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- verb Present participle of
tense .
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Examples
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When a man became aware that his heart was racing or his muscles were tensing, he was coached to say, "I need a time out" and then to immediately leave the room before the "automatic" violent behavior emerged.
Eric Haseltine: Changing Your Brain's Factory Settings Eric Haseltine 2010
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When a man became aware that his heart was racing or his muscles were tensing, he was coached to say, "I need a time out" and then to immediately leave the room before the "automatic" violent behavior emerged.
Eric Haseltine: Changing Your Brain's Factory Settings Eric Haseltine 2010
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When a man became aware that his heart was racing or his muscles were tensing, he was coached to say, "I need a time out" and then to immediately leave the room before the "automatic" violent behavior emerged.
Eric Haseltine: Changing Your Brain's Factory Settings Eric Haseltine 2010
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When a man became aware that his heart was racing or his muscles were tensing, he was coached to say, "I need a time out" and then to immediately leave the room before the "automatic" violent behavior emerged.
Eric Haseltine: Changing Your Brain's Factory Settings Eric Haseltine 2010
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When a man became aware that his heart was racing or his muscles were tensing, he was coached to say, "I need a time out" and then to immediately leave the room before the "automatic" violent behavior emerged.
Eric Haseltine: Changing Your Brain's Factory Settings Eric Haseltine 2010
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This means that the difference between keen and kin is that in the former the vowel “involves considerable tensing of the vocal apparatus” (Roca and Johnson p. 182).
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“Rosario agreed to spend the week with me,” he said, his voice tensing.
My Fair Succubi Jill Myles 2011
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When I got behind the wheel of Coche I turned to look at Dad, who was already tensing up his leg muscles as I prepared to slide the front seat forward.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Dad Jack Canfield 2011
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My entire body orgasmed, my legs and muscles tensing and clenching with pleasure, my breath exploding in a shudder.
My Fair Succubi Jill Myles 2011
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When a man became aware that his heart was racing or his muscles were tensing, he was coached to say, "I need a time out" and then to immediately leave the room before the "automatic" violent behavior emerged.
Eric Haseltine: Changing Your Brain's Factory Settings Eric Haseltine 2010
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