Tensed

Tensed again after the third unanswered ring, hoping he was okay, revisiting thoughts of gangrene.

Forget You Jennifer Echols 2010

Tensed again after the third unanswered ring, hoping he was okay, revisiting thoughts of gangrene.

Forget You Jennifer Echols 2010

Tensed plural quantifiers do not pose a problem for a Meinongian.

Nonexistent Objects Reicher, Maria 2006

Tensed for violence, I had actually started to jerk my foot up, when I heard what he had said.

Drums of Autumn Gabaldon, Diana 1997

Tensed all over again, hoping whoever it was wouldn't come under the trestle.

Till the Butchers Cut Him Down Muller, Marcia 1994

Tensed fingers sank into the curling russet that ringed the tonsure, the light touch set the hand quivering, like the pricking of imminent lightning in the air before a storm.

An Excellent Mystery Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1985

Tensed fingers sank into the curling russet that ringed the tonsure, the light touch set the hand quivering, like the pricking of imminent lightning in the air before a storm.

An Excellent Mystery Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1985

Tensed with the expectation of lightning, the hope that his air unit would give protection and not be ruined, he had almost reached the next line when he realized there had been no fire.

A Circus of Hells Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1969

Tensed and snarling, they returned to their places.

A Circus of Hells Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1969

Tensed for attack, he let go of Lorenzo, who sprang away.

The Saracen: Land of the Infidel Robert Shea 1963