Bye-Ways "Where are you now, Penny?" her father questioned tensely. Penny Nichols Finds a Clue He put his hand to his heart, listened tensely, and heard again that which had alarmed him, the pulsing beat of a steam pump somewhere far below. Ewing\\'s Lady When she saw his face, in the light, there were signs of strain in it; she could feel strain now in his fingers which held hers strongly but tensely too. The Indian Drum The boy did not try to answer; he waited, tensely eager. Leerie He bent across the dingy desk, gripping its edges with his hands as he spoke tensely to the man sitting behind it. The Door into Infinity "I was disconnected with my party," Penny informed tensely. Penny Nichols Finds a Clue As he passed the Bartell house he opened and closed his hands tensely, recalling Ben's suggestion about a weapon. Ewing\\'s Lady She spoke no word after her first exclamation; she stood tensely, her hands clenched, staring at Valeria. Red Nails He pushed the button again and turned to face the tall, trim honey-blonde who stood tensely poised in the archway. Triplanetary My nerves, besides, had been already too tensely strung; and I burst into a passion of tears that totally overcame me. That Boy Of Norcott's "If only I could get word to the police or to Father!" she thought tensely. Penny Nichols Finds a Clue "Joseph!" exclaimed Henry tensely, his goatee quivering to a point like a setter's tail. Henry Horn's X-Ray Eye Glasses As he stood listening tensely, eyes and nostrils wide, a bat flitted past his ears, and he jumped half around, with a startled snort. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life A dark figure was crouched tensely over the table that held the sending set. The Golden Amazons of Venus I waited tensely, balancing the gun in my hand, to accustom myself to its weight and probable throw. Armageddon—2419 A.D. Gross and the two Security Agents were standing outside, waiting tensely. Mr. Spaceship In the control room, Jackson and a few others watched tensely on the viewscreen as one by one the landing party jumped to the planetoid. The Giants From Outer Space Then Revel was at the hole, waiting tensely with a gun in his hand. The Buttoned Sky Cliff's gaze roved over the tensely waiting columns, then leaped to the foot of the stairs. Isle of the Undead He paused and it was more quietly, though none the less tensely that he asked: "Is it your idea that we go through life like this?" Fidelity A Novel Yes, he told himself tensely, here I sit while Tom and the others drift in space needing help. The Black Tide He fiddled with the intercom, saw that the crew had gathered by the mutiny gates and were waiting tensely, puny weapons in their hands. The Giants From Outer Space The menace seemed to have passed, or to be withheld; the men had been tensely prepared for some minutes when Diane spoke softly. Brood of the Dark Moon Hunched over the throttles, peering tensely ahead, he was tautly estimating speed and direction. The World with a Thousand Moons He waited tensely for Albert's reaction, wincing as the Earthman drew his foot back. Insidekick It combines so tensely, if one may put it that way, with 248 the blood, that the colouring of the red corpuscles is utterly overcome and destroyed.” Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories Do you know," he asked tensely, "where these strangers' home base is? World of the Drone Moira appeared to be telling a joke; Len knew perfectly well that it was a clean one, but he listened tensely, all the same, until he heard Mrs. Greer yelp with laughter. Special Delivery The globe settled down to a tensely nervous fluctuation which hurt Jacob's eyes to watch. The Reluctant Weapon Silence hung tensely between the control room of the ship and Colonel Halter's office on Earth. Perfect Control In the seat across from him, the little man named Swanson was sitting, tensely poised. The Tunnel Under The World Qanya huddled tensely over the controls, slim hands flashing nimbly to and fro as with incredible deftness she guided the laboring machine. World of the Drone Scott, staring tensely from the observation port, felt a swift moment of wonder. Feline Red The tensely strung nerves gave way and in the reaction the tears were softly welling. The Song of the Wolf My eyes were fixed so tensely on the portrait that it grew blurred. The Portal of Dreams It must come, he told himself so tensely that he was certain he had cried his conviction aloud. The Bright Shawl George," he said, in a tensely subdued voice, "your brother did that. My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia Beyond, four men tensely supported a vast lead cover. Feline Red "Not a word, leave it to me!" she whispered tensely to her brother, whose lips were again opening in protest. The Song of the Wolf His mind was so tensely focused on coal and timber development that it was difficult for him to think of other matters. The Portal of Dreams Pacing the floor, Dirrul asked tensely, "Does everyone in the Movement know about this?" The Instant of Now But he counted honor dear as the Virgin Mary, and made a gamble of life, and hated tensely as he loved. Through Our Unknown Southwest He waited tensely for the rest of the band to appear. The Egyptian Cat Mystery Her voice, though very musical and low-pitched, was tensely strained. The Song of the Wolf "I cannot; I cannot," she replied tensely, the last modicum of will summoned to resist what he sought and she desired. Trusia A Princess of Krovitch The boys waited tensely, ears alert for any sound that would tell them the whereabouts of their enemy. The Wailing Octopus She spoke tensely, the effect of overstrained nerves revealing itself in her low voice. The Girl in the Mirror "Will that portal work both ways?" he asked tensely. Infinite Intruder His spare, tall form was drawn tensely straight as he shook a clenched fist at the Council. Astounding Stories, July, 1931 His hands opened and closed tensely as he kept himself in check. Trusia A Princess of Krovitch The boys watched tensely, and then out of the dimness above something sped down at them, followed by the sharks. The Wailing Octopus She was standing quietly beside the warped door, her arms hanging tensely at her side, her chin up, her eyes gazing straight at him. The Plow-Woman In front, the Wilton quarter-back was crouching tensely to intercept him. The Mark of the Knife The door unlocked silently and a moment later they were outside, staring tensely into the darkness. The Ethical Engineer “Who carried them to you?” he demanded tensely, the muscles of his firm jaws tightening as his teeth clenched. The Wilderness Trail "Is there any trouble round there?" she asked tensely. The Beggar Man The girl moved tensely, but did not come any closer to him. The Happy Man “They live in a castle which our ancestors built ages ago on a protected plateau,” Naida answered tensely. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 Thus protected he lay down in the center of his warning spiderweb and spent a restless night, half awake, waiting tensely for the bells to ring. The Ethical Engineer She did not answer at once, tensely trying to think. Aurora the Magnificent The archduke had the impression of breath tensely held, and of eyes, eyes strained, curious, and awed, like those of children who witness suffering and cannot understand. The Missourian He was pointing tensely ahead of us, moving his arm leftward and indicating a circle of perhaps thirty feet in diameter. Wings of the Wind “I wish,” Kirby answered tensely, “that we knew what is going to happen.” Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 Well hidden by the bushes at the end of the run-way, on its lee side, crouched Finn, every nerve tensely alert. Finn The Wolfhound Martin wriggled his wrists in the handcuffs and stiffened tensely in his seat. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story There is another right, but only you can give that—” “Indeed,” she interrupted tensely, “you mustn’t stand here talking to me.” Wild Oranges Alten, the usually calm, precise man of science, was tensely vehement. Astounding Stories, April, 1931 Quickly, tensely Kirby doubled, and knew that he had done enough. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 The color drained from his face as he leaned forward tensely, one hand gripping an arm of his chair like a vise. The Monk of Hambleton Martin sat tensely on the edge of the bed. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story "The gas would be as fatal as the fungus." ilence rested tensely over the two men, to be broken at last by the clump of feet proceeding aft on the deck above. Hawk Carse The multitude––caught by Danton’s tensely dramatic announcement––applauds, even as it had jeered and mocked a few moments since. Orphans of the Storm If they lied," she said tensely, "they must be punished for it. Kildares of Storm At each side of him his fingers gripped the corner of the mattress tensely. The Monk of Hambleton Martin stiffened tensely and gripped the revolver in his hand. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story “Are you always as kind to people as you have been to me?” she asked tensely. The Phantom Lover “Would you mind coming over here––a step or two closer, Mr.––Gladwin?” he said tensely. Officer 666 The girl said rather tensely, "Mother, do you expect Jacqueline and me to spend the rest of our lives at Storm?" Kildares of Storm He strode tensely up and down, smacking his fist into his palm. The Red Hell of Jupiter Charles Rochambeau leaned forward in his chair tensely. Death Points a Finger And then Denham stared tensely all about, shading his eyes with his hand. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 "Now look here," objected the younger pilot tensely. Astounding Stories, March, 1931 Instead, she just told her, tensely, that she had something to talk about and that it had to be in person. Little Brother Lance stepped out of the cockpit into the rain, though holding himself tensely ready to leap back again and soar away. Astounding Stories, February, 1931 Without taking his eyes from the object that engaged his rapt attention, he said tensely: "Someone give me the binoculars, quick!" Death Points a Finger The man at the desk tapped steadily with a pencil; Robert Delamater sat quietly, tensely waiting. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 But Charlie leaned tensely forward and sent the Golden Gull on at the limit of her speed. Astounding Stories, March, 1931 She waited tensely until the singing was finished, then she almost ran to the door. The Shepherd of the North His men, likewise noting the move, unconsciously grouped closer, waiting tensely for they knew not what. Astounding Stories, February, 1931 He kept trying at this, with a mind so tensely bent to the mere horror that he could not for a moment strain away from it. The Daughter of the Storage And Other Things in Prose and Verse The carefully camouflaged ambuscade was fully focussed and Tommy was watching tensely when the thing happened. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 Then, in a moment, he was back at the door again, his tensely poised figure filling up the opening. The Law-Breakers He had been quiet enough all through the strike, except for that one big speech of his—but he had been tensely quiet. The Harbor I watched tensely, holding Jetta, with the turmoil of the embarking bandits around me. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 With closed eyes and tensely drawn nerves, he waited, watching the endless play of the tracery of light in the dull redness of his eyelids. The Ivory Snuff Box He leaned forward tensely as a sound reached his ears. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 The low crunching of his snowshoes on the crisp snow sounded almost blatant in the Boy’s tensely listening ears. The House in the Water A Book of Animal Stories He lifted himself, as a man distracted, from the chair in which he had been sitting, gripping the arms with hands that were tensely responding to an agony of spirit. The Plunderer Then, tensely, she added, "The door—look out!" Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 "Nobody we know aboard," she added, smiling less tensely at Sally. Nobody Her face was tensely earnest while she waited for 59 the big man before her to answer. Once to Every Man "I would advise you to tell me," he said, tensely. The Destroyer A Tale of International Intrigue "You—you're Hawk Kennedy," she said tensely, "the man who killed my father." The Vagrant Duke “Now you’ll see why I called you here,” he said tensely. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 That," Sally cut in tensely, "is a deliberate falsehood. Nobody Then the figure straightened tensely, for this new laugh was rarer even than the Child’s. The Very Small Person She held herself tensely away from Miko; she had flashed me a look—just one. Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 I ought to kill you like the dog that you are," he said tensely, "but I want to question you first. The Vagrant Duke O’Hara was considerably puzzled at this, but watched the progress of the struggle tensely. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 The effect upon public sentiment and opinion in Italy, where emotions are tensely strung, and sympathy with suffering is more flexible and diffusive than it is even among the other Latin races, was instantaneous. England and Germany Morrow folded the warrant slowly, in the pause which ensued, and returned it to his pocket while the couple watched him tensely. The Crevice She stared ghoulishly—and the man, too, gazed tensely at her victim. When the Sleepers Woke Carse waited tensely for the response—if one there was to be. The Affair of the Brains “Keep your silence!” breathed Dirk, quietly but tensely. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 The other officers waited tensely for my reply. Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 She halted, her arms tensely folded, her breath coming quick. A Breath of Prairie and other stories The long and graceful antennae were bent downward inquiringly, quivering tensely, and his small eyes glowed like wind-fanned coals of fire. The Terror from the Depths The muscles of the negro's huge body bunched in readiness for the signal as tensely he watched the flaxen-haired head close to him. The Affair of the Brains "All right," said Miles tensely, "let us go." The Heads of Apex With a startled curse the guard thudded to his feet, peered tensely into the darkness, his weapon sending twin milky beams of the powerful ionizing ray toward the source of the sound. In the Orbit of Saturn Her thumb 272 rested on the hammer and she stood still, tensely waiting. Louisiana Lou A Western Story "Those fights," he said tensely, "were the biggest things a feller ever did!" Sunlight Patch He sat quietly, a little tensely, his face an icy mask, only the freezing shock of his steady gray eyes betraying his emotion as they bore straight into those of the Eurasian. The Affair of the Brains At once the lynxes stopped also, and crouched flat, tensely watching, their claws dug deep into the 147 hard-trodden snow so as to give them purchase for an instant, powerful spring in any direction. The Backwoodsmen “Then,” said the girl tensely, “get down an’ sign.” Tharon of Lost Valley Again she came to him, as he stood in his black clothes, with blue eyes very bright and puzzled for her, his face tensely alive, his hair dishevelled. The Rainbow For a minute he held up his arms, looking tensely at the sky, struggling to overcome the emotion that long had been boiling up in his heart, rending the self-complacency of his mind. The River Prophet He listened tensely, too, and fancied that he heard a whippoorwill. The Roof Tree Powell saw from the corner of his eye that Joan was tensely watching his face for a sign from him. Devil Crystals of Arret The boy and the girl were standing, their hands still gripping tensely. Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 But the hill showed only an unbroken sky-line, and in the dead silence of the barrens the boy waited tensely for a repetition of the wild cry. Connie Morgan in the Fur Country He pushed down the urge to say more, forced himself to be patient, waited tensely for Manfred to reply in his own time. The Saracen: The Holy War His square jaw was grimly set and the hands that rested on his knees were tensely clenched. The Roof Tree She sat tensely, pushed forward against Kerk's hands, as if they were the only things that stopped her from leaping at Jason. Deathworld The hands of the boy and girl gripped tensely. Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 His nerves were tensely strung: he was overwrought. Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas As I read her clipping she clasped her hands tensely. A Man of Two Countries The questioner missed the sudden tensely challenged interest that flashed in the other's eyes and the hot wave of brick-red that surged over the cheeks and neck of his visitor. The Roof Tree "But we see each other as we really are," she whispered tensely. Strange Alliance And all the time she was tensely painfully aware of that strong man in the window, and of the issues that hung upon his decision. The Rhodesian The bow too tensely strung is easily broken. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature Hamilton paused for a moment, and his jaw shot out a little farther forward; his lips shut tensely for a few seconds. Making People Happy A mystery, and the boy devoured it with his eyes, his head bent forward and his shoulders held tensely. The Doomsman The word rang clear, tensely vibrant with denial. Master of the Vineyard “Lucy, will you please say that all over again and say it slowly,” she begged leaning forward tensely. Lucile Triumphant Then she stood tensely still, with lips slightly parted, and a strained look in her eyes, while Hastings gazed at the waggon for another moment or two. Hawtrey's Deputy The arm that upheld her gripped her close to him as one who defends his own, as he said tensely: "That beast ahead, did he touch you?" McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908. “You are only bringing pain upon yourself,” she said tensely. Colorado Jim “What are you made of?” he demanded tensely; “stone?” Mountain Blood A Novel Alan waited tensely while MacIntosh crossed the room again, drew out the contents of the tube, and scanned them. Starman's Quest “I was,” she said briefly, but not the less tensely. A Woman's Will “It was my mother’s name,” he replied tensely, as he walked a few paces away. Penny of Top Hill Trail Foster crouched on the girder, his eyes fixed upon the scene below as he tensely waited for the best moment to make the leap. The Cavern of the Shining Ones Her countenance, turned to the light, shone like a white flame; it was tensely aquiver with passionate earnestness, lambent with the flowering of her body, of dim desire, the heritage of flesh. Mountain Blood A Novel He stood waiting tensely for my reply, for I shivered inwardly at the thought of the prospective chromo. A Village of Vagabonds She rose, one thin little hand pressed tensely along her cheek. Friendship Village Bobby was still more astonished to find himself laying his fist tensely upon his desk. The Making of Bobby Burnit Being a Record of the Adventures of a Live American Young Man She was eager to find out the cause of all this excitement and placed herself alongside him, as he led off with a military tread and tensely squared shoulders. Dorothy on a Ranch He could not lay rigidly, tensely—there were no muscles to tighten. A Choice of Miracles "Time's up!" said one of the men tensely. Frank of Freedom Hill She came to him, as she used to come to him in his study, with her uplifted, sacrificial face, holding herself stiffly and tensely, half in surrender, half resisting the impulse that drew her. The Creators A Comedy Meanwhile, Japanese and British were closing in, and were tensely awaiting the final assault. World's War Events, Vol. I Clare watched him cross the patio, and stood tensely still, fighting against an impulse to call him back as he neared the door. Brandon of the Engineers She stood tensely still, with lips slightly parted, and a strained look in her eyes, while Hastings gazed at the wagon for another moment or two. Masters of the Wheat-Lands “The next’ll tell,” said the chief tensely—“for the crossing this side of the station, or—” It came. The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity Warren rose to his feet, and with hands clasped tensely behind him walked to the window. The Ghost Breaker A Novel Based Upon the Play She drew up her charmingly modeled little figure tensely, and held her small head high, her pure, beautiful features aglow with delicate color, her slender, shapely hands clasping and unclasping each other. Little Lost Sister She waited tensely, a meter back from the main passageway, as he approached. A Matter of Honor A Terran Empire novel "Don't move or let one yip out of you!" he hissed tensely. Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters The tensely strung nerves, the dread of this interview, the determination to have it over, and to bear her part bravely; a proud and stubborn nature, battling with despair, and unspeakable heartache. The Diamond Coterie With hands stretched tensely against the corners of the trunk, he warded off as best he could the shocks of the skilled baggage-breakers along the route. The Ghost Breaker A Novel Based Upon the Play "They will win their way across, unless he wakes," said Renwick tensely. The Secret Witness As he leaned against the tree-trunk nibbling nonchalantly at a sprig of grass, a tenderfoot would never have dreamed that his fingers were tensely held against the triggers of the revolvers hidden in his pockets. Polly and Eleanor "You know you are not!" he said tensely. Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters “Keep it with you,” she continued somewhat tensely, when she noticed that Gertrude was looking at Daniel as if to say, “May I?” The Goose Man He read it standing tensely by the doorway, as dozens of men walked in and out, little dreaming of the tragedy attached to that casual fragment of white note-paper. The Ghost Breaker A Novel Based Upon the Play "Ah, I see——" And then, "That other door," he whispered tensely. The Secret Witness "Away, you bletherin' idiot!" he said tensely, "I'm playing my third!" A Dominie in Doubt On my left The Seraph and Mrs. Handsomebody, her hands clasped tensely in her lap. Explorers of the Dawn As Philippina was as silent as the tomb and looked at him so tensely, he began to speak. The Goose Man Her father, feet braced, was staring tensely over the grade past the camp. The Return of Blue Pete He felt her body trembling against his own, and reassured her gently, pausing a moment to listen tensely for sounds at either door. The Secret Witness A short, fat little woman was sitting tensely on the edge of a chair, looking about her with quick, restless, stabbing glances. Stubble So the Bunch returned tensely to Jarviston, with more time to sweat out. The Planet Strappers He instantly became motionless and tensely alert, wondering which of his enemies was so stealthily returning, and for what reason. Hidden Gold She rose at his approach, leaning on the back of her chair, her body bent forward tensely. Trapped in 'Black Russia' Letters June-November 1915 Then raising his right he laid it upon the biceps, to find all tensely swollen and fevered. In the Mahdi's Grasp In most cases a mistake means death; so every nerve and muscle is kept tensely ready the whole run through. All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways Knowing that Lester must soon collapse, and waiting tensely for it to happen, was part of the cause. The Planet Strappers She seated herself in it, her hands rather tensely folded, and the cap'n regarded her mildly. Country Neighbors Again the great coin glittered high in the air while none other than Nehru himself called out, tensely: "Heads!" The Golden Judge Her other hand was caught up against her side below the rounded breast, and pressed there so tensely that the slender, bloodless fingers lay ivory-white against the hardly purer white of the bodice. The Justice of the King Once more the group in the kitchen laughed, though tensely, and parted for the night. Still Jim The air is tensely clear, the river blue as the sky in the intervals of shade. Floyd Grandon's Honor Her dry face, hardened to all weathers, wore a look of anguish, an emotion that smoldered in the hollows about the eyes, and was tensely drawn around the mouth. Country Neighbors He must have been leaning tensely over the table longer than he had thought. A Transmutation of Muddles One of the pilots leaned tensely forward, his shoulders jerking. The Sky Trap Joyce, crouching among the broad green leaves, looked tensely, dread and curiosity the child's avid curiosity for the supernatural alight in her face. Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories “He is gaining—if Sanders will only play fair!” said Frank tensely, his eyes glued on the two dark forms. Chicken Little Jane "Of course that column of light may kill us," went on the Professor tensely. The Seed of the Toc-Toc Birds He walked backward to the airlock, his blaster covering them, the tensely waiting manner in which they watched his progress telling him that the slightest relaxation of his vigilance would mean his death. Cry from a Far Planet His deep eyes burning tensely, Buck Kendall heard the messages coming in, and rose slowly from his seat to pace the floor. The Ultimate Weapon Women began to shriek and men to pray, but, strange to say, the man whose life was at stake lay silent, with ashen lips, about which the muscles were tensely drawn. One Day At Arle The room had been tensely still and now both boys drew a sigh of relief. Ted and the Telephone And when he laid down the manuscript she was leaning forward, her slim hands clasped tensely on her knees, her eyes wide with interest. Mistress Anne After the chopping was finished, the tree stood firm a moment; then, as the tensely strained fibres began a weird moaning, he sprang aside, and stood waiting. A Michigan Man 1891 For this night he has enough to occupy heart and brain—keeping both on the rack and stretch, so tensely as to render prolonged sleep impossible. The Death Shot A Story Retold The next instant and she had paused outside a closed door and stood listening tensely. The Camp Fire Girls in the Outside World Professor," I said tensely, "may I use that—that thing of yours again? The Ideal Her slim hands were crossed tensely on her knees. Mistress Anne Mrs. Astley-Rolfe sprang forward with a suppressed cry, and confronted him tensely. The Crooked House This indeed was a different Sue, in that strange dress, standing so tensely, with averted face. Apron-Strings On the evening I dropped in to see him, he was tensely nervous. Secret Armies The New Technique of Nazi Warfare They stood, tensely waiting for what Latisan’s manner of resolution had promised. Joan of Arc of the North Woods Moya faced them tensely, a slim wraith of a girl with dark eyes that blazed. The Highgrader Soon he was sitting tensely upright on his stool, eyes bright and lower face all a-smile, muttering terse comments and questions into the lapel mike torn from Meg's fair neck. Bread Overhead The ratings and officers waited tensely, and made some slight attempt to conceal their hatred of me. The Misplaced Battleship "Now, what do you make out of all we have heard and seen?" breathed Dalzell tensely. Dave Darrin on Mediterranean Service or, With Dan Dalzell on European Duty Every cord and rope of the huge fabric was tensely taut, the basket firm and solid beneath our feet. The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier There was no break in it now, but one could see a kind of uneasy ripple, almost as though it held its mob breath tensely and waited to see what was to come. Oh, You Tex! His practiced eye saw that she was speaking tensely. Glory of Youth Only a steady brain and hand tensely nerved by my cold-tempered yet dynamic will must keep this watch. Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898 Then of a sudden I grew rigid, tensely alert, and watchful. The Paternoster Ruby Scattered about were a dozen men and women, poised tensely, as if they were afraid to move a muscle. Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles This," Fairfield spoke tensely, "that if you are guilty you have ruined her life; if you are innocent and cannot prove it you might as well be guilty. The Grell Mystery "We couldn't save her, Diana," he said, tensely. Glory of Youth Hillard, with his face but a span from the other's, spoke tensely, but in an undertone. The Lure of the Mask She gripped her chin tensely and tried to think, her forefinger pressed deep into the dimple. The Wrong Woman Gibson rapped sharply on the door and they waited tensely for a response. Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles "There's a new caretaker on a tier of barges just above Tower Bridge," whispered Wrington tensely. The Grell Mystery "If I could believe that," said Diana, tensely, "nothing else would matter." Glory of Youth Some grey soldier among Lane's tensely waiting ranks, dressed in the woods to the right of the road, spoke from the core of a fearful dream: "Yankee cavalry!" The Long Roll She was conscious that his nerves were tensely strung. The Lion's Mouse He turned to Brennan, whose tensely set face was lighted for a fraction of a second by the accelerated burning of his cigarette as he took a deep inhale. Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles The cabin waited as tensely as the taut pose of the rigid little victory trophy. Breaking Point The time had come when she waited tensely as mails were due, feeling that an empty envelope covered with his handwriting would give her solace. The Californians Why," she said tensely, "why have you asked me those questions? The Sins of Séverac Bablon Her calm voice reassured him; and he dashed out of the room without further parley, while Anstice and Hassan waited, tensely, their revolvers in readiness, for the moment to open their defence. Afterwards As she sat by the window of her unlighted room, her eyes were staring tensely into the night and the pink ovals of her nails were pressed into the palms of her hands. The Tyranny of Weakness To add to the horror of this awful head, it was quite bald; the skin was drawn tensely over the bones, and upon this veins stood out as large as macaroni stems. A Bid for Fortune or Dr. Nikola's Vendetta Anne," said Madigan, tensely, "if you are not interested, you—are not obliged to listen, of course. The Madigans |
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