tensioned

verb

past tense of tension
as in tightened

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tensioned
  1. tightened
  2. stretched
  3. tensed
  4. tied
  5. fastened
  6. attached
Verb
  • Since his original conviction, the law has been tightened to allow sentences of up to five years for forgery, said Marseglia.
    — Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The format was long — some might say tedious — and tightened ever so minimally as Davis aged.
    — Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of tightened
Verb
  • Hull also played with a back five, where the wing-backs stretched the width of the pitch to then put dangerous crosses into the box.
    — Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
  • At the crime scene, red and yellow police tape was seen stretched across Fulton Street.
    — Asal Rezaei, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of stretched
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  • The women tensed when the deputy warden of the Rostov jail, a curt, imperious man with a heavy-footed gait, walked in.
    — Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
  • As that handover proceeds, the excitatory signal that keeps your muscles faintly tensed all day begins to withdraw, and muscle tone drops toward the near-paralysis of deep sleep.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of tensed
Verb
  • The head-to-head series between Gauff and Pegula is now tied at five apiece.
    — Jeff Wallner, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The arrivals are coming to a nation whose history is deeply tied to migration from the US.
    — Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of tied
Verb
  • Brady is also excited about the Alter G, a treadmill with a harness fastened to it.
    — Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The Small Print Slogans travel faster than the conditions fastened to them, and this one has fairly bolted.
    — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of fastened
Verb
  • The indie thriller is a low-budget effort from LaBute made entirely independently, with no studio or distributor attached.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Technicians loaded the observatory with 290 gallons (1,100 liters) of hydrazine fuel on July 25, then attached it to its payload adapter in early August.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 24 Aug. 2026
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“Tensioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tensioned. Accessed 31 Aug. 2026.

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