tensioned

past tense of tension

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tensioned
Verb
  • In April, American Airlines tightened restrictions on portable chargers that passengers can bring on flights.
    Kiki Intarasuwan, CBS News, 16 June 2026
  • While attempts to recycle gangue date back to the 1950s, the economic incentive shifted after 2010 as natural sand supplies tightened and Beijing locked in its national carbon targets.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 15 June 2026
Verb
  • The lead stretched to 12 before Brunson and the Knicks rallied again, cutting the lead down to five halfway through the quarter.
    Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 14 June 2026
  • But the short stay stretched into a month, and the once-polite guest turned rude, demanding and increasingly hostile, according to Vanity Fair.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2026
Verb
  • Instead, he was intrigued by a scene in which Back visibly tensed up after the producers told him he was suspected of being Satoshi.
    Frank Landymore, Futurism, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The slope down to the sidewalk was barely an inch high, but everyone tensed.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 1 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Brazil and Morocco are currently tied atop Group C with four points apiece.
    Andrew Greif, NBC news, 20 June 2026
  • San Francisco tied the game at 1-1 in the second following Caissie’s home run on a Daniel Susac sacrifice fly after loading the bases on three consecutive singles against Lake Bachar, who opened Miami’s bullpen game.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 20 June 2026
Verb
  • Advertising signs should not be fastened to a staff or halyard from which the flag is flown.
    Darleene Powells, Boston Herald, 10 June 2026
  • Seashell earrings feel like a natural evolution for the kind of girls who, like me, grew up with a shell necklace securely fastened around their neck each summer.
    Lidia Maseres, Glamour, 3 June 2026
Verb
  • One day, Rangel placed the dog in a delivery box attached to his bicycle and took him for a short ride.
    ABC News, ABC News, 19 June 2026
  • These muscles include your pronator teres, flexor carpi radialis and flexor-pronator mass that are attached by tendons to the medial epicondyle of your humerus.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
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“Tensioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tensioned. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.

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