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tensed

adjective as in stressed out

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Example Sentences

My sleep is hot and jaw-tensed and filled with dreams of death.

The emphasis is on fresh faces and tensed bodies and muscles, rather than come-to-bed eyes, pouting, and bulges down below.

It was announced that a new face would soon be stopping by, and the mood slightly tensed.

His tensed muscles were aching unheeded; his sense of feeling seemed lost, so intently was he waiting for some further word.

Frankle tensed, a chill running up his spine, his eyes drawn back to the gleaming jewel.

It became bloated with a poisonous wrath, his eyes gleamed evilly and his muscles tensed.

Tick-Tock, ordinarily the most restful and composed of companions, definitely was still tensed up about something.

He was suppressing it with an effort, but it showed in his tensed muscles and in his flushed face.

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On this page you'll find 8 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to tensed, such as: anxious, frazzled, nervous, strained, unnerved, and worried.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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