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  • adjective superlative form of tense: most tense.

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Examples

  • The book recounts in close detail the days surrounding the funeral, explaining how the city's black and white establishments handled crowds, rumors, fears and world scrutiny during one of the tensest periods of the turbulent 1960s.

    The City That Did Not Burn Cameron McWhir 2011

  • In a statement, Bush said that during one of the tensest moments of the Gulf War, when Saddam Hussein began attacking Israel with Scud missiles trying cynically and cruelly to bait them into the conflict, we sent Larry to Israel to preserve our coalition.

    Ex-Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger dies 2011

  • Q: One of the tensest scenes for me involved a woman giving birth to a baby in distress via C-section.

    Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Interview with Richard Mabry, MD, part 1 2010

  • The struggle is shaping up as the tensest standoff over religious freedom in China since a brutal crackdown on adherents of Falun Gong in 1999 after they made similar calls for official acceptance, China experts say.

    China's Banned Churches Defy Regime Brian Spegele 2011

  • It has stayed open during even the tensest times between the two countries, including the North's surprise shelling last year of the inhabited South Korean island of Yeonpyeong.

    North Korean Economic Lifelines Get Back to Business Se Young Lee 2011

  • The last 10 minutes of this episode were some of the tensest I've ever seen on television.

    Breaking Bad Recap: Episode 2 “Caballo Sin Nombre” is Set to the Sounds of America | /Film 2010

  • ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT - Hamdi Hassan, a senior member of the banned Muslim Brotherhood party, was jailed by Egyptian authorities Jan. 28 during the tensest days of anti-government protests in this coastal city.

    Muslim Brotherhood eyes comeback in Egypt Ernesto Londono 2011

  • Japan disclosed Monday that its nuclear accident was more severe in its first days than it had previously admitted—casting new light on how Tokyo's early handling of the disaster briefly sent its relations with the U.S. into one of the tensest periods in years.

    Japan Concedes Severity of Blast Chester Dawson 2011

  • ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT - Hamdi Hassan, a senior member of the banned Muslim Brotherhood party, was jailed by Egyptian authorities Jan. 28 during the tensest days of anti-government protests in this coastal city.

    Muslim Brotherhood eyes comeback in Egypt Ernesto Londono 2011

  • Japan disclosed Monday that its nuclear accident was more severe in its first days than it had previously admitted—casting new light on how Tokyo's early handling of the disaster briefly sent its relations with the U.S. into one of the tensest periods in years.

    Japan Concedes Severity of Blast Chester Dawson 2011

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