tensa

Flecte ramos, arbor alta, tensa laxa viscera, et rigor lentescat ille, quem dedit nativitas, ut superni membra Regis miti tendas stipite.

Archive 2009-04-01 bls 2009

Flecte ramos, arbor alta, tensa laxa viscera, et rigor lentescat ille, quem dedit nativitas, ut superni membra Regis miti tendas stipite.

Sing, my tongue bls 2009

Flecte ramos, arbor alta, tensa laxa viscera, et rigor lentescat ille, quem dedit nativitas, ut superni membra Regis miti tendas stipite.

September 14: the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross bls 2008

Existe la posibilidad de que la violencia continúe y que la situación permanezca tensa.

Oaxaca strike update (from BBC) 2006

Flecte ramos, arbor alta, tensa laxa viscera, et rigor lentescat ille, quem dedit nativitas, ut superni membra Regis miti tendas stipite.

Archive 2008-09-01 bls 2008

It received its name from thongs (lora tensa) stretched before it; and was attended in the procession by persons of the first rank, in their most magnificent apparel.

De vita Caesarum Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus

A peculiar car, four-wheeled, and drawn by four horses, with an elevated platform in front and a seat behind for the driver, which the cylinders occasionally exhibit, is probably not a war-chariot, but a sacred vehicle, like the tensa or thensa of the Romans.

The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. George Rawlinson 1857

Ryanair said: 'New procedures including new high visibility tensa barriers and specific announcements to passengers travelling with young children on both boarding and disembarkation have also been introduced in order to eliminate any recurrence of these extremely rare events in the context of over one million Ryanair flights over the past two years.'

RTÉ News 2010

The pars tensa, the ear's receiving membrane, is quicker than all the wrapped tissues of the brain.

Planet of the Blind 2009

The pars tensa, the first receiver of the ear can actually distribute vibrating air molecules across the cochlea's sensory grid and in turn each of the cochlea's miniscule hairs transmits to the brain a precise neurological estimate of duration and rhythm.

Planet of the Blind 2009