tensely

IPA: tˈɛnsɫi

Examples of "tensely" in Sentences

As it sounded a figure jumped from behind a tree and called tensely:
Traffic police stand tensely at intersections, automatic weapons at the ready.
As advocates on both sides watched tensely, Senate republicans debated for days whether to bring the bill to the floor.
For most though, a tensely litigated divorce settlement may be avoided, saving money, time and sparing you -- and your soon to be ex -- unnecessary added stress.
Video captured by a passenger and shown on the website of the Daily News shows a tensely quiet cabin in the seconds before the words "brace for impact" came over the jet's loudspeaker.
He listened still more tensely through long minutes in which he heard nothing, at the same time whispering to Jerry for information and commanding him to be soft-spoken; and Jerry, with whuffs and whiffs and all the short-hand breath-exhalations of speech he had been taught, told him that men approached, many men, more men than five.